Can I call myself an engineer with no qualifications?
I left school at 14 with not a single qualification and now often work alongside qualified engineers. I feel I fit in and often solve problems that they get stuck on, but no more often than my own lack of trained skills holds me up.
Since leaving school I worked in a shop for a while, then setup a business cleaning and building ponds for people. I liked water so I decided I wanted to engineer structures and mechanical systems to deal with water. I later found myself attracted to the film/tv/events industry and moved that way.
Also dabbled in automation and signal engineering and some electrical work too. And quite good at steelwork, timber construction and very good at plumbing!
My question: Does being good enough at something and working in industry make you a professional at it? In this case, a professional engineer.