Re: Defining a "Linux Engineer"

geofrey rainey <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I'm at RHCE, which has "Engineer" in the title, I suppose Redhat have it 
wrong eh?

On 10/27/2012 12:27 AM, Matty Sarro wrote:
> You realize that a lot of us "network" and "computer" folk have put in just
> as much time and effort as a practicing engineer to learn our craft, right?
> And your dismissive tone makes it pretty clear you've never worked on large
> systems - things supporting 30 - 40 million customers (the things I build).
> Sorry that doesn't make me cool enough to be part of your elite club. I'll
> worry about getting certified when I'm not actually engineering things.
>
> No, I'm not a licensed engineer. But I have corrected IETF and IEEE EE's
> with phds and patents who have several published rfc's between when it
> comes to system engineering. I have every right to my title.
> On Sep 28, 2012 8:45 PM, "Tom Burke" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Gads, but the word "engineer" is horribly overused.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> I'm sure there are civil engineers that work primarily at waste water
>> treatment facilities who really get riled up over the term "sanitary
>> engineer" when it is applied to janitors.
>>
>> As for myself, I am officially an EIT (although I've been practicing
>> engineering for 15 years), and One of my fields is "Systems Engineering."
>> On a relatively rcent job hunt, tons of companies wanted me to install and
>> maintain computers and networks.
>>
>> Not to dis network & computer folks (I used to do that, too), but
>> seriously?  Thank you Microsoft for clouding up all the issues.
>>
>> </rant>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Marco Shaw <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Perhaps my search engine foo is weak...
>>>
>>> Anyone care to share what their "vision" is of what a "Linux Engineer"
>>> does?   Is it really any different than a "Linux Architect"?  How
>>> about a "Linux Analyst"?
>>>
>>> Marco
>>>
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