[airhead969]

That's asinine when there is no associated professional licensure requirement for cobbling together HTML for a mom&pop liquor store.

In the US, any type of (non-locomotive) engineer involved in critical engineering design, decisions, implementation, and manufacturing of large-scale or life-safety aspects can or should be a "professional engineer" (PE) so malpractice insurance (EPLI) will cover them and client/employers will hire them.

If I say I'm a witch doctor, there is no confusion that I'm not a doctor (of medicine).

My undergrad major was Computer Science & Engineering. Do I need an extra certificate to call myself "an engineer?" Nope.

[leipert]

The liquor store wouldn’t be at the top of my list for licensure requirements for software engineers.

But what about power plants, cars, trains, aviation, etc. Especially car entertainment systems have been glaring security problems.