In that case you've met a very different bunch of engineers than the ones
I've been privileged to work with.
On 17 July 2014 17:03, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >Once a year I am a member of the Safety Committee at a small (but very
> good) air display about 3 miles
> >from my home, Little Gransden (the owner is an aerobatics champion, Mark
> Jefferies). My job on that
> >committee is to monitor each display for safety, in all its aspects. The
> worst ones to watch are the small “consumer” mopeds-of-the-sky whose pilots
> want to make up a display. The Cessna 150s of this
> >world, and their pilots (mostly) are not suited to anything past 30
> degrees of bank or 10 degrees of
> >pitch.
> >
>
> I can think of all sorts of things along those lines, where the
> people involved in some activity (pilots, drivers, motorcyclists, power
> boaters) are grossly underqualified to do what they're doing. For
> instance: Have you noticed that drving skill is usually inversely
> proportional to the cost of the car?
>
> I sadly found this to be exceptionally true of engineers. The vast
> majority of them have almost no interest in the profession, especially in
> advancing their knowledge and design skills. Their only interest is the
> paycheck. Never mind what else I have to say about this as I do not want
> to get up on that soapbox.
>
>
> Chris
>
> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
> - Hunter S. Thompson
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