Attention engineers...What type are you and why?

[RogerR]

Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain

Actualy they can. This is where you see a diference between engineer and professional engineer. Also I wouldn't trust an engineer to connect a power connector to a pwm any more than anyone else unless they have some experience (infact i have run into that EXACT problem) unless they have experience with the electrical system.

as its been pointed out before, an engineer is someone who's graduated from an accredited engineering program. a professional engineer is one who has met a set of standards, usually involving a set number of years in the field (4 in florida), passing an exam, and graduating from an accredited engineering program. both require that you graduate from an accredited engineering program. otherwise, you aren't an engineer.

this is not to say you haven't engineered. to borrow a quote from one of my books, "To Engineer Is Human". but just 'cause you've engineered, doesn't make you an engineer. there's a set of standards that dictate that.