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Poll: Do You Belong to a Professional Engineering Organization?
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Do You Belong to a Professional
Engineering Organization?
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Yes, primarily for event participation |
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8% |
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Yes, primarily for networking |
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4% |
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Yes, primarily for the benefits |
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12% |
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Yes, for all the above reasons |
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31% |
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No, not any more |
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22% |
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No, never have belonged to any |
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24% |
[ 12 ] |
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Total
votes : 51 |
Kirt Blattenberger
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Post subject: Do You Belong to a Professional Engineering Organization?
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:59 pm
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Site Admin |
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Joined: Sun Aug 03, 2003
2:02 pm Posts: 451 Location: Erie, PA
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Greetings:
Many engineers are a bit dubious
about whether the existence of or membership in
one of the many professional organizations is worthwhile.
Some of the larger ones include the IEEE, IEE, SWE,
and so on, with each typically having societies
within them that break down into specialty areas.
The biggest criticism I typically hear or read is
that they are populated primarily by elites and
scholars looking to get papers published or wanting
invitations for speaking events.
For me,
my membership in the IEEE is motivated both by good
rates on life insurance and I actually enjoy receiving
and reading their Spectrum magazine. It is also
good to know that most large organizations have
government lobbyists that advocate for our needs.
How about you – do you belong to a professional
organization of any sort? After voting, please post
your reason for or against membership.
Thanks
for your participation.
_________________ - Kirt Blattenberger
RF Cafe Progenitor & Webmaster
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nubbage |
Post subject:
Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:00 pm
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General |
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Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2006
12:07 pm Posts: 236 Location: London UK
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BTW the IEE has now been renamed IET, partly I suspect
because if managers have not done anything eye-catching
for 11 months of the year they are left with only
1 month to do something, anything (change logo,
change title, order paper-clips etc).
I have
belonged to the IET since graduating, partly to
show potential employers (who do not understand
the text of the CV, but recognize a qualification)
that I am worth the outrageous fee I charge, that
is: 20% of a lawyer's fee.
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Posted 11/12/2012
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