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A degree?
Well thats you're idea screwed then because its not the case at all.
A degree?
Not in the least.
I'd just tell people I fly planes, or helicopters. I'm going to be a naval aviator, no-one is ever going to confuse me with a bloody bus driver! And no-one will ever confuse a decent engineer with a builder - there is sufficient other noisy information to create a perfect separation. Read the FHT article.
I've heard F1 drivers being called 'pilots' before, should they be annoyed that some commoners who fly planes use the same job title as someone who does a job that only about 20 people a year can do?
I've heard F1 drivers being called 'pilots' before, should they be annoyed that some commoners who fly planes use the same job title as someone who does a job that only about 20 people a year can do?
Imagine Ron Dennis' confusion when he's looking for a new F1 pilot and accidently employs some ***** or monkey who flies Easyjet planes.
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Architects may make nice pretty buildings, but it would be nice if they understood that there needs to be enough materiel in a building to keep the roof up.
I very quickly moved to into bridges.
But that's why we have Structural Engineers, SE and Architects perigee stems from the same point in history, we simply separated in the 19th Century, before that time there was no separate school of thought.
One cant really function without the other and often rely heavily on each for work in many cases.
Your example is backwards and unrelated to anything.
Which was a silly move to separate them, now some-"architects" as well as designers (for cars and so on) are nothing more than glorified artists as they simply come up with a look of the thing and then leave it for the engineers to work out how to actually build it.
This is evident in a number of concept cars and sketches, where they come up with this amazing looking shape with 3 wheels (on backwards) [like that futuristic Ferrari thing] that have no basis on reality as to how the thing can be built or can function.
Designs need to be based on reality and incorporate exactly how they will be made and function, not just be general ideas with no basis in life.
I think people that are bothered by it have other issues, namely jealousy.People who need to inflate themselves with titles like that have some personal issues.
An engineering degree usually lasts 4 years including the Masters year to achieve recognition from the body of Chartered Engineers, CEng. An engineering degree is very demanding and not many people get through to become a chartered engineer. It involves problem solving techniques, heavy mathematics and science principles, such as Physics (Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering), Chemistry (Chemical Engineering) and Biology (Medical Engineering) amongst many other fields. In order to succeed you would need to understand concepts from first principles such as Newtons Laws of Motion and Fluid Viscosity. Bernoulli concepts and electrical laws such as Ohms and Faradays laws. How a capacitor works and how it can analogue real life situations. It also involves thorough research using the most accurate and precise instruments and skills that are not taught over night. Such as CAD programs (AutoCAD), programming software (MatLab), economic value engineering to determine the cost to usefulness ratio.
I’ve also missed a hell of a lot more but you get the message.
So that’s 4 years of hard learning, plus many more years of experience in the industry and you’re still learning some more.
Then a plumber/electrician/boiler man/car mechanic comes a long to your home to fix what ever needs fixing and calls him self an “engineer”.
When something goes wrong, these companies send out “engineers” to fix the problem.
It is now a case that engineers and these “call out helpers” are now categorised in the same league as non/semi-skilled.
Did those people go to university to get a degree? Did those people receive recognition (not that it even means anything any more)?
When was the last time a plumber/electrician/boiler man/car mechanic used the Euler Buckling Theory to design a bridge that will span the Severn River?
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cant believe this waste thread has made it to 11 pages!