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Subject:Re: Do you equate engineers and programmers? From:Charles Fisher <decrsc!charles -at- UUNET -dot- UU -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 18 Aug 1994 15:27:42 -0400
I remember reading something recently about professional
engineering societies lobbying for the exclusive use of
the term "engineer" only for those persons who had engineering
degrees and/or who had passed professional engineering
licensing exams. Basically, they want to make it illegal
for anyone other than a degreed/licensed engineer to
call themselves an engineer, which basically ix-nays job
titles like computer engineer or software engineer, etc.
Can anyone else add more details?
--
"If you take hyphens seriously you will surely go mad."
-John Benbow
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Charles Fisher
President, STC Washington DC Chapter
Senior Documentation Specialist
Datatel, Inc. (703) 968-4588 (voice)
4375 Fair Lakes Court (703) 968-4625 (FAX)
Fairfax, VA 22033 charles -at- datatel -dot- com
