No worries, I'm Belgian and here we have general engineering studies that we call "civil engineering", this is divided in subcategories like "material, mechanical, chemical, etc." For example at the moment I'm studying software and electrical engineering, which amounts to a bit of programming but with a large focus on the maths and theory behind it, designing processors and a fuckton of algebra. I'm not sure what that translates to in other countries. I'm guessing the US idea of a civil engineer would be more of a mechanical engineer or an engineer-architect. Anyways in my case the responsibilities would be largely gone and I'd probably end up working behind my laptop all day, which is why I'm quitting these studies in the first place. Hope this cleared it up a bit!
In the US there are legal consequences and liabilities involved with using the title of "engineer" but the word is still casually (and not-so-casually) used to describe programming occupations.
No worries, I'm Belgian and here we have general engineering studies that we call "civil engineering", this is divided in subcategories like "material, mechanical, chemical, etc." For example at the moment I'm studying software and electrical engineering, which amounts to a bit of programming but with a large focus on the maths and theory behind it, designing processors and a fuckton of algebra. I'm not sure what that translates to in other countries. I'm guessing the US idea of a civil engineer would be more of a mechanical engineer or an engineer-architect. Anyways in my case the responsibilities would be largely gone and I'd probably end up working behind my laptop all day, which is why I'm quitting these studies in the first place. Hope this cleared it up a bit!
Nice, hope that goes well with you :3
In the US there are legal consequences and liabilities involved with using the title of "engineer" but the word is still casually (and not-so-casually) used to describe programming occupations.