&gt; In Canada, you get sued if you call yourself an engineer when you&#x27;re not part of an order of engineers.<p>Ehhhh. If you try to stamp and sign structural engineering documents as an engineer, and then a bridge collapses, you&#x27;re open to litigation. I don&#x27;t think anyone has been (successfully?) sued for declaring themeselves as Software Engineers in Canada. There are no damages.<p>Interestingly, you can call yourself an &quot;SE,&quot; and its fine (according the professional engineering associations), but companies in YVR actively recruit &quot;software engineers&quot; (e.g. Electronic Arts)