re: Spinoff: engineers vs. PE's

I kinda view the PE as letting me know that whoever took the time and effort to get their license at least gave enough of a shite to take the time and effort to get their license. Someone said all that it means is that someone took two more open book tests than they did, but at least they gave a half a frick and bothered to take and pass those two simple open book tests.

As to competency, I don't think that it really indicates a whole hell of a lot one way or another. Good and bad engineers both come with licenses and without.

Now, if a PE is actually affixing a seal and signing it, that's a different story than just just having the license. At that point someone actually starts using the license, I take it for granted that whoever affixed and signed knows what the hell they're doing simply because of the strict liability they just accepted.