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Sorry, I meant to say software architect.

That's a great point, and one of the reasons I was originally taught it isn't "engineering", strictly. I think we do a lot of what counts as engineering. But, you're right, we aren't formally certified as an engineer. Perhaps that (and the required rigour) will change.

It depends you can jump trough the hoops to get Ceng status but the one of the problems is the BCS/IEEE keep changing the goal posts for those going the industry experience route

The other bigger elephant is what in it for me what have the BCS / IEEE actually done anything to improve the status of engineers.

In the UK Jeremy Clarkson's 1 hour documentary on Brunel has probably done more for the profile of engineers than the IEEE has done in the last 25 years.

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