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Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

Im asking because this guy was telling me he's an engineer, but he doesn't have an engineering degree. My first thought was he's engaging in puffery, but later I got to thinking. Maybe I'm being unfair?

Depends upon the type of engineer. I'm a network engineer. I do complex technical stuff. There's no PE test for that like there would be for an EE, CE, ME, etc...

Originally Posted by Alan A

Is he a licensed PE? Or the equivalent of whatever that is in the state in question? If not, no, IMO.

I have an engineering degree. And sufficient experience that if I were to take and pass the exams I'd be qualified as same.

But I don't call myself an engineer - that would be false advertising imo.

For a lot of the more traditional sorts of engineers, this is a good answer.

Originally Posted by cockerpunk

if you are employed as an engineer, you are an engineer IMO.

This seems to me to be another good answer. If you're being paid to be an engineer... Of course, then you get into the problem of folks that actually impersonate various professions without being remotely qualified (and can't do the work).