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[ale] What's my job title?



On 2017-05-09 15:29, DJ-Pfulio wrote:
> On 05/09/2017 04:01 PM, Alex Carver wrote:
>> My office-mate does a lot of circuit and mechanical designs for his
>> work.  However his degree is in astrophysics but he isn't permitted to
>> call himself an engineer because that's technically not his training.
>> The rationale comes from legal requirements.  So anyone at work with an
>> engineering degree can be called an engineer.  My office-mate can call
>> himself scientist or physicist.
> 
> Source please.

The source is internal employer legal documentation that I wouldn't be
able to send out.  That documentation is based on interpretation of
various laws by internal counsel.  So they say the sheepskin holds the
title.