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Old 02-18-2016, 12:31 PM   #41
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+1, I'm also an engineer. I've restored old cars, audio equipment, toy trains and even an original civil war cannon.

And I love Dilbert.

If an engineer isn't interested in mechanics and things that 'go' he doesn't deserve to own the title.

I had a friend tell me that her son was going to school for engineering. I asked 'does he like to take stuff apart and see how it works?'

No.

He dropped out of engineering and went into criminal justice.

I wouldn't hire an engineer if he didn't know which end of a wrench, screw driver or soldering iron to hold.
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Old 02-18-2016, 01:06 PM   #42
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Howard Hughes was one of those kids that had the Knack but Hughes also inherited the
money along with it.
When Howard Hughes was 10 years old he took apart a Model T and then re assembled it.
At 12 he built the first radio transmitter in Houston Texas.
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I use to work with a guy like Wally. He use to boast about his lack of work ethic. - he did absolutely nothing except to show up. His wages were identical to mine. He was a strong 'union man'. He referred to the rest of us as fools because we actually worked. Reflecting back, I can't help but feel he may have been right. I hate Wally....
Isn't that always the way? The one's who are the most entrenched in the union do so because they need the protection.

If left unchecked, it can suck the life right out of place or shop.

Sometimes they are their own worst enemy.
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I wouldn't hire an engineer if he didn't know which end of a wrench, screw driver or soldering iron to hold.
Many years ago when I was working my way up the food chain I had been promoted to Branch Head of a group of engineers and techs. My boss was the division head and his boss was the Technical Director (TD). I worked more for the TD than my director so it wasn't surprising to see him give me direct tasking. One day as I was going from the office to one of the labs the TD saw me and told me to get that screwdriver out of my back pocket, I was a Branch Head now and that wasn't appropriate. HA!
Book learning will only take you so far...a real engineer can make his vision a reality.
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Many years ago when I was working my way up the food chain I had been promoted to Branch Head of a group of engineers and techs. My boss was the division head and his boss was the Technical Director (TD). I worked more for the TD than my director so it wasn't surprising to see him give me direct tasking. One day as I was going from the office to one of the labs the TD saw me and told me to get that screwdriver out of my back pocket, I was a Branch Head now and that wasn't appropriate. HA!
Book learning will only take you so far...a real engineer can make his vision a reality.
When I worked for Hughes, I met a ex WW2 German Dr..Rocket specialist..
The guy looked like Sargent Schultz from Hogan's Heroes. But he didn't know nothin...This rocket scientist knew physics like a Nobel prize winner. He used to write division memos that nobody could follow..Managers and scientists alike. We talked often and he said, a real scientist/engineer should know how to operate a screw driver as well as differential equations otherwise they are severely handicapped in any technology Enterprise that builds hardware.
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