Professional Software Engineer Exam coming in April 2013
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Re: Professional Software Engineer Exam coming in April 2013
#2despite my disdain for accreditations and certifications, I approve of the content of the exam. It looks like it covers a lot of ground, in a variety of subjects.
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#3What does this mean for people currently working as programmers? Will it be necessary to study up and get licensed to remain competitive?
Re: Professional Software Engineer Exam coming in April 2013
#4What does this mean for people currently working as programmers? Will it be necessary to study up and get licensed to remain competitive?
It could be necessary to be licensed for government jobs or jobs in large companies building real time critical systems (ie power grid control software, avionics, etc). I doubt it'll ever catch on for programming jobs in mobile/web/etc
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#5Many years ago when I thought I was going to go into patent law (egads) I ended up taking the Fundamentals of Engineering exam and passing it as an Engineer-In-Training. Does this mean I can do four years of software engineering and then certify as a PE?
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#6What does this mean for people currently working as programmers? Will it be necessary to study up and get licensed to remain competitive?
I wouldn't be surprised if state government and possibly federal government programming jobs required it for all but entry level jobs as they currently do with things like civil engineers.
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#7What does this mean for people currently working as programmers? Will it be necessary to study up and get licensed to remain competitive?
I wouldn't be surprised if state government and possibly federal government programming jobs required it for all but entry level jobs as they currently do with things like civil engineers.
Do you think it would have a significant impact in the private sector though?
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#8Looks like "How to do Waterfall" (62.5% of the test) with additional coverage of Security (15%), QA (7.5%), and Engineering process (7.5%), and Configuration Maintenance (7.5%). There are 80 multiple-choice questions spread across 2 sessions (4 hours each). Open book.
An overview of the exam: http://ncees.org/Documents/Public/Exam%20specifications/PE%2...
Not something I'd feel inclined to get unless this somehow became an industry requirement- which is unlikely - Agile and progressive Software Dev shops are probably throwing up a little bit in their mouths at this thing. Replace Agile with "Extreme Programming" and you've got something that looks like it came straight out of the 90s.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wouldn't be surprised if state government and possibly federal government programming jobs required it for all but entry level jobs as they currently do with things like civil engineers.
Do you think it would have a significant impact in the private sector though?
I think it might augment the private sector in that anyone with a licence is probably worth interviewing. I can't see it being required (not in this market) but I can see it being valued.
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#10Looks like "How to do Waterfall" (62.5% of the test) with additional coverage of Security (15%), QA (7.5%), and Engineering process (7.5%), and Configuration Maintenance (7.5%). There are 80 multiple-choice questions spread across 2 sessions (4 hours each). Open book. An overview of the exam: http://ncees.org/Documents/Public/Exam%20specifications/PE%2... Not something I'd feel inclined to get unless this somehow bec…
Really? Just because its structured like waterfall doesn't mean its "how to do waterfall". I read the req spec and there isn't a thing on here that isn't valuable information for every engineer no matter what process they use.
Read what it actually covers and the topics they test and tell me there's something on there that is completely useless.