> It's funny that people want to own the word "engineer" for someone
> with certified knowledge of fields which may have nothing to do with > engines. Maybe it's the modern use of the word "engine" that's funny. Look it up. Its etymology is similar to that of "ingenuity". > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:57:04 -0700 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: What do you call... > To: [email protected] > > On 24 Feb 2009 14:25:04 -0800, [email protected] (Mark Post) wrote: > > >There's nothing in Federal law about this, but there is in some states. > >Texas, for example. > >Which, ironically, being the home of EDS meant that at some point, all the > >job titles had > >to change for people that weren't licensed engineers. Systems programmers, > >for example, > >went from Software Systems Engineers (really descriptive, eh?) to > >Infrastructure Specialists. > >Much better, don't you think? > > So they still have titles that don't pigeon-hole them into > pre-conceived notions. > > Does that Texas law have an exception to those who run engines (train > operators)? > > It's funny that people want to own the word "engineer" for someone > with certified knowledge of fields which may have nothing to do with > engines. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Discover 10 secrets about the new Windows Live. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!7540.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_ugc_post_022009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
