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Man fined for criticizing govt using science, without a license

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T3sl4co1l:

--- Quote from: iainwhite on April 26, 2017, 04:00:32 pm ---Teslacoil:   I hope Oregon doesn't have a trade body for "Experts" . . . . they may want $500 from you      :)

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Would be state of Wisconsin, actually, for anyone wondering :)

But no, anyone can call themselves an eggspurt.  It's my knowledge that makes me one. ;D

Tim

rfeecs:
What about Sanitation Engineers (garbage men)?
Software Engineers (computer programmers)?

On one of my first jobs (in California) my boss told us that we couldn't be titled "Engineer" because we didn't have a professional engineer's license.  So all engineers were called "Member of the Technical Staff".  Possibly it was the policy of the corporation that operated nationally and internationally.

In more than 30 years of working, I have only run into a few licensed professional electrical engineers.

Iwanushka:
My Diploma says Computer systems engineering, so hw/sw/fw, and I cant use word engineer, but I had to design hw/fw/sw as my final project and present working thing to finish Uni... that's just plain stupid  :palm:

Edit: better to move to titles that say Wizard of X

james_s:
I dropped out of college when I ran out of money but engineering is a passion of mine more so than a career choice so I kept going on my own. My employer calls me an engineer, I do engineering work, so I call myself an engineer. I've designed hardware devices that are out in the field, these are not sealed black boxes that come out of my garage and go straight to the customer, the production units are manufactured, tested and certified by others so it's not as if I could just hack together something without knowing what I'm doing and not have anyone notice. It's not as if I'm designing skyscrapers and bridges or airplanes or radiotherapy machines or something where really specialized expertise is required.

Then of course I've encountered plenty of devices designed by supposedly professional, degreed engineers that were horrid hack jobs. One tends to assume everyone doing that sort of thing knows what they're doing but it's not uncommon that I'm scratching my head trying to imagine what the heck they were thinking.

Zero999:

--- Quote from: NANDBlog on April 26, 2017, 12:34:07 pm ---I would really like if people without proper degree would stop calling them engineers.
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Since when did having a degree may you an engineer?

Is doesn't. Having a combination of theoretical knowledge and practical experience, makes one an engineer. Someone straight out of university, with a highly theoretical engineering degree, yet no practical experience whatsoever is not an engineer. This doesn't mean that they have wasted they're time studying. It's a very good investment, but until they've learned how to apply what they've learnt at university, and probably forgotten over half of it, they aren't really an engineer.


--- Quote ---I have sworn an oath, just as doctors. They say "do no harm", I said "protect safety and health of people". If you did not do this, you are not entitled to call yourself an engineer, it is unethical.

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When did you do that?

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