Makes me wish there was a certification test required to run for public office! Wayne Driscoll Product Developer JME Software LLC NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Black Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2007 11:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Help settle a job title/role debate > > In some states the abuse of the term 'engineer' in a job title was met > with the legislated requirement that said person indeed be a licensed > engineer. Either you had demonstrated engineering training & skills > or you knew how to drive the trains. Nothing else was tolerated. Here in NJ, a few years ago, some mush-headed legislator submitted a bill to require licensing and certification for the use of "Software Engineer". Curiously, the same law that requires licensing of professional Engineers also covered licensing of barbers and beauticians. Must have made the engineers feel special. She proposed a certification exam, but she obviously had no concept of the breadth of specialties among programmers.\ Luckily, cooler heads prevailed and the bill was trashed. -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Developer for FDR Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300 personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sales info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tech support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.innovationdp.fdr.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
