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I never wore mine. Got one mostly to be able to go through the ritual with friends.

OT: Funny to see that the term 'engineer' is held in high regard in Canada but here in UK there's no such connotation.

"in UK there's no such connotation"

That is a real shame given the UK's fantastic history of engineering. Still, I guess it was something that an engineer came out second in the BBC's poll of the Top 100 Britons:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel

Well the Chartered Engineer title awarded by the IET was always held high in regard at my uni (which, in theory at least, is focused on Engineering). Unfortunately for me though, there is little point spending time, energy and money to acquire one as a Software Engineer, as it applies to Mech/Civil etc schools more.

I believe it is possible to qualify as a CEng through the BCS - though not sure why anyone would do this.

True but in my case I'm actually a Software Engineer with a BEng

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