Sales Engineer?? Salesman sound better

Last Friday at the meeting, my boss announced that I'll be taking over our group as the engineer as he will be busy with the new plant. However... there is no official promotion 'for the time being'. Meaning...?? I will only be an acting engineer... drawing the salary of a senior engineer assis but doing the job of the engineer... So whats the catch?? The post will be locked for me till I am ready for it.

Reason?? I just had my promotion last year and if I were to be promoted again, alot of people will jump...and I am still not there yet. In the first place, where is there or how do I get there???

I have to admit I myself am not ready for this position too, perhaps if in a smaller company, I will sit on it with confident but in a multi-national company where the minimum criterial for engineer is degree, I really can't do it now. Some poly fresh grads I know of are also holding the post of engineer too but is it just a title?? Whats the difference between a scientist and an engineer?? Maybe their answers would be 'different spelling'....

I rally hate to say this but I have encounter numerous engineers who failed to even be a technician yet they are called engineer. Sales engineer are the worst among all. Why don't they just be truthful to themselves and call salesman?? Just because they are selling some stuff used in the engineering industries that's why they are called engineer?? Then is a pimp called a f**ker since he sell sex?? Next on the list is project engineer, I have encountered some so-called project engineer whose jobs are actually just coordinater or simply middle man. Basically anyone who know how to send email or use the telephone can fit the job. If you ever call the pumber yourself when your toilet chocked or the contractor to renovate your kitchen cabinet, you have qualified to be a project engineer.

Recently we had just recruited a few new guys. I had to access their performance and to guide them. There are those who look promising and there are also those whom I question about their capability. Being smart and acting smart is 2 different thing. You can try to smoke around but if I see through your smokescreen, you are as good as a dead man. I totally agree with what my boss always say, 'its okay to be stupid but be hardworking and responsible. ' 'If you are smart but lazy and irresponsibe, you are as good as useless.' Maybe thats also what I want from my guys now....