Q: How Can You Tell That Someone Is An Engineer?

"McMike" (mcmike)
03/14/2014 at 13:53 • Filed to: None

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To be honest there are holes in my theory. I was just sticking up for the master cylinder, brake lines, flex lines, fluid, and tires.

DISCUSSION (41)

For Sweden > McMike
03/14/2014 at 13:56

How can you find someone who doesn't like engineers?

Don't worry, they'll tell you.

CAR_IS_MI > McMike
03/14/2014 at 13:59

Q: Am I an Engineer?

Tekamul > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:00

Hey, that's not true! I'm an engineer, and you don't see me spou-er-wait....dammit!

YSI-what can brown do for you > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:01

Engineers have an over inflated sense of importance. I know, I am an engineering student ;)

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:01

Damn, some people are just assholes. I mean, yea. He's educated on this stuff but he didn't have to be a dick about it.

dogisbadob > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:05

Does he drive a BMW? :p

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
03/14/2014 at 14:06

Yes you do. The whole point of your piece of paper is to shove it in other people's faces. The thing is, engineers and science majors' paper actually has meaning behind it. A liberal arts paper is shoved in your face while you wait for a coffee in the morning.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > CAR_IS_MI
03/14/2014 at 14:07

You are THE engineer

McMike > CAR_IS_MI
03/14/2014 at 14:07

Yes, but you're a "Mr" and the "the" tells me you are the only one of only one of your kind.

Kinja'd!!!

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > dogisbadob
03/14/2014 at 14:07

He used to drive a Saab.

McMike > For Sweden
03/14/2014 at 14:07

LOL

McMike > dogisbadob
03/14/2014 at 14:09

He didn't say.

Kinja'd!!!

Sn210 > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:12

I believe the same rule applies for Vegans and marathon runners

Zohaibman72 > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:12

Look for someone that can solve problems.

Not problems like 'What is beauty?' because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy.

They solve practical problems.

Nonster > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:13

We're not all like that I promise. He is correct in his explanation for the most part, but yeah there was no need for the attitude

Suby555 > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:16

Normally I tell based on the appalling use of the English language.

And I can tell. Cause I suck at writing

And I'm an engineer.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
03/14/2014 at 14:19

...did I just meet an Engineer?

McLarry > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:21

Pretty rude of him to respond that way, and I'm pretty sure your comment is correct anyway... There are effectively 3 interfaces at work when you're braking (call 'em car:wheel, wheel:tire, tire:road) Whichever is the weakest of the 3 will naturally sustain the most slippage, in this case the wheel:tire interface.

OH, and btw I'm an engineer ;)

Just had to let you know

EDIT: also, I love how he invokes the authority of being an engineer apparently only to say "the manufacturer thinks it's the brakes, and so do I !" (I imagine there's a missing "so THERE!" afterwards)

CAR_IS_MI > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:25

It's true, I am one of a kind.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
03/14/2014 at 14:26

Nope, chemist. I make fun of engineers.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
03/14/2014 at 14:26

Ha ha nice. And I'm just a lowly IT guy over here.

Racescort666 > Sn210
03/14/2014 at 14:28

Kinja'd!!!

Been wondering when I would need to bust this out.

Mattbob > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:29

Wow, that guy was a dick. Also, oppo sure has a lot of engineers.

McMike > CAR_IS_MI
03/14/2014 at 14:43

Of course, it's your name so it could be along the likes of Captain & Tennille, Spin Doctors, Colonel Angus, and major asshole.

It's anyone's guess.

CAR_IS_MI > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:46

The last one does suit me pretty well...

JACU - I've got bonifides. > McLarry
03/14/2014 at 14:46

And the sound of the stamping of little feet!

McMike > CAR_IS_MI
03/14/2014 at 14:48

I was soooooo tempted to edit that and add another one to the end....

CAR_IS_MI > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:51

Either way...

JACU - I've got bonifides. > McMike
03/14/2014 at 14:52

When I received my Microsoft Certified Engineer certification, I did not in any way think of myself as an engineer. We had a (un)civil engineer on staff though that just would not leave it alone. He actually became angry about the fact that M'soft used that title for that certification, and would constantly try and berate me about it. Of course, this fellow had absolutely no social skills at all, and acted so superior and so badly in the presence of others that he finally had to be let go due to his behavior.

Garrett Davis > dogisbadob
03/14/2014 at 15:04

Well this is awkward...

Garrett Davis > YSI-what can brown do for you
03/14/2014 at 15:08

Over inflated? Bullshit, it's spot on.

-Engineer

The Compromiser > McMike
03/14/2014 at 15:56

You Know, I make a living telling engineers they are wrong (and/or stupid), then proving it.

McMike > The Compromiser
03/14/2014 at 16:46

You don't sound much like a compromiser.

However, having that name gives you an advantage. They'll think your soft and not expect the shut down.

The Compromiser > McMike
03/14/2014 at 17:54

LOLZ.
I'm in quality so after a while I got tired of dealing with the end result and started heading the problems off at design.
I'd say "that's great. Now let me tell you why it won't work"

I can tell you to fuck off and die in such a fashion that you would look forward to the trip.
When I ran my car through the jalopometer it said I was jalop, but why the compromises, man? When I decided to join up, the name jumped into my head. That it suits my life is a bonus... I guess??

McMike > The Compromiser
03/14/2014 at 17:59

Believe me. I work with software and systems engineers that can't think past the end of the day.

The amount of questions I ask them is endless, and it's always ends in the same response.

"Oh"

As long as there are engineers, there will always be a job for people with common sense.

-edit- before any engineers get butthurt, we are both important. Everyone has a role, and we can't live without each other. Who is going to do the engineering if you're gone? Shhhhht, not me.

The Compromiser > McMike
03/14/2014 at 18:05

Wont need em. Things will just work, right???
Hey where did the light go and why isnt my tv working?
Guys? Guys?

Shit...

crowmolly > Sn210
03/14/2014 at 22:29

And Crossfitters

FurySamurai72 > The Compromiser
08/15/2014 at 10:45

I gotta tell you, engineers who do not work WITH and learn FROM the quality department are one of my biggest pet peeves. Quality department is there for a reason, and they catch it when I, the engineer (see what I did there?) fuck something up. When I do fuck something up, not if, I take advice from the quality department, revise, and learn from the incident. More people should do the same, but do not.

The Compromiser > FurySamurai72
08/15/2014 at 14:53

its a 2 way street really. I learned the technical aspects from them and they learned that the book is not the only way (or sometimes anyway) to do things right. I'm from the bottom and learned and earned my way up. That brings a practicality and knowledge base that can't be taught.

FurySamurai72 > The Compromiser
08/15/2014 at 15:32

I 100% agree. I'm a Mechanical Design Engineer, but I don't have a LOT of real world experience. So I'm always eager to learn how a design functions in the real world. I've got all the knowledge I need to design something structurally sound that will work in theory, but I don't necessarily know that it's going to be easy to install or build. That is where quality comes in. I print off the specs sheet and blue prints for the prototype, and then I go down on the floor and assist with the actual implementation, making slight changes and adjustments throughout the process. I understand not all engineers can work THIS closely with quality control, but it is important to have the give and take. The head quality guy at my company started out as an hourly assembly line worker as well and has, over many years, more than the head engineer here, worked his way up. So I know to defer probably 8 times out of 10 to his opinion. A lot of engineers out there think they have this degree and that makes them a freaking genius. There is a lot they can't teach you in school or books, things that come with experience that you just can't substitute for.

The Compromiser > FurySamurai72
08/15/2014 at 18:26

you are the 1% I love to work with. Except I don't get to feel superior with you kind.