But you are a real engineer only if you are an Mechanical, Chemical, Civil or Industrial, otherwise you are probably digital / unreal ?

As an Industrial Engineering major, the old joke was that "IE" stands for "Imaginary Engineering".

You beat me to it! Reading the title that's what I initially thought, that a 'real' engineer is limited to said fields above?

Is there a proper, PC term for it? We all know the dividing line which is meant- roughly approximated by a PE license- but is there a term for it? "Licensed Engineer"?

In some states, using the word "engineer" for a non-licensed position or person is against the law. In other words, in some states the term is simply "engineer".

In that context, it's funny how upset folks in threads like these get over phrases like "real engineer".

Fantasy Engineer.

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