UCGal your comments are only meant to stroke your own ego IMO. At the end of the day it’s all about delivering information and yes IT is a big umbrella that it sounds like you fit under.
IMO no one should call themselves an Engineer unless they fall into one of the following categories:
1. They are a gov’t licensed Engineer (EIT/FE or PE)
2. They graduated with an Engineering degree from an ABET accredited engineering program
3. Or a graduated from an Elite University or Institution with an engineering degree (sorry, UCSD doesn’t count as an elite university)
