Doughy white middle-aged Industrial Designer here, I work with lots of engineers and I have a deep respect for that profession. Engineers have always been my favorite people to work with at both of the two jobs I've had my whole career, just a real rational bunch of pros.
Beardo here too. It started out when my sister knitted a few beard-shaped face warmers for me to wear on my bicycle commute during winter. Fun photos ensued and I got used to the idea so I grew a real beard. That was ~13 years ago? During quarantine i grew my beard out for over a year without trimming (a "yeard" haha) and let my hair grow down past my shoulders. My wife started calling me Jason Samosa for, well, reasons. I forget what I look like without it but I shudder to think about it.
Fun fact, facial hair grosses me out and long beards are really problematic to the point I actively avoid people who have them.
No longer an avid cyclist but I do my best to get in at least 6K steps a day, it's the best I can manage with my heavy workload
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"Inspecting stuck sparge" ca. 2022