In the early 2000s to mid 2000s, I taught Windows Server, AD and Networking (2000/2008/2008R2) at the college level. During that time MS changed their Cert family names from MSCE where the E stood for Engineer to MSCA A=Associate. It was due to the Engineer title. I don't recall which country or industry was concerned about it, but that was the reason we were given. The college was also a Pearson/Vue test center, and the tests all had to be renamed.
On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 3:20 PM G. Matthew Rice via lpi-examdev < [email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 5:54 PM Anselm Lingnau via lpi-examdev < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> There are many places where you don't get to call yourself an “engineer” >> unless you are properly licensed as one (like, civil engineer, electrical >> engineer, etc.) and are a member of good standing of the relevant >> professional >> body. “Linux Engineers”, even with a certificate from the LPI, are not >> proper >> engineers in such places, and trying to pass yourself off as one may have >> Dire >> Consequences. >> > > It's nice that IT folk frequently operate on an "it's easier to ask > forgiveness than permission" mentality. We never had any complaints about > the use of Linux Engineer from any regulatory body. I do recall one > licensed engineer from the USA emailed us to express his displeasure, > though. I mentioned the acrimony, right? :) > > There was a kerfuffle between the Professional Engineers of Canada and > Microsoft 10 years ago. It went back and forth but eventually resolved as > something along the lines of you need to be a licensed professional > engineer to call yourself a "Professional Engineer" (in Canada, we put > "P.Eng." on the end of our names) but using non-regulated titles like > "sanitation engineer" were beyond the purview of the various provincial > regulatory bodies. > > Or they reached an impasse and everyone got bored of the subject. It's > been a while. > > Regardless, there was agreement that Engineer isn't an appropriate title > for LPIC-2 so I don't expect that, if someone pitched it again, the request > would be successful. > > Take care, > --matt > > This applies to other titles that IT professionals might want to use, too. >> Many years ago some distant colleagues got into trouble for calling their >> company “Architects of VoIP”, when here in Germany, architects are people >> who >> design physical buildings and oversee their construction. The real >> architects >> are *very* protective of their turf – to a point where their professional >> body >> will come down like the proverbial ton of bricks on anyone who has the >> temerity to style themselves, e.g., a “software architect” on their >> business >> card and does not happen to have appropriate building-architect >> credentials to >> back that up. So, those “Architects of VoIP” quickly had to get new >> letterheads printed. >> >> Anselm >> -- >> Anselm Lingnau · [email protected] · https://www.tuxcademy.org >> Freie Schulungsmaterialien für Linux und Open-Source-Software >> Free Training Materials for Linux and Open-Source Software >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> lpi-examdev mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev > > > > -- > G. Matthew Rice <[email protected]> gpg id: 0x17CF9077 > Executive Director, Linux Professional Institute > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
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