A good start would be to reclaim and protect the word Engineer for its real meaning, just as the title Doctor denotes a certain level of either academic achievement or medical training.The person who fixes the photocopier is a technician and not an engineer, no more than the (invaluable and useful) person who takes X-rays is a doctor.
A fine concept let down by semantics. Could you define when someone stops being a technician and becomes an engineer?
Very similar to the discussion regarding what is a scientist and what is an engineer? There is a very large grey area in the middle therefore how and where is the division made?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
