When I graduated from Lamar Tech in 1969, my diploma read Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Later when the State of Texas granted me a Professional Engineer license, it also was as an Electrical Engineer. The diploma got me a job interview for a better position than I would have gotten without one. The PE license gave permission to work on projects of my creation unsupervised by another engineer and get paid for it.

One of my first jobs for Central Power & Light had little to do with the flow of electrons (i.e. electricity). Rather, it was to design a concrete pad that transformers would set on. Another was to design a structure that would support overhead electrical wires and equipment during a category 3 hurricane. In both cases I used knowledge learned in college that had nothing to do with my specialty. The skills I acquired in college and honed on the job enabled me to identify and solve problems and take advantage of opportunities not dreamed of in the 1960s when I graduated.