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Lindsay.Marshall@newcastle.ac.uk (Lindsay F. Marshall) writes:

>Several people recently have brought up the subject of the notion of
>"Engineer". Whilst I am a member of the BCS and have CEng status, I
>object VERY strongly indeed to being described as an Information
>Engineer. This is a stupid meaningless title and is offensive to other
>"proper" engineers - I am married to one and she thinks the whole
>thingt is a farce. I am Computer Scientist.
...

But the BCS _doesn't_ value scientists as much as *.Engineers. I've recently
discovered that when evaluating computing experience, research only counts
for half as much as routine software development. So, after 3 years doing
original computer science research for a PhD, and thus making a genuine
contribution to the field, I only have 1.5 years towards the requirement
for becoming an ordinary member of the BCS (min. 4 years).


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