Re: Requiest advice on PE exam

Tim Wescott wrote:
> dbell wrote:
>
>> "I realize the current PE exam is probably much different format from
>> what
>> most of you here may have taken, ..."
>>
>> In 24 years of doing DSP at a number of different companies (perm,
>> contract, consultant) I have met a total of 2 EE's that identified
>> themselves as PEs.
>>
>> Group,
>>
>> Is my observation atypical?
>>
>> Dirk
>>
> Where an engineer has a fiduciary responsibility to his client (i.e. he
> needs to sign off on something to say it won't endanger life and limb,
> and the only assurance the client has is his signature), and if this
> responsibility is recognized be the state he's probably required to have
> a PE if he wants to apply his signature as an "engineer".
>
> Most algorithm development doesn't fall into this class. Even if you
> were developing algorithms for medical applications you could still
> expect your client to do independent verification as part of their
> certification process. If your client _isn't_ going to do extensive
> testing and the algorithm _could_ kill people then you should (a) run
> like hell or (b) write the contract so you do the testing and get paid
> no matter how things work out -- then make sure the testing is solid and
> well documented.
>

Does it even matter in these cases? A PE seal and signature is usually
affixed to bridges, building systems, and buildings - and these things
are not tested to make sure they work. They are expected to work as
designed and built . And they should - the engineering and science
behind these are "simple" and "static".

I was urged to get a PE - I first went into mechanical and HVAC. I'm
sure I would be dead or insane if I had not gotten the hell out of
that stagnant and boring field. I never once regretted not getting
the PE. Knowing a few misanthropic PEs did not help either.



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