Degreed

In the struggle measure competence, I have been wondering about the engineering degree itself. 

I’m trying to work out if maybe there is a difference between having an engineering degree (a hard-won degree to be sure), and being an engineer.

“I’m an engineer” is an awkward statement for those who spend our days going to meetings, replying to emails, and administrating project or contractual documents.  Certainly I have spent most of my career in Outlook, Excel and Word, rather than MathCAD or HYSYS. 

With everything being disrupted as it is, perhaps it’s time to refresh the perception of ‘an engineer’.