The term 'engineer' has become somewhat diluted. I see many white vans on the road these days with 'XXXXX Engineering' emblazoned along the side when, in reality, many of these individuals and businesses are technicians or provide technical services. I won't go into the 'environmental waste engineer aka bin man' argument because, until we can differentiate between engineers and technicians, there is no point in trying to hit the lower misuse levels. Additionally, we should consider newer technology which is changing and diluting the 'engineer' name. Within our business we have software engineers, however, I feel the public perception is that 'programmers' are not seen as engineers.
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