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MatthewPhillips · 2011-11-01 23:44:19+00:00

When I watch this stuff I'm reminded that calling myself an "engineer" is outrageously inaccurate.

scsilver | karma 692 | avg karma 1.66 · | 2017-06-20 03:44:52+00:00

That's why you should call yourself an engineer.

nsonha | karma 713 | avg karma 0.39 · | 2022-12-22 23:19:59

I deliberately call myself anything but engineer, pretentious

TheDudeMan | karma 1015 | avg karma 2.08 · | 2024-04-05 19:08:50

So silly to call it engineering.

vsuperpower2020 | karma 295 | avg karma 2.23 · | 2024-06-10 05:46:08

I want to reclaim the word engineer from Americans. Turns out everyone is an engineer, even the chatbots.

vdnkh | karma 1258 | avg karma 3.38 · | 2015-02-04 14:41:32+00:00

>Being an engineer means using technology, science, mathematics to solve problems.

That's called practicing engineering. An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineer. You can practice engineering all you want, but if you're not a professional (having received an engineering degree from a certified university), it's dishonest to call yourself one. Honestly, it is elitist. But those of us who obtained our degrees worked our asses off. And I personally hate when people abuse the term to mean anything that took skill. "Candy cane engineer". "Beats engineer". "Drink mixing engineer". It's linguistic prescription to make yourself sound more important/skilled.

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sys_64738 | karma 3813 | avg karma 1.25 · | 2023-11-05 05:46:08

First habit: stop calling them engineers.

_ao789 | karma 534 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2016-02-24 23:16:15+00:00

I completely agree. Its like someone carrying a board up a flight of stairs and calling themselves an engineer. Did you get an typical engineering degree for it? Exactly!

dehrmann | karma 14936 | avg karma 2.33 · | 2021-01-18 19:35:22+00:00

I'm a pretend engineer and I know it.

HemanHeartYou | karma -5 | avg karma -0.05 · | 2016-12-05 20:32:20+00:00

Articles like this show because people are given the title Engineers.

tus666 | karma 784 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2022-04-29 17:50:37

Actually I am an engineer.

trollied | karma 4517 | avg karma 4.93 · | 2023-06-05 09:49:05

Is it just me that thinks calling it "Engineering" is absolutely ridiculous?

MadMaddie | karma 2 | avg karma 0.67 · | 2014-02-06 15:57:15+00:00

It's quite irritating to see how loosely the term "engineering" is applied nowadays. Please.

fastball | karma 11107 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2019-09-30 04:57:33+00:00

If that's not engineering I don't know what is.

AnIdiotOnTheNet | karma 21390 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2021-08-05 15:15:34

How many of those people are going to describe themselves as engineers though?

dublinclontarf | karma 1199 | avg karma 2.38 · | 2015-09-11 15:18:15+00:00

I'm an engineer.

sroussey | karma 4009 | avg karma 2.01 · | 2021-01-01 03:58:20+00:00

Calling that engineering reminds me of things I said while being in college before I had any real experience.

webmaven | karma 13964 | avg karma 2.46 · | 2014-05-18 18:28:33+00:00

Meh. Give it time. Engineers used to be called that because they ran engines, not built them.

SlowRobotAhead | karma 1033 | avg karma 0.56 · | 2018-11-02 14:24:43+00:00

Engineers, not people.

CodeWriter23 | karma 3631 | avg karma 1.43 · | 2023-03-29 18:01:41

Engineers are scientists.