In some states the abuse of the term 'engineer' in a job title was met with the
legislated requirement that said person indeed be a licensed engineer. Either
you had demonstrated engineering training & skills or you knew how to drive
the trains. Nothing else was tolerated.
Here in NJ, a few years ago, some mush-headed legislator submitted a
bill to require licensing and certification for the use of "Software
Engineer". Curiously, the same law that requires licensing of
professional Engineers also covered licensing of barbers and
beauticians. Must have made the engineers feel special.
She proposed a certification exam, but she obviously had no concept of
the breadth of specialties among programmers.\
Luckily, cooler heads prevailed and the bill was trashed.
--
Bruce A. Black
Senior Software Developer for FDR
Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300
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