How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a software engineer in 5 months

Re:How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a softwa... by hnrandom on Friday October 11, 2013 @04:40PM (#6535820)

No, you can call yourself whatever you want. A janitor can call himself a "custodial engineer". You're probably thinking of the "P. Eng." designation beside your name.

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Re:How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a softwa... by aristomc on Friday October 11, 2013 @05:09PM (#6535948)

Ash is right, in Canada, you can't state that you're an "engineer" without being accredited by a provincial body, at least in Quebec it's pretty strict. However, it doesn't matter in the context of this article and it shouldn't detract from it either.

Really great stuff and nice hear about a career move that made you happier :)

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Re:How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a softwa... by Pxtl on Friday October 11, 2013 @05:13PM (#6535970)

Ontario is the same - the term "Engineer" implies a P.Eng and is therefore protected.

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Re:How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a softwa... by oijaf888 on Friday October 11, 2013 @05:20PM (#6535993)

What are locomotive/train engineers called in Canada? Like the guy driving the train.

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Re:How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a softwa... by kcbanner on Friday October 11, 2013 @05:23PM (#6536007)

Conductor

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Re:How I left a 4 year career in finance and became a softwa... by oijaf888 on Monday October 14, 2013 @11:37AM (#6547833)

On passenger trains what are the people taking tickets called then? I've never heard the person driving the train to be called a conductor before since that's usually (at least in US terms) a demotion for them.

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