[Discuss] Programming vs Engineering

[Richard Pieri]

On 1/23/12 9:27 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> but few are licensed. How many EEs does NSTAR or National Grid have on
> their payroll, and of those what percentage are licensed.

More than none, I should expect.  Even in a worst case where NSTAR has 
no licensed EEs on staff they have people educated in engineering 
disciplines overseeing the work.  This is far and away better than most 
software companies where the "engineers" have no engineering background 
at all and their supervisors have even weaker technical backgrounds. 
And of course nobody is held accountable when things go wrong.

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Rich P.