[neptunespear]

The title of "computer engineer" is already regulated in Canada. You're not allowed to call yourself a computer engineer unless you get an accredited BASc/BEng/whatever degree and get your Iron Ring. That only makes you an E.I.T., though. You have to shadow a PEng for two years and write qualification exams to become a PEng yourself. And CEAB requirements mean only PEngs can teach post-secondary courses in an accredited program.

Same deal with "software engineer". I know that PEO (Ontario), APEGA (Alberta) and OIQ (Quebec) are pretty strict on this; Google's devs at the K-W and Montreal offices are known as "software developers", as a result: https://www.google.com/about/careers/search#!t=jo&jid=324000...

Recently APEGBC has been cracking down as well. The main problem is that there are only 100 registered Professional Software Engineers here in BC, out of 50,000 registered Professional Engineers and Geoscientists. Because you can't get your PEng without working under another PEng first, the deck is stacked against "software engineers" using the Valley/Puget Sound definition. HootSuite now uses the term "software developer", but some of the more prolific companies in Vancouver (Amazon, Microsoft, Tableau, Mobify) still use the term "engineer" in positions, even for positions that don't exclusively need licensed engineers/geoscientists.