What is an engineer

Hello,
I am studying in a school of engineering.
When I speak about myself, my friends often ask what an engineer is. In fact, I am not satisfied with my answer. For me, an engineer is more a diploma than a job. I can't find a similarity between all the engineers in France, what do they have in common?

It is said that an engineer is a manager and a leader in a team. That is correct in the industrial sector but not in informatics. (more usual to express this as "information sciences")
Someone told me that an enginneer is versatile but there are specialist schools of engineering.

On the whole, it occurs that the problem comes from the formulation of the question.
Engineering is a diploma, after that you are an engineer in a sector, or a engineer-manager. In any case you're not just an engineer. To illustrate this idea, we can draw the parallel with the Ph.D. it depends on the specialisation. A physician idoesn't look like a researcher in quantum physics.

To conclude, it is strange to say" i want to be an engineer" because it is not a concrete job but a diploma.

Elisa, Your english syntax and expression is quite good.

I would disagree that an engineer is defined simply by the diploma they earn. An engineer's job has a very strong design focus. Everything about engineering is implementing ideas, and changing those ideas into real world creations. Engineers dont run the world, but we do keep it running.

Andrew. B.Eng(elec) .... :)