What's your occupation: Engineer or Non-Engineer

I'll be a lawyer in a couple of months, though there is that pesky bar exam in the way.

IT professional here... Started my professional life as a graphic designer, until I found what I was really good at, and can make much better money doing...

Technically, I'm not an engineer, I just fix the things they F up...

I'm in grad school studying physics right now.

"I usually assume spherical beer when I approach any brewing issues." (if you get this joke it's pretty stupid, if you don't it's kinda retarded. Sorry I couldn't resist with all the Engineers on the thread.)

Junior mechanical Engineering student here

Engineering Manager

That means an engineer that can no longer do math.

Guilty; Master of Engineering

I started out college as an engineering major.... could not stand it.

I am now an artist. About the opposite end of the spectrum.

Lawyer, ham radio operator, soldier of fortune, entrepreneur, author, raconteur, pirate, scuba diver, gun owner, card-carrying Tea Party member, minister of the Gospel and did I mention home brewer?

Getting my Masters in Engineering Management....yeah school

Nope. Not an engineer here. Electronics technician, and just a crazy old guy with a taste for making weird stuff...

BA working on an MA in Psychology and am a military pilot.

DustyTheBrewer said:

BA working on an MA in Psychology and am a military pilot.

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Im jealous, ive always wanted to fly!

I am operations manager of a web hosting company

Bsme lsu

surg tech here during the weekdays.

redneck during the weekends :rockin:

I don't know how to vote - on a strict interpretation - I've got a BS, not a BE... But I do a lot of putting things together and such. And my university was engineering oriented >shrugg<

no I've not voted yet still debating.. as engineer is to some extent a state of mind...

I know this is a bit risque but does "afro-engineer" count?

Lawyer. I only know a handful of folks who homebrew. They are med student, health science student, and lawyer.

ACbrewer said:

I don't know how to vote - on a strict interpretation - I've got a BS, not a BE... But I do a lot of putting things together and such. And my university was engineering oriented >shrugg<

no I've not voted yet still debating.. as engineer is to some extent a state of mind...

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Never heard of a BE. My engineering degree is a BS.

Not an engineer, but I am a physicist.

BSEE and MSME. PE in ME, and work in Nuclear Eng.

I love that this is a poll.

BSEE - University of Texas c/o 2000 :rockin:

ACbrewer said:

I've not voted yet still debating.. as engineer is to some extent a state of mind...

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Sorry, it's not a state of mind. It's a vocation. And while it might now require a degree, I don't know any true design engineer without one. I worked very hard to get through my engineering curriculum and get my degree (with honors). I have spent 20 years, and made a lot of mistakes, to get to the point I'm at now. It's been a ton of long hours making deadlines that seemed impossible to learn the ropes of electronic design.

Don't beat me up on the the stats, but as an approximation:

There are about 2.5 millions engineers in the US.
There are about about 146 million workers in the US.
So, 1.7% of American workers are engineers.

HBT does not include all US home-brewers but it appears to be a large enough group for statistics.

40% of all home-brewers self identify as engineers. That's a huge but not surprising disparity.

BSCE '02 Texas A&M. Registered PE in Texas.

Where is the option for "Engineers are a pain in the ass, I am an Architect."?

B. Eng. Sc., Electrical 1989, UWO

mrk00k said:

Not an engineer, but I am a physicist.

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And I think you just won! :rockin:

Ravenshead said:

40% of all home-brewers self identify as engineers. That's a huge but not surprising disparity.

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I think your 40% is wrong.

I'm guessing that most engineers see this poll and vote. Most non-engineers don't.

If there was a poll that asked who worked in clothing sales, I probably would ignore it.

camus said:

Where is the option for "Engineers are a pain in the ass, I am an Architect."?

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That isn't an option because it's far from the truth. What we need is an option "Architects are a pain in the ass, cause all they do is make pretty pictures." I'm only joking. My mother in law does marketing for an architect and we always give each other a hard time.

Ravenshead said:

Don't beat me up on the the stats, but as an approximation:

There are about 2.5 millions engineers in the US.
There are about about 146 million workers in the US.
So, 1.7% of American workers are engineers.

HBT does not include all US home-brewers but it appears to be a large enough group for statistics.

40% of all home-brewers self identify as engineers. That's a huge but not surprising disparity.

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40% of the homebrewers interested in replying and voting in this poll are self identifying engineers... highly unscientific, but still impressive.

Agreed, the poll is unscientific but I'm not sure which way it swings. I think a lot of engineering types that don't have the "proper" degree may de-select as engineers even though they probably are at least mechanical, at heart. Mean-while, others may vote themselves as engineers that shouldn't, though I don't see much of that here.

I expect, more engineer-like people that don't have credentials opt to vote "no" even though they are basically engineering types.

Either way, 2% vs. 40% is huge.

Collegiate outdoor recreation!

Not sure how to answer...im an engineer, but not in the sense you intended....i just operate large engines....but anyway i am a mechanical type

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Agreed, the poll is unscientific but I'm not sure which way it swings. I think a lot of engineering types that don't have the "proper" degree may de-select as engineers even though they probably are at least mechanical, at heart. Mean-while, others may vote themselves as engineers that shouldn't, though I don't see much of that here.

I expect, more engineer-like people that don't have credentials opt to vote "no" even though they are basically engineering types.

Either way, 2% vs. 40% is huge.

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https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/what-your-occupation-161650/

I think that will make it clear in which way the results of this poll are biased.

remilard said:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f19/what-your-occupation-161650/

I think that will make it clear in which way the results of this poll are biased.

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Still you have to admit the sheer numbers in this poll are impressive. I could not find another poll of any kind that has even close to 1100 total votes.

I'm one of those engineering types too, Mech/Aero for me

BSME

but at my job i'm really just an excel engineer. lol.

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Still you have to admit the sheer numbers in this poll are impressive. I could not find another poll of any kind that has even close to 1100 total votes.

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True, they are. But they have a point about the reliability of those numbers.
Just by reading the title it was known that this poll would be grossly off base. People confuse what they are to what they want to be, and, if you read the posts in this thread, it becomes apparent that, in reality, there are a lot less engineers here than the numbers would suggest.

Being an engineer is not a state of mind, nor a level of consciousness, nor a wet dream. Being an engineer is a very specific degree you get once you complete an engineering career. It's a piece of paper, that says "Hey you! You're a freaking engineer, whether you know what it means or not." I would be really surprised if the real engineers in this forum were more than 10% of the member base.

By the way: I'm not an engineer. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn last week...

This poll made me laugh.

BSCE.

Where does son of an Engineer fall into place?