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Back in the 70s it was bombs on planes...
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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or D.B. Cooper
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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A reply to a post from two years ago. One wonders how you find the time.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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The Google-fu is strong in that one...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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apparently!
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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[Censored due to comment from a triggered user...]
modified 26-Feb-22 15:14pm.
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Hey stupid. (see above)
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Message Closed
modified 26-Feb-22 23:28pm.
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How does someone go about blocking an idiot here?
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Hit the "Red flag" in the top right of their home page (click on their username, it'll take you there) and select the appropriate option: "spam" or "abuse".
Then report them here: Spam and Abuse Watch Discussion Boards[^] explaining why they deserve to be a member no longer.
The community will decide their fate.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Why are all my new messages being flagged as potential spam? What did I do?
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This site sometimes gets deluged with spam, so some posts first have to go through a moderator. You haven't done anything wrong, but this can happen until you have a certain number of reputation points, particularly if your post contains a link to some other site.
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No links or anything. It also seems that my reputation points and rank have disappeared. I'm guessing that Chris has let the hamsters alone or C
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has a software problem, too bad .
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While your account is quite old, the number of messages you've posted is small. Once a few more of your posts have been accepted through the spam filter it will stop being so concerned about you.
Thanks,
Sean Ewington
CodeProject
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To further what Sean said, sometimes an older/inactive account suddenly starts posting a bunch of stuff and it looks like it may have been hacked.
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I am a registered Professional Engineer qualified as a Petroleum Engineer, but under the rules, I'm not supposed to add Software Engiineering to my qualifications, unless I pass a test orget a registered Software Engineer to vouch for me.
The tests is no longer offered, sothe reference is the only available option now.
Is anyone here a registered Software Engineer ?
Regards,
Walt
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I never knew someone needed to be "registered" to be a software engineer. Interesting.
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It was/is an attempt to make the engineering discipline follow a trade-skill-like path to being an "official" engineer (4yr college -> 4yr or more apprenticeship -> testing -> periodic re-certification). For software at least I lob into into the Mensa pile - useless except for your ego. So to directly respond to your statement: we don't.
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In many US states you cannot have “engineer” in your job title unless you are a registered, Professional Engineer. If you are in engineering role but are not a PE yet, then you add EIT to the role.
Same is true for Architect. You cannot have that in your job title without the state certification.
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which states? NY is not one of them. Neither is Florida, California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. You know how I know? Those are the states that we have devs in working remote. All of us have official company titles of Software Engineer or Senior Software Engineer.
Been doing this a very long time, and I have never, ever heard of this, not once.
So, please educate me.
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First hit on Google from Massachusetts.
Massachusetts state law prohibits an individual who is not licensed as a professional engineer in the Commonwealth from using a job title which implies to the public that the individual is capable of performing engineering services. See M.G. L. c. 112, §§ 81D, 81T.
Maybe I am more sensitive to this because I was an independent consultant for 30 years. I never would have billed time to “software engineering” or “systems architecture.”
A company that bills the time of a person with a title of “software engineer” to a customer and includes that info in the billing could find themselves in legal hot water if an engagement ends on a sour note.
A hit on CA limits restrictions to use of specific titles like “consulting engineer”, and others that you would expect like “professional engineer”, “electrical engineer “, etc.
It is HR’s and legal departments job to know these rules, not the developers.
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We have software engineers in Boston, Mass, and they never "registered" for the title.
if there is a law, it is not enforced, at all where I have worked, and others I know have worked. I have never heard of this ever.
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I agree it is not enforced.
Since I had the results already up, Ohio says it is fine to use for internal job titles, but then the next sentence talks about “public representation” of same.
That touches on the scenario I raised where lawyers would be involved.
Definitely legal’s problem (and why the state where you execute a contract matters).
Don’t forget that lawyers write the laws to keep their trial lawyer friends in business. Shakespeare had a line about that.😊
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The way I heard it the law is only enforced when someone complains, and then only against the person that was complained about. That probably boils down to "not enforced" for most people, though, especially if most of the folks one is dealing with are convinced that software engineering isn't engineering within the meaning of the act.
It's only slightly terrifying that serious legal trouble is plausibly just a public complaint away for me and plenty of other software developers. At least I have the excuse that I don't provide any services to the public whatsoever.
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