But I deserve to be paid just as much for my vast technological knowledge even if I didn’t get a bunch of speech and liberal art credits from a college in the middle of nowhere. Bootcamps are the industry standard! /SARCASM, GO GET A REAL DEGREE OR WORK IN FAST FOOD
You don’t have to have a college degree to become a licensed P.E.; it just takes more years working under the supervision of one. (I think it’s something like your options are a bachelor’s degree + 4 years P.E. supervised experience or 8 years P.E. supervised experience alone.)
First of all, there is little to no requirement to be NCEES FE/PE or even EIT certified to work as an engineer in the USA, unfortunately. But if there was, then you would still have to fill out an application documenting your experience, which in the vast majority of cases would be an Engineering course from somewhere other than an ABET / EAC accredited institution rather than simply having no education. Maybe in Canada but I’ve got no idea how things work over there aside from they have stricter regulations on the title.
Anybody in the USA can call themselves an engineer, and most working programmers do.
I’ve never worked as a Civil Engineer so I can’t really speak for it, but I cannot name any states that require NCEES certification and it certainly isn’t federal.
I cannot name any states that require NCEES certification and it certainly isn’t federal
You conspicuously left out local jurisdictions, and guess what: that’s where the requirements kick in (except maybe for trivial stuff, the city or county is going to want plans to have a P.E.'s stamp on them before they’ll issue a building permit).
Also, NCEES certification and professional licensure isn’t the same thing, so your claim was kind of a red herring in two ways. Licenses are issued by the state.
So what you’re saying is that each city, county, or district decides on their own whether or not they hire an engineer who was certified by NCEES via PE/FE/EIT licensure? I decided to add a whole bunch of words to make it less confusing this time. Because states have constitutions and legislature in the USA, but township’s policies can change by the acting leader. To me that’s exactly the point I’ve been trying to make, is that the USA severely lacks any central system or regulation on who qualifies as an engineer.
Let me tell you some shocking news: Most of the majors in Computer Science and Engineering (in the university I took it, one of the most prestigious in my country) don’t know shit about software engineering. They know only how to burp out the same leetcode style programs they were taught and that’s it. I’d trust a guy that managed to learn software engineering on it’s own through years of FAFO than (most) university majors.
At least 14 people agreed, I think if the sub weren’t filled with “SoFTwArE eNgINEerS” instead of actual Software Engineers then there wouldn’t be as many if any at all downvotes.
This, right here, is why “professional” software “engineers” should be licensed.
Never gonna happen as long as the demand is so much higher than the supply.
Perhaps it should be a requirement for certain things though, like the medical area.
But I deserve to be paid just as much for my vast technological knowledge even if I didn’t get a bunch of speech and liberal art credits from a college in the middle of nowhere. Bootcamps are the industry standard! /SARCASM, GO GET A REAL DEGREE OR WORK IN FAST FOOD
You don’t have to have a college degree to become a licensed P.E.; it just takes more years working under the supervision of one. (I think it’s something like your options are a bachelor’s degree + 4 years P.E. supervised experience or 8 years P.E. supervised experience alone.)
First of all, there is little to no requirement to be NCEES FE/PE or even EIT certified to work as an engineer in the USA, unfortunately. But if there was, then you would still have to fill out an application documenting your experience, which in the vast majority of cases would be an Engineering course from somewhere other than an ABET / EAC accredited institution rather than simply having no education. Maybe in Canada but I’ve got no idea how things work over there aside from they have stricter regulations on the title.
Anybody in the USA can call themselves an engineer, and most working programmers do.
In software “engineering,” sure. In e.g. civil engineering, on the other hand, pretty much everybody’s either gonna be licensed or on the path to it.
I guess the regulators don’t consider software to count as real engineering, LOL!
I’ve never worked as a Civil Engineer so I can’t really speak for it, but I cannot name any states that require NCEES certification and it certainly isn’t federal.
You conspicuously left out local jurisdictions, and guess what: that’s where the requirements kick in (except maybe for trivial stuff, the city or county is going to want plans to have a P.E.'s stamp on them before they’ll issue a building permit).
Also, NCEES certification and professional licensure isn’t the same thing, so your claim was kind of a red herring in two ways. Licenses are issued by the state.
So what you’re saying is that each city, county, or district decides on their own whether or not they hire an engineer who was certified by NCEES via PE/FE/EIT licensure? I decided to add a whole bunch of words to make it less confusing this time. Because states have constitutions and legislature in the USA, but township’s policies can change by the acting leader. To me that’s exactly the point I’ve been trying to make, is that the USA severely lacks any central system or regulation on who qualifies as an engineer.
Let me tell you some shocking news: Most of the majors in Computer Science and Engineering (in the university I took it, one of the most prestigious in my country) don’t know shit about software engineering. They know only how to burp out the same leetcode style programs they were taught and that’s it. I’d trust a guy that managed to learn software engineering on it’s own through years of FAFO than (most) university majors.
Seethe more
They don’t look like the one who is getting overly-emotional here.
Could have fooled me, I posted a funny and they told me their life’s story.
That was supposed to be funny? Are you sure?
At least 14 people agreed, I think if the sub weren’t filled with “SoFTwArE eNgINEerS” instead of actual Software Engineers then there wouldn’t be as many if any at all downvotes.
One of those was you, so 13 actual opinions that matter.
Compared to the 44 that didn’t find it funny at all.
I’m not sure ‘people agree with me’ and ‘they think I’m funny’ mean the same thing.
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