I can’t see the video on account of the youtube blackout at work but I will say that whatever it is, it’s entirely false. Unless it has to do with wardrobe selection … because I’ll be the first to admit that we suck at picking clothes.
“The knack”, nice.
I do question the “All thing mechanical and electrical”. The electrical part sometimes confuses me. EE’s are a different breed than ME’s.
~Matt
Here at HP, a few years ago we had shirts made up that said either “engineer” or “normal person”. that way we knew who and how to speak to each other.
"I can’t see the video on account of the youtube blackout at work "
You need a new job!
That blackout is a great idea. Odd that you brought it up, we were just talking about it today.
This clip is great. But there’s more humor to be found in the entire Dilbert animated series - if you’re an engineer working in an office environment, you’ll probably love it.
Manger: Ok, the first step is a new product is picking out a name.
Dilbert: That’s the last step. Your slides are backwards.
These differences are only apparent to other engineers or technical people, I think. Where I work, “engineer” is often a shorthand for “technical person” and as far as the business folk generally think, you either are either technical or you’re not.
I imagine similar opinions exist regarding the differences between, for example, Episcopaleans and Protestants, or economists and people who work in finance. The perceived size and importance of the differences depends partly on whether you’re in the groups or not.
I can’t see the video on account of the youtube blackout at work but I will say that whatever it is, it’s entirely false. Unless it has to do with wardrobe selection … because I’ll be the first to admit that we suck at picking clothes.
If you can’t work around the youtube blackout, you probably don’t have the knack.
"If you can’t work around the youtube blackout, you probably don’t have the knack. "
– You’re probably right. That’s why I took the first ship out of Design-land into Project Management World. Turns out that I’m better at building things… and going to meetings.