Re: who is the real "engineer"? ( was Re: who can be called "Dr."/"physician")

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From: Mike MacDonald
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 00:00

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Brian wrote:
> 
> Look, if you do not have PE after your title, you are not a "real"
> engineer.  A BS alone in an engineering field does not qualify you to be
> an engineer.

Does this make me a "sissy" engineer? ;)

I'll put a PE after my title when it makes some sense for me to do so. 
When I took the FE exam, most of the people I saw were civil engineers
who were there because the PE is an important credential in that field. 
I half expect that if I were to take the PE exam in Electrical
Engineering, this Microwave/Infrared guy would spend a lot of time
boning up on the intricacies of Wye-connected and delta-connected power
systems, since PE's in electrical engineering seem to be concentrated in
the power systems field.  The PE may make sense for consultants, but
even then education and experience are the best indicators of ability. 

-- 
Mike MacDonald, MIT Lincoln Laboratory		mmacdon@ll.mit.edu
** The views expressed here are not those of Lincoln Laboratory. **

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From: Mike MacDonald <mmacdon@ll.mit.edu>
Subject: Re: who is the real "engineer"? ( was Re: who can be called "Dr."/"physician")
Date: 1997/08/11
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