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Originally Posted by fintstone
Because the law requires Federal employees appointed to engineering positions be qualified (engineering degree or equiv., PE...sometimes both).
You don't learn Physics and Calculus on the job.
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What about EEs .... they were literally a dime-a-dozen in my career .... and those courses and a degree did NOT mean squat. While at IBM, all the youngins had degrees, but many of the EEs that were older did not. Some of the best in fact. The were tested for apptitude and then had OJT within IBM back in the 70s. I was always leading/bleeding edge in computers and communications tech .... you simply don't even get exposed to that while getting a degree... only in theory. Certainly not at NC State .... and those grads were damn good .... IBM got the cream of the crop from everywhere too.... but the older geezers ruled also.... real world EE. The corps I worked for generally had degree requirements, but proven track records were hired too ... if they wanted you, they found a way to circumvent HR.
But lying on a resume was always verboten... and cause for immediate termination.