An acquaintance once told me that is an alternative expansion of the acronym PE that normally stands for Professional Engineer.
I though to myself “Ha, ha”.
I will admit I have seen some of the PEs I know treat “non-technical” people in a manner that I think is condescending, but I never seen them do it to other “technical” people.
Until I got my PE.
Apparently they saved their bad behavior until I was a member of the club. In the last few months I’ve actually heard things like:
“Don’t talk with her, work with her boss. He’s an engineer.”
And;
“No I don’t want to give that work to her, she’s not a PE”.
Really?
I know engineers don’t have the best reputations as people persons, but,
Really?
If I ever say anything like that I sure hope someone calls me on it…
