[ale] What's my job title?

DJ-Pfulio DJPfulio at jdpfu.com
Tue May 9 20:09:53 EDT 2017


Don't claim to be an Engineer in Oregon without a PE.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/business/traffic-light-fine.html

NC's Take on "Engineer" titles:
   http://www.bizjournals.com/triad/stories/2004/04/12/focus3.html

I tried to stay with reputable sources.

On 05/09/2017 06:42 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
> On 2017-05-09 15:29, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
>> On 05/09/2017 04:01 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
>>> My office-mate does a lot of circuit and mechanical designs for his
>>> work.  However his degree is in astrophysics but he isn't permitted to
>>> call himself an engineer because that's technically not his training.
>>> The rationale comes from legal requirements.  So anyone at work with an
>>> engineering degree can be called an engineer.  My office-mate can call
>>> himself scientist or physicist.
>>
>> Source please.
> 
> The source is internal employer legal documentation that I wouldn't be
> able to send out.  That documentation is based on interpretation of
> various laws by internal counsel.  So they say the sheepskin holds the
> title. 


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