[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: software engineer? -- argumentative

[Bryan J. Smith]

Chris Cox wrote:  
> Good online book on engineering..
> http://www.catskillarchive.com/rrextra/jjtoc.Html
> There's some great tech info in the appendix.
> Happy engineering!  Whoo-whoo, chugga-chugga-chugga...

Argumentative.  It's not being used in the same context.
State BoPEs recognize the "alternative meaning" of the word.

No one calls the state BoPEs because a train ran into their house
(at least not yet? ;-).

If you want to show some objectivity on the matter, then people will
take you seriously.  I for one have a history of repeatedly stating
that the "bridge builders" in the BoPEs need to "get with the program"
and start offering the IEEE/NCEES exams for a _true_ "Software
Engineering" practical exam.

-- 
 Discussing distributions is like discussing political parties.
Not only do they enflame people, but they often break down into
sets of blind assumptions.  Instead, people should focus on the
   specific details of underlying technologies, just like one
should when it comes to specific terms in legislation.  Because
the similarities are often more surprising than the differences.
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Bryan J. Smith, E.I.                          b.j.smith at ieee.org