Defining a "Linux Engineer"

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On Fri, 2012-09-28 at 21:40 -0500, Dave Ihnat wrote:
> Once, long ago--actually, on Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 08:50:17PM CDT--mark (m.roth at 5-cent.us) said:
> > Gads, but the word "engineer" is horribly overused.
> 
> True.
> 
> > Fun facts:  Calling yourself an engineer while not being a licensed
> > professional engineer is potentially illegal, as well as can get you in
> > deep kim che for misrepresentation.
> 
> Depends on what you're using it as.  If you're trying to get a position
> that requires a PE, maybe.  Otherwise, I doubt it.
> 
> Cheers,
> --
> 	Dave Ihnat
> 	ignatz at dminet.com
> 
Agree. I recently passed RHCE. Does it make me an engineer? Hmm... I
believe it depends on the point of view. Reality is it does not matter
what's on a paper. What matters really is if you can do your job really
well so the others can say "He/she really knows how to do/fix it."
I can master one technology and has no clue about the other. Am I an
engineer or not? I can pass the exam and forget most of it in 6 months.
Will I be still an engineer? ;-)

Regards,
Grzeg