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

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From: Damon Cali
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 00:00

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Brian wrote:
> 
> EricJNK wrote:
> 
> >  Yes, I sure can't understand how a salesman becomes "sales engineer".
> >
> > Why do we, real engineer, allow our title, "engineer",  to become so
> > cheap and degenerated to a BS joke? I guess that explain why the
> > typical engineers are said to be a bunch of entroverts and nerds.
> 
> 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.

Yikes! I better get some new business cards. Someone went and wrote
"engineer" under my name.

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From: Damon Cali <dcali@mail.hst.nasa.govxx>
Subject: Re: who is the real "engineer"? ( was Re: who can be called "Dr."/"physician")
Date: 1997/08/12
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