How I Left YouTube

Re:How I Left YouTube by arkitct on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @06:43PM (#46380547)

The articles author lives in a made-up world. You never are an Engineer if you are not registered with your (U.S.) states' board, let alone graduated with an actual engineering degree. Oh, and by the way, architecting is not a word either; Architecture is another licensed profession.

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Re:How I Left YouTube by tverbeure on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @07:24PM (#46380869)

You’re thinking about the “Professional Engineer” title or some variant thereof.

You’ll be happy to hear that anyone can call themselves an engineer, even in Oregon, as a Federal Court correctly decided in a first amendment case brought by Mats Järlström.

https://ij.org/press-release/oregon-engineer-wins-traffic-li...

You’re welcome.

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Re:How I Left YouTube by baobun on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @07:04PM (#46380711)

Strange hill.

Police is a protected title but anyone can be a thought police. One can be a spin doctor without any academic acumen. Notice how when qualified, the words take on a broader and sometimes illustrative meaning than when used in isolation. Context matters.

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Re:How I Left YouTube by amazingman on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @07:17PM (#46380817)

Now do every other common term in software engineering.

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Re:How I Left YouTube by dullcrisp on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @09:46PM (#46381612)

Someone once told me they built a trampoline and I show up in their backyard and there’s nothing.

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