What's your occupation: Engineer or Non-Engineer

[user 144271]

All I do is smoke fish

 

[nukeboyrob]

I have a Mechanical Engineering background, but currently operate a nuclear reactor.

 

[ram5ey]

Theatre technical director and teacher.

 

[markvale5]

Originally went to school for chemical engineering...made it to my senior year and found my passion in environmental health science.

 

[jarrod521]

Professional musician here.

 

[slowride77]

Polymer (Plastics) Engineer

 

[Seismogenic]

Earthquake geophysicist here!

But because studies on seismic hazard and ground motion have rather important implications for the built environment, I've worked with engineering seismologists/geologists, civil engineers, and structural engineers on things.

I guess, if we're really going to walk that fine line, I was part of an engineering department for six months...

 

[Sammy86]

Teacher and Coach right here

 

[brewbama]

Logistics.

 

[watermelon83]

Non,

Bs in IT but I'm just a machine operator/ lead fella at the local steel mill.

 

[Black_Sails]

Electrical tech with a background of startup and comissioning of combined cycle/peaker generation plants. Most recently I got off the road and took a job at the city's waste water treatment plant. Oddly enough the process is pretty similar to brewing.....

 

[timpoulsen]

Retired Fire Dept. Battalion Chief. No time for an occupation anymore.

 

[sir_ybarra]

Sales Rep for a major beverage(non alcoholic) company

 

[newbrewerkaf]

One is too many so what is enough? Lol spent years in production managment so engineers were necessary but a constant p.i.m.a.

 

[ChemEng]

Chemical engineer, but I design biotech manufacturing facilities. Used to be a consultant for 10 years, but just took a job with one of my clients. I start on Monday.

 

[NewJersey]

Non engineer who dislikes what this thread title implies.

 

[Baja_Brewer]

Non engineer who dislikes what this thread title implies.

That if you ply any other trade than engineering, you're not "one of us"?

It is an interesting way to put it - I've met some engineers that certainly think that way but I don't find it favorable.

I can't remember whether or not I was studying in Mech Eng when I posted here before - but Ocean Engineer BS and MS.

 

[sportpak]

I run an EDM dept at a machine shop. Lots of medical stuff, high end o-ring molding, and other things. Engineers are useful and necessary, but are normally a PITA.

 

[BostonianBrewer]

She is an EE I'm just a brew shop worker ... So I guess we are filed under bolth!

 

[LiquidMagic]

Looking at correlation between brewing process and engineering regimen. People who like process control and technical side of brewing have engineer tendencies or are engineers.

 

[Onkel_Udo]

Looking at correlation between brewing process and engineering regimen. People who like process control and technical side of brewing have engineer tendencies or are engineers.

Or have other highly technical jobs that require and OCD level of "checklist" mentality. I could throw in Doctors, Pilots, software development, etc, etc.

Engineers do not corner the market on process development or control. They just get a degree that says they do...

 

[misterkidd]

I'm a social worker... no correlation there that I can muster... perhaps I just like beer

 

[BadWolfBrewing]

Controls engineer, working on electric vehicle research.

PhD in mech. eng., University of Wisconsin, 2011

I agree, there's plenty of jobs that require process development and critical thinking besides engineering. My job doesn't require much traditional engineering type thinking, for the most part. Just mostly math and physics. I'll admit that I like tinkering with the brewery more than I like the actual brewing process though.

 

[edroberts]

Chalk up another non-engineer.

Laboratory Information Systems Admin by day. Meteorologist by day and night.

 

[m00ps]

Mechanical Engineer here. Yeah I'd say roughly half of all brewers I know are engineers. But not the other way around...

 

[Carusoat]

Currently a manufacturing process engineer.

BSME Clarkson University '10 - '14

 

[ChiefIlliniwek]

Civil/structural engineer. I design post-frame buildings.

Oh, and U of Illinois '07.

 

[jimjohson]

I'm a Cabinet Maker, and if you want to keep coming home with all 10 fingers, you learn to pay close attention to details.

 

[worlddivides]

Whoa. 40% of the people who answered the survey are engineers? That's insane.

I'm not an engineer, although I do a lot of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, aviation, and bio-engineering/pharmaceutical technical translations and technical writing.

 

[cjbalough]

Biologist - environmental scientist (aka almost engineer who helps the engineers with mechanical reality)....I love that I'm not one of "them" yet they come to me for help.....they teach math and theory but must be light on logic, troubleshooting, and mechanical/electrical basics

Biology is the only science that is the sum of all other natural sciences +