> In some areas of the world such as Canada the use of the word engineer in a > certification or title waves a red flag in the face of Professional > Engineers. After over 30 years of battling with them in another profession > I have learned that it is pointless to attempt to reason with them. They > cost one organisation I belonged to thousands of dollars to implement a name > change of the organisation. The current theme they have is anyone working > on systems or software of any description in Canada should either be > Professional Engineer (read University degree in engineering or applied > science) or working under their direct supervision. Canada is not the only > country that has that issue going on, many other countries in the world are > also having similar battles over the word. If they as a group wish to be so > much of a "Dog in the Manger" or anal over the use of a word, frankly it is > not worth the fight, time or energy to hassle with them. > Norm
Just for the record, the word "engineer" will not appear in either the associate or professional level exam. Dru _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert
