Professional licensing

[Vaughn Treude]

Gene,
I understand that Texas already has a licensing program for software 
engineers,  and I imagine it will be here before long.  That's one of the 
reason I'm looking into other possible sourcdes of income - not because I 
couldn't pass the exam, but I find it unacceptable that I'd need to ask the 
government for permission to earn a living and feed my family.

Vaughn

On Sunday 25 May 2003 00:41, you wrote:
> The Board is concerned with the practice offered to the public, mostly
> consulting endeavers.  Major companies like public utilities support the
> Board and encourage their engineers to become registered.   This gives the
> public recourse when deliverables (porducts, blueprints, etc.) are faulty. 
> There are lots of investigations and penalties.
>
> Having said that, producing software is an engineering process.  How soon
> Arizona, or more importantly, nation-wide, that that is recognized I have
> no guess.  However, I do remember doing a digital circuit on my exam for
> Electrical Engineering.
>
> Gene
>
> Alan Dayley <alandd@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> On Saturday 24 May 2003 08:27, Alan Dayley wrote:
> > On Saturday 24 May 2003 07:22, William Lindley wrote:
> > > Arizona Revised Statues
> > > 32-123. Application for registration and certification
> > >
> > > (L00, ch 86, sec. 7)
> > >
> > > A. A person desiring to practice architecture, assaying, engineering,
> > > geology, home inspection, landscape architecture or land surveying
> > > shall make application for registration or certification on a form
> > > prescribed by the board, subscribed under oath and accompanied by the
> > > application fee.
> >
> > --[clip]--
> >
> > All of the above mentioned areas of competency can easily be tied to
> > construction and safety of the constructed product. To me that indicates
> > that the meaning of "engineering" as used above is structural
> > engineering. It seems to me to be a reach to say software and even
> > electrical (digital) engineering is covered by this article. If that were
> > so, it could read "If you build or inspect buildings, highways, bridges,
> > railroads, gardens or video games, you must be certified." Software just
> > doen't seem to fit in that group.
> >
> > Any lawyers want to venture a non-binding clarification?
>
> At the Arizona State Board of Technical Registration web site, one can
> search for registered professionals. At the bottom of the search page is a
> selection for the technical discipline of the person you wish to search
> for.
>
> http://www.btr.state.az.us/RegistrantSearch.asp
>
> That list box has "ENGINEER/ELECTRICAL" and "ENGINEER (GENERAL)" but those
> are the closest disciplines listed that could be construed to include a
> software engineer. Based on that non-binding, non-legal definition :^), I
> would say that software engineering does not require registration in the
> State of Arizona.
>
> Alan
>
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