What it's like to be an engineer dealing with "normal" people...

[Tom Geiger]

Ah, but are you paid well--very, VERY well, I hope--for this?

Paid well, but not well enough for the garbage I deal with....   as said in The Lion King...

[Mercuryman54]

Where I work there is a saying. Why is there enough time to do it two or three times, but not enough time to do it right!!!  Basically Mgmt. wanting it done as quickly as possible to get the operation going again and not allowing the Engineers and Millwrights the time needed for the proper fix!!!

[blunc]

Many times have I seen people "jump" to perform tricks for uppity managers and owners rather than request a little time to apply a little reason or logic to a problem.

I have been fortunate to have a couple managers who were enablers rather than tyrants.

[Belugawrx]

Many times have I seen people "jump" to perform tricks for uppity managers and owners rather than request a little time to apply a little reason or logic to a problem.

 

X2

and when they do it once,...it's expected,...always.

Filter down, to us, on the tools.

 

 

[oldnslow]

Sounds like what a person with good common sense has to put up with when talking to the rest of the world.

[Bugatti Fan]

Have read all the posts on this thread, so have a chuckle at these.

Managers and marketeers are driven by emotion. Engineers work by logic.

The pessimist says the wine glass is half empty. The optimist says the wine glass is half full. The engineer says the wine glass is twice the size that it needs to be.

A graduate with an engineering degree is still an engineering graduate. A graduate with an engineering degree and a number years experience is an engineer.

The mathematician said "I can calculate the answer to the problem!'  The scientist said "I can experiment to arrive at the answer!' THE ENGINEER SAID I WILL LOOK IT UP ON MY CHART!

Edited October 10, 2017 by Bugatti Fan