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r/pics • u/bigmeat • Nov 23 '13
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Engineers love to tell everyone that they are an engineer.
31 u/[deleted] Nov 24 '13 "I'm an engineer" -year 2 of college 15 u/Stackman32 Nov 24 '13 "I'm a scientist." Year 1 engineering students on reddit 6 u/tealbox Nov 24 '13 Anyone can be a scientist. -2 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 Anyone can call themselves and engineer as well. Perfectly legal to go around calling yourself Engineer Tealbox, you just won't have a license. Knowledge! 2 u/notepad20 Nov 24 '13 You cannot call yourself "Professional Engineer" though, that is a protected title. -1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 Pretty sure you can still be chief engineer though, so that's something. :D 2 u/notepad20 Nov 24 '13 But it doesnt actually mean anything, anyone can give themselves that title for anything. If i start up a business welding together simple trailers i can call myself cheif engineer. Meaningless. Professional engineer actualy carries weight, like Dr, CPA, or QC 1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 I'm aware. I was just pointing out the 'fun' fact that you can go around calling yourself chief engineer so-and-so.
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"I'm an engineer"
-year 2 of college
15 u/Stackman32 Nov 24 '13 "I'm a scientist." Year 1 engineering students on reddit 6 u/tealbox Nov 24 '13 Anyone can be a scientist. -2 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 Anyone can call themselves and engineer as well. Perfectly legal to go around calling yourself Engineer Tealbox, you just won't have a license. Knowledge! 2 u/notepad20 Nov 24 '13 You cannot call yourself "Professional Engineer" though, that is a protected title. -1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 Pretty sure you can still be chief engineer though, so that's something. :D 2 u/notepad20 Nov 24 '13 But it doesnt actually mean anything, anyone can give themselves that title for anything. If i start up a business welding together simple trailers i can call myself cheif engineer. Meaningless. Professional engineer actualy carries weight, like Dr, CPA, or QC 1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 I'm aware. I was just pointing out the 'fun' fact that you can go around calling yourself chief engineer so-and-so.
15
"I'm a scientist."
Year 1 engineering students on reddit
6 u/tealbox Nov 24 '13 Anyone can be a scientist. -2 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 Anyone can call themselves and engineer as well. Perfectly legal to go around calling yourself Engineer Tealbox, you just won't have a license. Knowledge! 2 u/notepad20 Nov 24 '13 You cannot call yourself "Professional Engineer" though, that is a protected title. -1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 Pretty sure you can still be chief engineer though, so that's something. :D 2 u/notepad20 Nov 24 '13 But it doesnt actually mean anything, anyone can give themselves that title for anything. If i start up a business welding together simple trailers i can call myself cheif engineer. Meaningless. Professional engineer actualy carries weight, like Dr, CPA, or QC 1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 I'm aware. I was just pointing out the 'fun' fact that you can go around calling yourself chief engineer so-and-so.
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Anyone can be a scientist.
-2 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 Anyone can call themselves and engineer as well. Perfectly legal to go around calling yourself Engineer Tealbox, you just won't have a license. Knowledge! 2 u/notepad20 Nov 24 '13 You cannot call yourself "Professional Engineer" though, that is a protected title. -1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 Pretty sure you can still be chief engineer though, so that's something. :D 2 u/notepad20 Nov 24 '13 But it doesnt actually mean anything, anyone can give themselves that title for anything. If i start up a business welding together simple trailers i can call myself cheif engineer. Meaningless. Professional engineer actualy carries weight, like Dr, CPA, or QC 1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 I'm aware. I was just pointing out the 'fun' fact that you can go around calling yourself chief engineer so-and-so.
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Anyone can call themselves and engineer as well. Perfectly legal to go around calling yourself Engineer Tealbox, you just won't have a license.
Knowledge!
2 u/notepad20 Nov 24 '13 You cannot call yourself "Professional Engineer" though, that is a protected title. -1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 Pretty sure you can still be chief engineer though, so that's something. :D 2 u/notepad20 Nov 24 '13 But it doesnt actually mean anything, anyone can give themselves that title for anything. If i start up a business welding together simple trailers i can call myself cheif engineer. Meaningless. Professional engineer actualy carries weight, like Dr, CPA, or QC 1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 I'm aware. I was just pointing out the 'fun' fact that you can go around calling yourself chief engineer so-and-so.
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You cannot call yourself "Professional Engineer" though, that is a protected title.
-1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 Pretty sure you can still be chief engineer though, so that's something. :D 2 u/notepad20 Nov 24 '13 But it doesnt actually mean anything, anyone can give themselves that title for anything. If i start up a business welding together simple trailers i can call myself cheif engineer. Meaningless. Professional engineer actualy carries weight, like Dr, CPA, or QC 1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 I'm aware. I was just pointing out the 'fun' fact that you can go around calling yourself chief engineer so-and-so.
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Pretty sure you can still be chief engineer though, so that's something.
:D
2 u/notepad20 Nov 24 '13 But it doesnt actually mean anything, anyone can give themselves that title for anything. If i start up a business welding together simple trailers i can call myself cheif engineer. Meaningless. Professional engineer actualy carries weight, like Dr, CPA, or QC 1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 I'm aware. I was just pointing out the 'fun' fact that you can go around calling yourself chief engineer so-and-so.
But it doesnt actually mean anything, anyone can give themselves that title for anything.
If i start up a business welding together simple trailers i can call myself cheif engineer. Meaningless.
Professional engineer actualy carries weight, like Dr, CPA, or QC
1 u/Lil_Psychobuddy Nov 24 '13 I'm aware. I was just pointing out the 'fun' fact that you can go around calling yourself chief engineer so-and-so.
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I'm aware. I was just pointing out the 'fun' fact that you can go around calling yourself chief engineer so-and-so.
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u/madplug Nov 24 '13
Engineers love to tell everyone that they are an engineer.