I think it was, "Danutra?", in the stacker thread that refuses to die that said something along the lines that techies aren't Engineers.
He is right... and wrong.
An Engineer is someone who has a degree in Engineering which the majority of us in here don't.
However I work with Engineers every day, some have degrees and some only have HNCs / HNDs. But there is a fairly even split between those who are OK at their job and those who are brilliant so A degree doesn't mean you're more able than anyone else.
I also have a friend who did his degree in mechanical engineering but chose to do my old job of fixing things. And a kid I was school with did a degree in electronics and works in IT and hasn't designed anything in 20 years. Is he an engineer?
I think that... If you have a degree and work in engineering you're an engineer. If you have degree but haven't done any engineering in 10 years or more it's questionable. If you have no degree but 10 years experience in engineering then you are an engineer.
Waddya think?
He is right... and wrong.
An Engineer is someone who has a degree in Engineering which the majority of us in here don't.
However I work with Engineers every day, some have degrees and some only have HNCs / HNDs. But there is a fairly even split between those who are OK at their job and those who are brilliant so A degree doesn't mean you're more able than anyone else.
I also have a friend who did his degree in mechanical engineering but chose to do my old job of fixing things. And a kid I was school with did a degree in electronics and works in IT and hasn't designed anything in 20 years. Is he an engineer?
I think that... If you have a degree and work in engineering you're an engineer. If you have degree but haven't done any engineering in 10 years or more it's questionable. If you have no degree but 10 years experience in engineering then you are an engineer.
Waddya think?