• grue@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I can guarantee that every engineer that worked on that thing hated it and thought it was fucking stupid.

    As a software engineer who was also a civil engineer-in-training before switching careers, I think one of the big overlooked benefits of being licensed is that it would give engineers leverage to push back on unethical demands by management.

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      10 months ago

      Management can always just fire the engineering team and hire one overseas. It’s not like it’s even that difficult to do.

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        10 months ago

        I don’t think you understand what being licensed means. It means the state requires that people doing that job hold a license. Offshoring would become illegal.