[Discuss] Programming vs Engineering

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 01/23/2012 12:13 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On 1/23/12 9:27 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>> but few are licensed. How many EEs does NSTAR or National Grid have on
>> their payroll, and of those what percentage are licensed.
>
> More than none, I should expect.  Even in a worst case where NSTAR has
> no licensed EEs on staff they have people educated in engineering
> disciplines overseeing the work.  This is far and away better than
> most software companies where the "engineers" have no engineering
> background at all and their supervisors have even weaker technical
> backgrounds. And of course nobody is held accountable when things go
> wrong.
>
I would agree. The issue today is moving from no effective certification
to something. It requires that employers buy into it by (1) encouraging
existing employees to certify, and (2) adding requirements to job specs.

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