[jcommin]

I have a BSME from the U of I in 1973. I have been in manufacturing for 50 years and I'm retired as of this year.

For the first 7 years, I started out on a drafting board as a jr designer, later promoted to designer and senior designer.

The next 7 years, I changed jobs, and my title was design engineer and later senior design engineer.

I had a consulting gig for one year, and for the remaining 35 years I have been with the manufacturing company. My duties and titles have changed. If you ask me what I am today, I will tell you I'm a degreed mechanical engineer by education, but I'm so far removed from engineering, I can't call myself that today.

IMO, the title of engineer is thrown around, anyone can call themselves that. I have respect for those who are PEs, certified, and those who have Masters and Doctorates.