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re: I am an engineer
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:23 am to RoosterCogburn585
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:23 am to RoosterCogburn585
Engineers use to come to me with problems. Both inside and outside of work.
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:23 am to Loup
Sounds like engineer just doesn’t think your time is worth much.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:25 am to The Mick
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Do you hold an engineering degree
I love when people who have an engineering degree call themselves engineers. Unless you are a P.E., you aren't an engineer.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:25 am to NIH
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Engineers make me laugh with their fancy degrees and big words. They couldn’t get their hands dirty, drink and drive after work, or have to pay child support like I do.
i'm and engineer and done all of that )was a plumber/pipefitter for 11 years while getting my degree)....except my ex-wife had to pay me child support and i had full custody.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:28 am to Homey the Clown
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I love when people who have an engineering degree call themselves engineers. Unless you are a P.E., you aren't an engineer.
When I was on the tools I worked with a guy who had some sort of engineering certificate from the ABC school and he'd tell everybody he was a mechanical engineer.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:28 am to Homey the Clown
Well I am not a real engineer then. Got a degree in mechanical engineering from LSU, but never went down the PE path. Didnt think it was worth it.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:29 am to RoosterCogburn585
I knew an engineer that had to have all the screw slits holding outlet covers on in his house be in the vertical position.
This post was edited on 3/4/26 at 7:30 am
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:29 am to windmill
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The productive part of the job begins when the engineer(s) clear out
As someone with an engineering degree who had to implement products designed by our engineers and now is the manager of the team that does the designing and support, each side doesn't see what the other does. Neither is better than the other. Plenty of poor designs that probably aren't optimized for application. But just as many complaints from the field that have no understanding of why things were done in the first place. Engineers often have to design to budget, time, specs, and industry standards that put a lot of constraints. And have to often think of that "what if" scenario. It may be 1 in a 1000 chance, but if that means catastrophic failure that leads to death, injury, or environmental disaster, you can't just cross your fingers and hope it doesn't happen. At the same time you'll often see crappy designs due to lack of knowledge or just not enough time and money to do it the "correct" way.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:32 am to RoosterCogburn585
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And I think engineers love to overcomplicate issues. Any of you plant baws feel the same way?
The engineers being turned out of U.S. schools on the whole are way lower quality than previous generations.
I am telling everyone that will listen - I think many of these Indians being hired are coming out of Punjabi diploma mills. Its a joke, they cant do very basic tasks.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:33 am to RoosterCogburn585
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And I think engineers love to overcomplicate issues
To the optimist, the glass is half full
To the pessimist, the glass is half empty
To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:33 am to RoosterCogburn585
Im a janitor
This post was edited on 3/4/26 at 7:35 am
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:33 am to RoosterCogburn585
Good engineers listen to their field guys with their extensive history of process knowledge.
Good field guys understand that engineers take the final responsibility for the product or process.
Good field guys understand that engineers take the final responsibility for the product or process.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:34 am to windmill
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This post was edited on 3/4/26 at 7:35 am
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:39 am to LSUDad
I had an engineer looking for me one day at work. Said he need a wall knocked out, extend his roof, make a larger bathroom on the second floor. This guy was from France, the wife, from Mexico. I walked into their house, he talked to his kids in French, the wife, in Spanish, while in the house. Outside the house, they all spoke English. The kids were young and a were trilingual.
Since I built and flipped houses, he asked if I’d come take a look at it.
I went up stairs, took one look and figured it out. He starts telling me, we are going to remove everything, pull the tub and toilet. Extend the wall, the same with the roof. I said, nope. He looks at me, what do you mean nope? I said you have a big area here, leave the tub and toilet, use the area here.
We come back downstairs and he tells the wife, we have it figured out. Then says, well actually, he figured it out.
I have a number of other stories.
Since I built and flipped houses, he asked if I’d come take a look at it.
I went up stairs, took one look and figured it out. He starts telling me, we are going to remove everything, pull the tub and toilet. Extend the wall, the same with the roof. I said, nope. He looks at me, what do you mean nope? I said you have a big area here, leave the tub and toilet, use the area here.
We come back downstairs and he tells the wife, we have it figured out. Then says, well actually, he figured it out.
I have a number of other stories.
This post was edited on 3/4/26 at 7:41 am
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:46 am to RoosterCogburn585
“Do you hold an engineering degree”
“I love when people who have an engineering degree call themselves engineers. Unless you are a P.E., you aren't an engineer”
Someone forgot to tell this to my paycheck. But any engineer that feels the need to justify their degree or explain this post probably isn’t a real engineer unless you drive a train. The 7:46 is right on time fellas.
“I love when people who have an engineering degree call themselves engineers. Unless you are a P.E., you aren't an engineer”
Someone forgot to tell this to my paycheck. But any engineer that feels the need to justify their degree or explain this post probably isn’t a real engineer unless you drive a train. The 7:46 is right on time fellas.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:49 am to Zap Rowsdower
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can you tell me what would the correct ignition timing be on a 1955 Bel Air Chevrolet, with a 327 cubic-inch engine and a four-barrel carburetor?
trick question. They came with a standard 235 and an optional 265. If you have added an aftermarket 327, set initial timing to 6-8° BTDC (before top dead center) with vacuum advance disconnected. Total timing (initial + mechanical) should be 34-36° BTDC at roughly 3,000–3,500 RPM.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:52 am to lostinbr
or copy/pasting BOMS across ISOs and just changing quantities. Forgetting to change material types across line specs. 
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:52 am to tigeraddict
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i'm and engineer and done all of that )was a plumber/pipefitter for 11 years while getting my degree)....except my ex-wife had to pay me child support and i had full custody.
Me too, except I’ve never been divorced. It was that last part, plus his post history, that makes me suspect a droll joke.
Engineers are valuable and necessary, but I read this years ago and it has validity.
“There comes a time in every project when you have to shoot the engineers.”
This post was edited on 3/4/26 at 7:54 am
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:54 am to Loup
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Yeah and the ISOs were stamped "IFC" during the Biden admin but now they want pricing 4 hours after they send them in and project completion in 1 to 2 business days because they were having teams meetings every 15 minutes with their engineers in India. They are also using purchasing agents as your POC who don't know their arse from their elbow so any question you have gets routed through 7 different people until 6 days later it lands on one who actually knows what is going on with the project
Are you me?
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:02 am to RoosterCogburn585
I didn’t need all that schoolin to be an operator and make just as much money. Now get out of MY control room!
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