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Poll: Is a Degree Necessary to Be Called an Engineer? - RF Cafe
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Is a Degree Necessary
to Be Called an Engineer?
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Yes, always |
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19% |
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Yes, with few exceptions |
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40% |
[ 77 ] |
No, it is just a title |
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39% |
[ 74 ] |
I have no opinion |
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2% |
[ 3 ] |
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Total
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Kirt Blattenberger
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Post subject: Is a Degree Necessary to Be Called an Engineer?
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:23 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:
Some people are of the opinion
that in order to called an "Engineer," it is necessary
to have earned the proper engineering degree - the
professional connotation of the position demands
so. Others believe it is just a title that can be
accorded to any competent person. Please take a
couple minutes to read through my "Kirt's Cogitations"
article and then respond to this poll question.
Or, skip the article and respond to the poll.
Thanks for your participation.
_________________ - Kirt Blattenberger
RF Cafe Progenitor & Webmaster
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jives |
Post subject:
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:28 pm
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Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2005
6:18 pm Posts: 6 |
Kirt, Thanks for the excellent article. I have
recently worked with two "engineers", both of whom
I thought were very good at what they do only to
be surprised to find out that one had a degree in
accounting and the other had no degree at all. These
two gentlemen, however, had many years of experience.
Something that bothers me more, though, is the
proliferation of professions these days that call
themselves engineers; i.e. "sanitation engineer"
(garbage man), and "recording engineer" among others.
It bothers me that people attach "engineer" to their
job when it has nothing to do with engineering,
at least not in the scientific sense.
So,
with that being said, my vote was "Yes, with few
exceptions" because I think the title of "engineer"
should be earned through engineering course work,
but I recognize that there are exceptions where
experience is a good (or better) substitute.
Thanks for maintaining such an informative site
and keep up the great work.
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Tony Kurlovich |
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 1:42 am
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Captain |
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Joined: Thu Oct 19, 2006
6:02 pm Posts: 8 |
I am a non degreed engineer. I have been one for
30 years. I managed to make the transition because
I was doing significant RF design well and without
close supervision. Since then I branched into RFIC
design and RF systems design. I have had a interesting
carrier.
To be honest I would not have had
a chance if most engineers were not under employed.
That was 30 years ago. Now it's much worse.
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Ed Milan |
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:01 am
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Joined: Mon Aug 04, 2003
10:13 am Posts: 11 |
I agree with Tony that today's environment does
not leave much room for an "engineer" without a
degree and probably rightly so. Maybe I'm biased
because I went to the trouble to earn an MSEE in
microwave engineering, but I think the title imples
the person took the time, trouble and expense to
earn the degree and suffered through the same rigorous
bit of training that I went through. It's a rite
of passage and calling just anyone and "engineer"
would be a disservice to those of us who did earn
a degree. Those who haven't can claim to know what
it's like, but they really cannot. Sorry if this
seems snobbish, but it's merely protecting the integrity
of an institution.
Ed
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madengr |
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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:22 pm
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Joined: Fri Feb 02, 2007
5:22 pm Posts: 7 Location: Overland Park,
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I believe in some US sates you can't legally call
yourself an engineer unless you hold a PE license.
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Clay |
Post subject: Re: Is a Degree Necessary to Be Called an Engineer?
Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2010 4:07 pm
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Lieutenant |
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Joined: Tue Feb 16, 2010
4:02 pm Posts: 4 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Yes, with a few exceptions. I was a radar tech in
the airforce, then went back to school but did
not finish for monetary reasons. I wrote the
engineering acceptance exams for my Province
of Ontario, Canada, just the same as if I had
been an immigrant with a degree from another
country.
Best regards,
/Clay (first
post)
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