What's your occupation: Engineer or Non-Engineer

[chriscax]

Part-time pastor pursuing my masters of theology. But my wife is a structural engineer!

 

[westrujp]

ME - steam specialty

 

[phenry]

Undergrad environmental engineering, focusing on water quality and waste water treatment.

 

[Towerguy]

I'm a tower professional.

 

[solbes]

Chem E from Minnesota Duluth, '98
Haven't done much chemistry since college, it's all medical device design lately.

And since we're talking alma mater: tBulldogs, Nat'l Hockey Champs 2011!

 

[worksnorth]

You can tell an engineer a mile away, get them up close and you can't tell them a thing! lol
Operations, oilfield North Slope of Alaska!!!!

 

[porterguy]

Almost 40%! Pretty damn impressive!

 

[bottlebomber]

I'm a machinist. Engineers piss me off half the time. One company I make part for they are friggin brilliant, and you can actually talk with them and negotiate. Another company, they have absolutely no practical knowledge of machined parts, and occasionally send us prints of parts that are physically impossible to make.

Interesting poll though. Pretty amazing, really.

 

[phenry]

I'm a machinist. Engineers piss me off half the time. One company I make part for they are friggin brilliant, and you can actually talk with them and negotiate. Another company, they have absolutely no practical knowledge of machined parts, and occasionally send us prints of parts that are physically impossible to make.

Interesting poll though. Pretty amazing, really.

Yep that sounds about right. It's pretty easy to pick out the useless ones in college. Yeah they can study for tests well and do great in class, but they have absolutely no common sense when it comes to the real world application of things. And of course these are the ones getting all the internships and co-ops.

 

[flyfisherwes]

I agree. I should have been an engineer. I'd be good at it. And I'd be finished with school by now. I will be a pharmacist.

 

[gstrawn]

I agree. I should have been an engineer. I'd be good at it. And I'd be finished with school by now. I will be a pharmacist.

I'm in pharmacy school also. Love you enthusiasm about it!

 

[DrDarwin]

I have a bunch of engineering degrees, but all I ever want to do is brew!

 

[flyfisherwes]

I'm in pharmacy school also. Love you enthusiasm about it!

Haha. Good luck with it. I'm about done. A pharmacist is just a bar tender with an unlimited inventory.

 

[collinsDPT]

Physical therapist

 

[Demfer]

Guilty. Have an M.eng in Bioprocess & cell sciences.

 

[Bilirubin]

Paleontologist

 

[wildwest450]

Paleontologist

You love Sarah that much?


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[LVBen]

You love Sarah that much?


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Isn't that a Palintologist?

 

[stompbox]

Engineering degree from PSU

 

[Exploit]

Work as a Quality Control Analyst for a brewery and also a certified taste tester for the plant.

Good times!

 

[KevinW]

Sorry OP, not an engineer. Probably should have been though cause I am a genius!

(actually I am not a genius. I am not even very intelligent. Come to think of it, I am a freakin' goob)

Well, I can at least make beer so that has to account for something!

 

[EZFrag]

Registered Nurse. I teach nursing at a local university. Drink beer often.

 

[McHaven]

Park Ranger for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. What does that make me?

 

[Exbeerienced]

I have this feeling that a large percentage of homebrewers are engineers. I was just wondering how large.

'92 BSME from Mich Tech U.

Engineer by education. BSME, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (and that's "THE" Ohio State University!), class of '90.

 

[msh227]

Electrical (Power) Engineer

We are.... PENN STATE!

 

[camiller]

Engineer by education. BSME, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (and that's "THE" Ohio State University!), class of '90.

THE OSU that was visiting down here in Nebraska last weekend?

 

[diver1]

Commercial Diver. Worked underwater most of my life.

 

[stokems]

Catscan technologist, would much rather have my own homebrew shop. In time I will, just don't know when.

 

[Bilirubin]

Isn't that a Palintologist?

Given all of the Big 10 on this page I should probably shout out to my undergrad alma mater. Go Blue!

 

[Zak]

If I had taken the ASVAB with intentions of going into the military instead of to get out of class in high school, the military would most likely have made some sort of engineer base on my results.

 

[Satisfaction]

Right on.. Chemical engineer working in the plastics industry for a major chemical company.

We don't make the stuff you buy, but make it better and actually last/work.

 

[pyth]

Mechanical engineering technolgist. Not sure if I count as a real 'engineer' in the sense of having university degrees, since mine came from a trade school. But if anyone here from the army has ever rode in a LAV 3, you've used some stuff I helped design

 

[lschiavo]

Commercial Diver. Worked underwater most of my life.

BSEE...now electrical contractor ...I do my best work in the dark

 

[TapeDeck]

Musician, music teacher, own a music school that provides jobs for some talented friends.

Was on my way to being a software engineer, but was way too depressed about coding worthless garbage for a worthless company instead of following my ideals.

But I just made my first home brew tonight, so naturally I'll be writing books on the subject and opening a craft brewery in the coming months.

 

[thisgoestoeleven]

I'm in the same boat, TapeDeck. I'm certified k-12 music in NY and VT, and I'm doing my masters right now because the job market sucks.

 

[cruizer8]

I have a Computer Engineering degree from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, but right now I am stuck with a software engineer job when I would really like a hardware or firmware engineer job.

 

[lschiavo]

I'm not.. I was a machinist who spent his career supporting engineers.. building their stuff. Without me.. they'd still just have ideas.. grin

Once I realized engineers don't get their hands dirty, it wasn't as appealing.

 

[phillyeld]

Not an engineer, only took 2 college math classes in my free time (I am a huge nerd!) Now a managing partner at a casual dining steak house. Have since "engineered" my self an assistant brewer (one of my managers). I might not build stuff, but if a piece of equipment breaks at 7:00 on Saturday night I'll probably be able to figure out how to make it work to get through!:rockin:

 

[Zak]

Musician, music teacher, own a music school that provides jobs for some talented friends...

The local music store I took lessons at did the same thing. I can say I took guitar lessons from the same place that two members of Killswitch Engage got their start

 

[Dillonks1]

Electrical engineering, bachelors from the Citadel. Masters in industrial and systems engineering from university of Florida will be completed shortly.

Work as a systems engineer.