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If you were an engineer you would realize that you havent collected enough data to suport your hypothesis.

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If you were an engineer you would realize that you havent collected enough data to suport your hypothesis.
n = 20 for a minimum of statistical significance

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Then there are the hierarchies within engineering - also observed elsewhere in OT today. Among my peers at school it seemed like the chemical engineering students were pretty sure they were on top.

Of course I'm above all of that nonsense. I'm a metallurgist.

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all of those observations are correct
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Then there are the hierarchies within engineering - also observed elsewhere in OT today. Among my peers at school it seemed like the chemical engineering students were pretty sure they were on top.

Of course I'm above all of that nonsense. I'm a metallurgist.

(heh)
Amen brother. Daughter is a chemical engineer, son is a chemical engineer and engineering chemist (dual degree).

They KNOW they rule the universe. Daughter will take over the world some day...I am staying on her good side just to be safe...

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Then there are the hierarchies within engineering - also observed elsewhere in OT today. Among my peers at school it seemed like the chemical engineering students were pretty sure they were on top.

Of course I'm above all of that nonsense. I'm a metallurgist.

(heh)
the hyarchy we agreed on at our last super secret meeting:

1. mechanical engineers
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2. electrical engineers (hardware)
3. chemical engineers
4. civil engineers
4b. environmental engineers
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99. janitors (sanitation engineers)
100. software engineers
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Personally I think it's from lack of sex, we were busy studying while the crazy business majors were out partying. And mine was a five year major, so there.
My wife has an IE degree from ASU. 5 years. She didn't party much, but had plenty of sex. I made sure of that.
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They all act crazy and think they know everything. What is up with that? It's only a 4 year degree.
Have you considered that the first statement might be true; that in comparison to most people they do know almost everything?

A doctor also has a four year degree. A lawyer has a three year degree....most people have a no year degree.

But the shocking part of your hypothesis is that you judge engineers as a group based on your observations in PARF. You could also look at astronauts and draw a different conclusion.
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We've got a guy here in OT, a "systems engineer" (AND farmer!!) in PARF and good ol' sammy who I think is an engineer.

They all act crazy and think they know everything. What is up with that? It's only a 4 year degree.
You must be talking about me...be brave next time and just say who you are talking about. I won't complain, never do.

I have a MS in Systems Engineering. Two undergraduate degrees.

It means nothing. What I do know is my Bravo Sierra sensor is highly tuned, so I can say with global warming accuracy that you are full of it.
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It means nothing. What I do know is my Bravo Sierra sensor is highly tuned, so I can say with global warming accuracy that you are full of it.
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It's only a 4 year degree.
What is your point of reference here? Do you have a similar degree?
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You must be talking about me...be brave next time and just say who you are talking about. I won't complain, never do.

I have a MS in Systems Engineering. Two undergraduate degrees.

It means nothing. What I do know is my Bravo Sierra sensor is highly tuned, so I can say with global warming accuracy that you are full of it.
Forget you being a lowly systems engineer farmer, I'm more concerned about the helicopter pilot thing. Unholy overly complicated death traps with no wings! How can you fly with no wings?!
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The more an engineer knows the more they realize they don't know.

The most experienced engineers will provide an assessment/analysis based on observables and available data. Rarely will you get a definitive answer, unless the question posed has a very obvious outcome. Even then, project management will usually receive the answer in the form of a risk assessment. At that point management will need to weigh technical, schedule and cost risks to choose the path forward.

Less experienced (younger engineers) are more prone to acting like they know it all, and usually need some humbling experiences to realize how little any one person knows about complex issues with many variables.

(mind you, this is the typing of a cockerpunk 1a with 35 years in the industry)
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Forget you being a lowly systems engineer farmer, I'm more concerned about the helicopter pilot thing. Unholy overly complicated death traps with no wings! How can you fly with no wings?!
I trusted the aerospace and mech engineers

While overly complicated, they can take you places in the air that make the whole death trap thing palatable.
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Aschen - "If you were an engineer you would realize that you havent collected enough data to suport your hypothesis."

Exactly the kind of smartass arrogance that turned me off to engineering. No matter what you say, you are wrong. If three engineers get together and someone asks what time it is:
One will give you the time
One will tell you he's wrong
One will spend an hour telling you how to build a clock
In the end, you still don't have any idea what time it is, except you wasted an hour by asking engineers.

CP - "the hyarchy we agreed on at our last super secret meeting:

1. mechanical engineers
1a. aerospace engineers "

Thanks CP! I left my job as a mechanical engineer at Delco Moraine (when it was still part of GM) and went to work as a rocket scientist for the University of Dayton Research Institute.
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We are not arrogant, we just happen to be smarter than everyone else.

Just kidding, I am an Engineer and not the least bit arrogant. I happen to be a very extroverted person however.

I think the arrogant Engineers are making up for there social awkwardness and insecurities. Same as every other arrogant person out there.

Just my two cents.

My father always use to say to me the most intelligent man out there can learn something from the least intelligent man.
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A doctor also has a four year degree. A lawyer has a three year degree....most people have a no year degree.

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Uh oh! Both examples are after a 4 year undergrad degree!


BTW - the hierarchies within engineering change over time. During the era of massive public works projects in the US and IIRC elsewhere, Civil engineers were looked up to. Then they became piffle. Now, that infrastructure is need of replacement and env'l concerns are also creating a need for different massive projects, so civil is on the upswing again (not in PRAF tho).

In fact, a friend's daughter just got into Berkeley for a civil eng. program and they are all overjoyed. Of course, she is just a lowly radiation oncologist with one of those 4 years degrees (from Stanford - does that help? -- she was at USC but transferred, so she must be smart, right?).

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