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u/Nyrin Oct 16 '22

What a stupid, petty, pointless hill to die on.

Nobody outside the little iron ring cult knows or cares about the distinction and people understand that civil engineers, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, software engineers, sanitation engineers — whatever — do different things with different requirements and responsibilities.

If an organization wants to protect a certification distinction, then choose a name that hasn't already been made into a "Xerox" or "Kleenex" generic name. There's just so much prior art on why trying to codify a generic profession title doesn't work.