schildi
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Post by schildi on Feb 2, 2011 0:55:15 GMT -5
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chiver78
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Post by chiver78 on Feb 2, 2011 8:17:03 GMT -5
"I wandered over to the automation world after getting my chemE BS. I don't think I'll ever need to get that PE." Not True. I do Automation work and have a PE (very useful in the consulting field) and required by many clients that require work on systems with hazardous chemicals (even though I don't have to stamp anything). Over 1/2 the states recognize the Controls PE test that you can take to get your PE. Overall, I don't care what people call themselves for a title. I do have a serious problem if people use the PE after their name. As with any profession, you can have an education in it, but the letters after your name mean you are licensed and use of those without the license would be fraud. fair enough. I currently work for a pharma company, and have no interest in moving to the consulting world. that said, I still don't think I'll ever need that PE.
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steff
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Post by steff on Feb 2, 2011 14:30:50 GMT -5
My son has now been raised longer in Georgia than in Texas, so his real understanding of the "Aggie" jokes is limited, but I'm one of those that bleeds maroon. Didn't go to school there, but know many who did and yep, I've always been a big A&M football fan (anyone but UT!).
We simply can't afford the out of state tution for A&M...it's close to $14,000 a year for out of state. Kiddo is already taking college engineering courses thru his charter high school. Thru the school, he has already done an internship with Delta Airlines and one summer with the Atlanta Zoo....right now he's interning in the sports editting dept at an Atlanta tv station. He's leaning towards Lanier Tech for the Associates degree and then moving to Georgia Tech to specialize in Agricultural engineering.
To be brutally honest, kiddo is sooooooooooooooooo far beyond my level of "smarts" that half the time I don't even know what he's talking about until he's done and I start googling everything. I didn't even know there was such a thing as agricultural engineering. LoL
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lizwid
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Post by lizwid on Feb 2, 2011 14:36:16 GMT -5
I am a civil engineer PE. In the consulting world a PE is definitely required. As a side note, a family member (mechanical engineer) owns a consulting firm in the power industry and does not have a PE-- he just pays a PE to stamp his plans whenever a stamp is required (rarely).
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Post by tafromkc on Feb 2, 2011 14:50:47 GMT -5
I've got a degree in electical and computer engineering (ECE). I do embedded systems programming. It used to bother me when people called themselves engineers when they didn't actually have an engineering degree. I've let it go. It doesn't matter what your job title is. What matters is whether or not you're good at your job, and how difficult it is to replace you. So if you have "engineer" in your job title, and the requirements for your job say you need a two-year degree in computer science, well, you're a heck of a lot easier to replace than somebody who actually had to pass differential equations. It's not about your title. It's about your value relative to the rest of the job market.
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