Hate using this preface, but, unpopular opinion follows: The issue in the US is that the word engineer has been in common use to describe technical workers for a very long time. I've had friends who were:
* Engineers (and operated trains)
* Manufacturing Engineers (who were really equipment techs)
* Sanitary Engineers (who were really trash truck drivers)
* UX Engineers (who were really web designers)
* Software engineers (programmers)
* Data Engineers (kind of dba-ish, maybe)
* Culinary Engineer (restaurant kitchen designer)
Genericide has occurred. The boat sailed.
When the real estate industry wanted a word for "licensed seller of property" they had to make up a new word "Realtor" and protect that with a certification mark. The engineering industry really needs to do the same thing instead of harrassing the garbage truck driver, computer programmers and the guy who fixes the conveyor belt.
* Engineers (and operated trains) * Manufacturing Engineers (who were really equipment techs) * Sanitary Engineers (who were really trash truck drivers) * UX Engineers (who were really web designers) * Software engineers (programmers) * Data Engineers (kind of dba-ish, maybe) * Culinary Engineer (restaurant kitchen designer)
Genericide has occurred. The boat sailed.
When the real estate industry wanted a word for "licensed seller of property" they had to make up a new word "Realtor" and protect that with a certification mark. The engineering industry really needs to do the same thing instead of harrassing the garbage truck driver, computer programmers and the guy who fixes the conveyor belt.