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RE: Skills vs education (was: Senior technical writer?)
Subject:RE: Skills vs education (was: Senior technical writer?) From:mlist -at- safenet-inc -dot- com To:eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com, mlist -at- safenet-inc -dot- com Date:Tue, 3 Oct 2006 15:02:11 -0400
eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com
[mailto:eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com] jumped in with both feet, to
say:
>Kevin wrote on 10/02/2006 11:31:25 AM:
> > Engineers can become pros with only an engineering
> > undergrad degree
> Oh no they can't! While the rules vary from jurisdiction
> to jurisdiction I have yet to hear of any area in the world
> in which you can practice as or claim to be a Professional
> Engineer with only a degree. And it doesn't matter whether
> it's a Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate.
Most people realize that. The emphasis in my head, which
did not convey itself to you, was "with a degree of [merely]
type Bachelor".
The side-point trying to be made was only that, while all
three of doctors, lawyers and engineers have "apprenticeship"
stages following their academic studies, only the engineers
get their profession-specific academic training as
undergrads. The doctors and lawyers can't normally get into
their profession-specific schools without a basic degree
in science or the arts or biz.
[rest snipped as not relevant anymore]
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