Yes, a job title he bought, which is just as meaningful as the "Tesla founder" title he bought himself.
> So people who don't have a Ph.D. aren't engineers?
The issue is not the lack of a ph.D. It's the lack of anything beside a B.Sc.
> Are the CEOs of Google and Facebook still engineers if they aren't writing code?
Well, those who did an engineer's job are former engineers. If the status is tied to the job title as you imply, then no, a CEO is not an engineer.
> Are organizations not complex systems?
Not one you invent, design, analyze, build, or test. I mean, yes, you can stretch the meaning to the point that putting a motherboard in a PC case is engineering, but don't expect to be taken seriously. Same if you include all bureaucrats and politicians (and a country is vastly more complex than Tesla so they would have a better claim).
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