I can't help but recall a classic episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies," where Jethro is going to school (like the 4th grade or something) and he is happy to think about becoming an "engineer" someday.
So, he goes around wearing a railroad "engineer" type of hat, picks it off of his head, and voices "woo, woo" like a train whistle.
Engineering is more of a philosophical approach to problem solving, for me. Could be applied to lots of things -- software, sound, toilets...
Next thing you know, a bunch of people will proclaim that they are a "royal" society of engineers, or some such crap. As most anal-retentive individuals forming societies tend to be, I find such pseudo-intellectual frivolity a royal pain in the arse.
