OT: Engineers - Other Technologies

This is a discussion on OT: Engineers - Other Technologies ; On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:43:45 GMT, in sci.electronics.design Rich Grise <rich@example.net> wrote: >On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:27:22 -0700, HardySpicer wrote: > >> In north America I am led to believe, an engineer is a train driver. >> How ...

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    On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:43:45 GMT, in sci.electronics.design Rich Grise
    <rich@example.net> wrote:

    >On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:27:22 -0700, HardySpicer wrote:
    >
    >> In north America I am led to believe, an engineer is a train driver.
    >> How do you distinguish yourselves if you live there from such an
    >> occupation? If you say you are an engineer do people then ask which
    >> line you serve on?
    >>

    >
    >If you should happen to meet a train-driving engineer, I'm sure he will
    >make it clear, because I can't imagine one not being rather proud of
    >his job. "I'm a Train Driver!" ;-)
    >
    >I got the job title, "Systems Engineer" once, but that was a place
    >where the owner wasn't impressed with titles anyway. He'd say, "You
    >want a job title? How about President?" and I'd say, "Nah, then I'd
    >have to make decisions like where to put the bookshelves an' shit."
    >
    >Today, I'm "Engineering Director". ;-) (not at the same company.)
    >
    >Cheers!
    >Rich



    "Head of everything that goes wrong" was in the letter that offered
    me my best job evar


    Martin

  2. Default Re: OT: Engineers

    On Sep 15, 1:27 am, HardySpicer <gyansor...@gmail.com> wrote:
    > In north America I am led to believe, an engineer is a train driver.
    > How do you distinguish yourselves if you live there from such an
    > occupation? If you say you are an engineer do people then ask which
    > line you serve on?


    Or someone that operates heavy construction equipment.

    When I say I am an engineer, they change the subject.


  3. Default Re: OT: Engineers

    On Sep 15, 12:39 pm, Martin Griffith <mart_in_medina@ya___.es> wrote:
    > On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:43:45 GMT, in sci.electronics.design Rich Grise
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > <r...@example.net> wrote:
    > >On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:27:22 -0700, HardySpicer wrote:

    >
    > >> In north America I am led to believe, an engineer is a train driver.
    > >> How do you distinguish yourselves if you live there from such an
    > >> occupation? If you say you are an engineer do people then ask which
    > >> line you serve on?

    >
    > >If you should happen to meet a train-driving engineer, I'm sure he will
    > >make it clear, because I can't imagine one not being rather proud of
    > >his job. "I'm a Train Driver!" ;-)

    >
    > >I got the job title, "Systems Engineer" once, but that was a place
    > >where the owner wasn't impressed with titles anyway. He'd say, "You
    > >want a job title? How about President?" and I'd say, "Nah, then I'd
    > >have to make decisions like where to put the bookshelves an' shit."

    >
    > >Today, I'm "Engineering Director". ;-) (not at the same company.)

    >
    > >Cheers!
    > >Rich

    >
    > "Head of everything that goes wrong" was in the letter that offered
    > me my best job evar
    >
    > Martin- Hide quoted text -
    >
    > - Show quoted text -


    When our devision's Chief Engineer was kicked upstairs to be Regional
    VP of Engineering, we bought him a box of busines cards that read
    "Emperor".



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    On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:01:17 GMT, Gary Tait <classicsat@yahoo.com>
    wrote:

    >HardySpicer <gyansorova@gmail.com> wrote in news:1189844842.826135.277220@
    >19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com:
    >
    >> In north America I am led to believe, an engineer is a train driver.
    >> How do you distinguish yourselves if you live there from such an
    >> occupation? If you say you are an engineer do people then ask which
    >> line you serve on?
    >>
    >> Hardy
    >>

    >
    >One would prepend or append the title "engineer" with the sort of engineer
    >one is.
    >
    >I call myself an engineering techinician.


    An Engineer would be a good name for an engine designer..
    "The crank shaft has metric and standard units mixed up...Call the
    Engineer!.."

    Others in the car design team would be:
    The Seateneer
    The Windoweneer
    The Differentialeneer
    The Brakeneer
    The Dashboardeneer
    The Rimeneer
    The Exhausteneer
    The Autobodyeneer
    :P

    Reverse Engineering Engineers could be Buccaneer Engineers.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buccaneer
    D from BC

  5. Default Re: OT: Engineers

    Spehro Pefhany wrote:
    >
    > On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:49:14 -0700, the renowned mpm
    > <mpmillard@aol.com> wrote:
    >
    > >On Sep 15, 4:27?am, HardySpicer <gyansor...@gmail.com> wrote:
    > >> In north America I am led to believe, an engineer is a train driver.
    > >> How do you distinguish yourselves if you live there from such an
    > >> occupation? If you say you are an engineer do people then ask which
    > >> line you serve on?
    > >>
    > >> Hardy

    > >
    > >Easy...
    > >Train engineers have greasy fingernails.
    > >The other ones have pocket protectors.

    >
    > Sanitary engineers have mops.



    While unsanitary engineers need mops.


    --
    Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
    prove it.
    Member of DAV #85.

    Michael A. Terrell
    Central Florida

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    On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:19:01 -0700, in sci.electronics.design John
    Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

    >On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:27:22 -0700, HardySpicer <gyansorova@gmail.com>
    >wrote:
    >
    >>In north America I am led to believe, an engineer is a train driver.
    >>How do you distinguish yourselves if you live there from such an
    >>occupation? If you say you are an engineer do people then ask which
    >>line you serve on?
    >>
    >>Hardy

    >
    >Around here, if you tell someone that you're an engineer, they usually
    >assume that you're the tech kind, not a train driver. They will often
    >ask "what kind", meaning mechanical, electrical, electronic, computer.
    >I answer "I design electronics" and they usually look impressed.
    >
    >There are also "stationary engineers", people who operate power
    >plants, boilers, HVAC systems in buildings.
    >
    >Does a stationery engineer design paper products?
    >
    >John
    >
    >
    >

    I've had a few occasions when I have had to put "I design
    electronics"(sort of) on forms, for banks and other slave traders, and
    the sheeple assumed that that everything comes "designed", they had no
    idea that people actually do it.




    Martin

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    In article <1189844842.826135.277220@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com>,
    gyansorova@gmail.com says...
    > In north America I am led to believe, an engineer is a train driver.
    > How do you distinguish yourselves if you live there from such an
    > occupation? If you say you are an engineer do people then ask which
    > line you serve on?


    You don't. Tell them "HO".

    --
    Keith

  8. Default Re: OT: Engineers

    On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:01:12 +0200, Martin Griffith
    <mart_in_medina@ya___.es> wrote:

    >On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:19:01 -0700, in sci.electronics.design John
    >Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
    >
    >>On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:27:22 -0700, HardySpicer <gyansorova@gmail.com>
    >>wrote:
    >>
    >>>In north America I am led to believe, an engineer is a train driver.
    >>>How do you distinguish yourselves if you live there from such an
    >>>occupation? If you say you are an engineer do people then ask which
    >>>line you serve on?
    >>>
    >>>Hardy

    >>
    >>Around here, if you tell someone that you're an engineer, they usually
    >>assume that you're the tech kind, not a train driver. They will often
    >>ask "what kind", meaning mechanical, electrical, electronic, computer.
    >>I answer "I design electronics" and they usually look impressed.
    >>
    >>There are also "stationary engineers", people who operate power
    >>plants, boilers, HVAC systems in buildings.
    >>
    >>Does a stationery engineer design paper products?
    >>
    >>John
    >>
    >>
    >>

    >I've had a few occasions when I have had to put "I design
    >electronics"(sort of) on forms, for banks and other slave traders, and
    >the sheeple assumed that that everything comes "designed", they had no
    >idea that people actually do it.
    >


    Yeah, I never could get my mother to understand what I did.

    >
    >
    >
    >Martin


    Does a staff engineer design flagpoles?

    John


  9. Default Re: OT: Engineers

    On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:12:54 -0700, in sci.electronics.design John
    Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

    >On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:01:12 +0200, Martin Griffith
    ><mart_in_medina@ya___.es> wrote:
    >
    >>On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:19:01 -0700, in sci.electronics.design John
    >>Larkin <jjlarkin@highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
    >>
    >>>On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:27:22 -0700, HardySpicer <gyansorova@gmail.com>
    >>>wrote:
    >>>
    >>>>In north America I am led to believe, an engineer is a train driver.
    >>>>How do you distinguish yourselves if you live there from such an
    >>>>occupation? If you say you are an engineer do people then ask which
    >>>>line you serve on?
    >>>>
    >>>>Hardy
    >>>
    >>>Around here, if you tell someone that you're an engineer, they usually
    >>>assume that you're the tech kind, not a train driver. They will often
    >>>ask "what kind", meaning mechanical, electrical, electronic, computer.
    >>>I answer "I design electronics" and they usually look impressed.
    >>>
    >>>There are also "stationary engineers", people who operate power
    >>>plants, boilers, HVAC systems in buildings.
    >>>
    >>>Does a stationery engineer design paper products?
    >>>
    >>>John
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>

    >>I've had a few occasions when I have had to put "I design
    >>electronics"(sort of) on forms, for banks and other slave traders, and
    >>the sheeple assumed that that everything comes "designed", they had no
    >>idea that people actually do it.
    >>

    >
    >Yeah, I never could get my mother to understand what I did.
    >
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>Martin

    >
    >Does a staff engineer design flagpoles?
    >
    >John

    No, MRSA


    Martin

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    "HardySpicer" <gyansorova@gmail.com> wrote in message
    news:1189844842.826135.277220@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
    > In north America I am led to believe, an engineer is a train driver.
    > How do you distinguish yourselves if you live there from such an
    > occupation? If you say you are an engineer do people then ask which
    > line you serve on?
    >
    > Hardy


    An engineer is someone who works on engines.

    Sometime back, in the U.K. 'Computer programmers' called themselves
    'Software Engineers,' simply, and only because, it sounded less nerdy!

    ; )



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