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Re:North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about... by Aeolun on Saturday June 19, 2021 @06:40PM (#27565175)
Yes? If you literally state “I, like 80% of the other engineers in this state, am not a licenced engineer, but here is my testimony”, what else would you expect the poor man to do? It’s up to the judge/jury to take the testimony with a grain of salt.

That said, I’m not sure if being licensed means anything more than ‘I paid my dues to the state board’.

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Re:North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about... by geoduck14 on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:35PM (#27565558)
To be a PE, you have to do a handful of things. From memory:

Take a test

Study under an actual PE for a period of time

Take another test

Pay some money

Do some work

I studied Engineering in school, but I didn't get a PE because taking the test was too much effort and I wasn't going to work with any PEs, so I assume that actual PEs know stuff that I don't know.

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Re:North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about... by mcguire on Saturday June 19, 2021 @08:26PM (#27565862)
Continuing education is another.
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