Comment by elzbardico
1 year ago
There’s a few more professionals that are called engineers.
Railroad locomotive operators, ship engine operators.
The name precedes the creation of licensed tertiary education level engineers.
A lot of people seems to ignore the fact that licensed professions that require an accredited diploma in a tertiary level education program is a relatively recent feature of our societies.
The original meaning of engineer was an idle British aristocrat who liked to tinker with things that went whiz and bang in the garden shed. Just a guy who really liked to mess around with engines.