First off, that really isn't an engineer's work but more likely an architect.



Second, the architect was following the demands of the political class at the behest of various communist organizations who lobby them.

you have a point--i always see engineering brought up in education and science threads.

i suppose my answer would probably be different if i read a lot of "how should i dress to attract ladies" threads.

There are a lot of engineers who indeed don't know shit, and ride on the coat tails of the few individuals who do.  But is that any different than any profession?

It's a case of hate the player not the game, because engineering as a discipline is as pure as it comes.

It is a terrible culture, it sucks and I don't like it, but those were the card I was dealt, have almost 20yrs in, so a little late to back out now.

anything else you want to kick me in the nuts about?  (every armchair engineer, this is the life of an engineer, dammed if you do, dammed if you don't)

Edit:  as a dammed if you do, dammed if you don't example.
Don't put up what's in the OP, someone gets hit by a car, "why didn't you do something to save the pedestrian crossing the street!?".  Put up a speed hump as someone else suggested "My house fire could have been put out or my dad would have survived the heartache if only you hadn't install that hump that slowed the emergency responders down"

I love the engineer hate. Makes me feel even more superior.

Yeah. One thing have noticed is that most of the bashing is of civil engineers and mechanical engineers. Us EEs don't catch much flack, same for chemE's.

 

That's cause CEs make more money and get more pussy.

It's hard to complain about work never seen in the public eye.

Yeah. One thing have noticed also. Us tards have something to say.

you got it champ.

They did that at my college. Wouldn't surprise me if they did it at others.

Ha if only.
EEs rule.

You make the light sockets in a monument.

Lol

On a website named after a gun that was designed by- you guessed it- an engineer.

I like to call it practical application 101.

Yeah I'ma just walk around that booollshit.

Well yea.  I tend to cast a suspect eye, when in the field and I see new boots and a clean hard-hat.

It takes a certain type of mind to be a true engineer. Lots of "engineers" don't have it. Lots of "engineers" are fucking stupid.

This^87

What field. I just took the PE (EE) and it was far from easy. I passed but there wasn't anything easy about it.

 

 


 

ME here with my PE. Worked on both small capital and large retrofit projects in the field only, no true "design" engineering. Learned more "practical" knowledge in the field, but the book knowledge was still pertinent. You just had to know when to let that book go and look at what was in front of you in the field. For design engineers, I must say its much harder trying to design something for a retrofit rather than a green-field. Tolerances add up and all of a sudden that pipe that looked good in the 3-D modeling program runs right through a W20 beam in the field. Then you have to go back to specifications to see how you can adjust the pipe to fit with the requirements.

As far as the PE is concerned, it was pretty brutal, but if you have a good study schedule in the months leading up to it and tab your reference manuals, you should be OK. I took a backpack with 4-5 books while the guy in front of me had a full sized suitcase full of, I think, every book he had. I almost had a panic attack at the end of the morning session, but had 30 mins to spare for the afternoon session and was able to get out early. Promptly went straight home and guzzled 3 beers to relax and calm down. Waited a few weeks and got the pass letter. Much relief.

 I think I know who at least one of those was.  Probably both.