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If you don't know math then you should not be engineering anything, period.
Not having a degree doesn't mean they don't know math.
And not having a degree doesn't mean they don't know medicine, either. Is it your opinion that we should deregulate hospitals, too?
Engineers use math and know math. That doesn't mean they have math degrees. They have engineering degrees. Of which math courses are a part.
Moreover, most people with actual math and science degrees explicitly are not engineers.
Semantics but I would argue an Engineering Degree is a Math and Science Degree.
You do realize that the term "software engineer" isn't regulated, right? There's no test, no license, no bar/board. Unlike doctors, who are required by law to have a medical license.
Some countries do regulate the term "Engineer" which is the way it should be, imo.
It is
To be more specific, in the US, it is definitely not.