Lets market engineering  Engineering as a profession is not
looked upon with much respect by our society. Having practiced
for over 30 years as a Registered Professional Engineer with a
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (but no MBA), I find
engineers are their own worst enemies in regards to the value of
the profession. Engineering is one of the few professions around
that does not actually require practitioners be licensed. You
can’t be a bookkeeper or hairdresser if you’re not licensed. And
if you don’t pass the Bar exam, you are a paralegal not an
attorney. But you don’t even need a degree to be called an
engineer.  The engineering degree has less worth because
industry and the profession’s standards are woefully low. If we
do not hold the profession in high regard, why should others? If
the standard to be called an engineer was higher, and it was a
crime to engineer without a license, the profession would be
looked on with much greater respect.  A handful of top-flight
business schools have take