Understanding Engineers (Page 3): Ditto. I was an engineering manager for over half of my 35 year career and when I was reviewing what was supposedly "completed staff work" for my...

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Aug 8, 2020 02:39:04 #

DJphoto Loc: SF Bay Area

David in Dallas wrote:

I am a trained Engineer who happens to be skilled in it.

Ditto. I was an engineering manager for over half of my 35 year career and when I was reviewing what was supposedly "completed staff work" for my signature, I often felt more like an English teacher than an engineering manager. These were bright engineers, but their ability to communicate in writing was awful. I've been an adjunct professor for 12 years at a fine university and see the same thing in the research papers my students submit.

Aug 8, 2020 09:00:15 #

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Reuss Griffiths wrote:

With all the engineering jokes, you folks must have heard this one. You can always tell an engineer.
You just can't tell him much.

We've got a jar in our house, like a swear jar, that you put a dollar in every time you explain something scientific without being asked.

You won’t find that in our house! Since my wife has a PhD in Theoretical Physical Chemistry, we often find that math, the language of science, is the best way to explain something.

Aug 8, 2020 09:44:35 #

tomad Loc: North Carolina

DJphoto wrote:

Then there is the problem of explaining English grammar to most engineers.............

I think most engineers are pretty adept at English grammar. One of the traits of good engineers as well as good grammar "engineers" is to be precise. I naturally drifted toward engineering as a profession because I have that way of thinking and I always also made top grades in English throughout my years of education.

Now watch; someone will point out a grammar mistake in that paragraph!