Ex Dell Engineers

Ben Myers I agree, the majority of people who take the exam referred to in the grandparent post are civil engineers (not electrical or computer, although we can take it) since it's required if they want to legally be able to sign off on construction projects. I doubt that's what the original poster was referring to (not to mention he called them "PE engineers" which would be redundant).

On a side note, I don't know about other states, but in California you may take the first part of the PE exam (called the EIT -- Engineer In Training) after 4 years of training in an engineering discipline at a higher education insbreastution (exceptions are made for work extensive experience instead of college). After you pbutt that, you must spend another 4 years in the field before you take a second exam, which you must pbutt in order to be considered a PE (and may append it after your name). I can't think of a major reason why a computer or software engineer would need to take the test (although certain depths in EE may require it).