No, it is not offensive to use proper names and descriptions.
I respect IBM CE work, however I'm not going to call them "doctor".
Guess why.
BTW: I also respect plumbers, nurses, teachers, bus drivers, application
programmers, etc.
Last but not least I presented Polish rules for naming engineers,
technicians, MSc's etc. I fully respect fact that US rules may be
different and even the rules may be different by state as speed limits.
From the other hand, common definitions usually are better than mess.
Especially when the definitions are clear and consistent.
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
W dniu 16.10.2021 o 13:34, Joe Monk pisze:
You guys are doing a lot of disservice to IBM customer engineers everywhere.
Thomas Watson named the person who services an IBM piece of equipment a
customer engineer in 1942.
https://www.practicaladultinsights.com/what-does-a-customer-engineer-do.htm
Joe
On Sat, Oct 16, 2021 at 6:28 AM Radoslaw Skorupka <[email protected]>
wrote:
Definitely. When I see soldering, screws, etc. I think about technician,
not engineer.
A person who assemble or fix CPC is technician.
I mean Polish definitions.
Technician is high school certificate, similar to baccalaureate.
Engineer is technical university graduate, usually got with master of
sciences.
Our school system (simplified):
First school, 8 years. Start at 7 years old.
Secondary school 4-5 years. Ended with baccalaureate.
University, usually 5 years. Ended with MsC and Engineer for technical
universities.
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
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