Gene, I understand that Texas already has a licensing program for software engineers, and I imagine it will be here before long. That's one of the reason I'm looking into other possible sourcdes of income - not because I couldn't pass the exam, but I find it unacceptable that I'd need to ask the government for permission to earn a living and feed my family. Vaughn On Sunday 25 May 2003 00:41, you wrote: > The Board is concerned with the practice offered to the public, mostly > consulting endeavers. Major companies like public utilities support the > Board and encourage their engineers to become registered. This gives the > public recourse when deliverables (porducts, blueprints, etc.) are faulty. > There are lots of investigations and penalties. > > Having said that, producing software is an engineering process. How soon > Arizona, or more importantly, nation-wide, that that is recognized I have > no guess. However, I do remember doing a digital circuit on my exam for > Electrical Engineering. > > Gene > > Alan Dayley wrote: > > On Saturday 24 May 2003 08:27, Alan Dayley wrote: > > On Saturday 24 May 2003 07:22, William Lindley wrote: > > > Arizona Revised Statues > > > 32-123. Application for registration and certification > > > > > > (L00, ch 86, sec. 7) > > > > > > A. A person desiring to practice architecture, assaying, engineering, > > > geology, home inspection, landscape architecture or land surveying > > > shall make application for registration or certification on a form > > > prescribed by the board, subscribed under oath and accompanied by the > > > application fee. > > > > --[clip]-- > > > > All of the above mentioned areas of competency can easily be tied to > > construction and safety of the constructed product. To me that indicates > > that the meaning of "engineering" as used above is structural > > engineering. It seems to me to be a reach to say software and even > > electrical (digital) engineering is covered by this article. If that were > > so, it could read "If you build or inspect buildings, highways, bridges, > > railroads, gardens or video games, you must be certified." Software just > > doen't seem to fit in that group. > > > > Any lawyers want to venture a non-binding clarification? > > At the Arizona State Board of Technical Registration web site, one can > search for registered professionals. At the bottom of the search page is a > selection for the technical discipline of the person you wish to search > for. > > http://www.btr.state.az.us/RegistrantSearch.asp > > That list box has "ENGINEER/ELECTRICAL" and "ENGINEER (GENERAL)" but those > are the closest disciplines listed that could be construed to include a > software engineer. Based on that non-binding, non-legal definition :^), I > would say that software engineering does not require registration in the > State of Arizona. > > Alan > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------