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 There is something missing from this thread that I feel I must add. I agree
that passing a test doesn't compare with experience, ability to solve
problems, and so on.
Please consider this. I spent a lot of time preparing for the PE. It was not
an easy thing to do between work and family. My license is not something I
will part with easily. I will risk loosing it, however, if I violate my
state's engineering code of ethics. Unlicensed engineers work for company or
client. My primary obligation by law, is to safeguard the public, or I risk
my license. Company and client come second.

I wonder how things might have turned out, if a PE had stood up to
management, and threatened to take them to the board for practicing
engineering without a license; when management overrode engineering's
recommendation to delay launch of the Challenger. Management could have used
a few PEs also.


--
Steve Alexanderson, P.E.
Newport Oregon

"I know engineers. They love to change things."  Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy

Mr. Narasimalu Srikanth wrote in article
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>> EricJNK (ejnk@usa.net) 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.
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>Engineer designation has become common in industry, irrespective whether
>the person holds a diploma, bachelor's or a master's degree. I think the
>real qualified engineers should be proud to add a "Er." similar to "Dr.".
>You may ask whether a person with a Ph.d is the real best engineer or P.E
>qualified engineer. To me a person with a specilization in Master's would
>be the best for Industry for a R&yatiD. For manufacturing a B.S or a higher
>diploma would be suitable from technical standpoint. On the overall a
>person should be termed as an Engineer based on the way he deals with a
>project, how he uses Science & Technology, etc.
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>Regards,
>
>N.Srikanth