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Re:Engineers Do Not Get to Make Startup Mistakes When They B... by AlotOfReading on Thursday November 28, 2024 @08:23PM (#42269978)
There isn't even a way to get certified as a professional engineer for software in the US.
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Re:Engineers Do Not Get to Make Startup Mistakes When They B... by blibble on Thursday November 28, 2024 @08:32PM (#42270023)
it's what you're doing (your "function") that's regulated

not your job title, or piece of paper that you have that says you're X, Y or Z

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Re:Engineers Do Not Get to Make Startup Mistakes When They B... by AlotOfReading on Thursday November 28, 2024 @09:04PM (#42270169)
"Professional Engineer" is a protected title that requires licensing to be used for a discipline. That licensing process does not exist for software in the US right now.
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Re:Engineers Do Not Get to Make Startup Mistakes When They B... by eddautomates on Friday November 29, 2024 @02:03AM (#42271587)
There was but no one did it, so they stopped: https://ncees.org/ncees-discontinuing-pe-software-engineerin...

It is still possible in the UK and I assume EU (chartered engineer and the EU-alternative).

So the reason it isn’t a PE-discipline is uptake, not the work itself.

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