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Re:Engineers Do Not Get to Make Startup Mistakes When They B... by elzbardico on Friday November 29, 2024 @05:51AM (#42272939)
There’s a few more professionals that are called engineers.

Railroad locomotive operators, ship engine operators.

The name precedes the creation of licensed tertiary education level engineers.

A lot of people seems to ignore the fact that licensed professions that require an accredited diploma in a tertiary level education program is a relatively recent feature of our societies.

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Re:Engineers Do Not Get to Make Startup Mistakes When They B... by woah on Monday December 02, 2024 @11:21AM (#42297667)
The original meaning of engineer was an idle British aristocrat who liked to tinker with things that went whiz and bang in the garden shed. Just a guy who really liked to mess around with engines.
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