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Didn’t this exist with the PE designation in software engineering in the US?

https://www.nspe.org/resources/pe-magazine/may-2018/ncees-en...




Yep. It existed for a while. It was canceled (as noted in the article) because not enough people were taking it.

I looked at it briefly but realized that I would need to study a significant amount of engineering aspects (how much water can flow through this pipe type engineering) to be able to pass the first exam.

For people who are developers, while the ethics, principals, rigor and similar type aspects of the PE exam process are useful, that it is still focused on being a PE first and a PE with an Software specialization second means that most people who are software developers would not be able to pass it or find use in the additional engineering principals that it provides (you wouldn't want me to sign off of a building design... well, maybe if I studied enough to pass the FE exam first...)

So, first I'd have to take the FE Electrical and computer exam... https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/FE-Electrical-and-Compu... or go with the other disciplines exam - https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/FE-Other-Disciplines-CB...

Either way, there's a lot of material there that I don't know and I don't imagine most CS new grads would have a clue on.

And that's just the FE exam. After four years of under a PE, then the PE exam - https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SWE-Apr-2013.pd...

It's just not worth it.




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