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You Know You're an Engineer When...

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wpolk over 10 years ago

We're asking you to complete this sentence: "You know you're an engineer when..."

 

Your input could be featured in an upcoming article on ImAnEngineer.com, Newark element14's newly launched website celebrating the ingenuity and impact of engineers!


We'll be choosing three of the most insightful and entertaining responses to send a much-sought-after bag of element14 swag to, between now and the end of July (don't worry if you're post is already in, we'll still consider it as an entry). T's & C's are here, and remember that you can drive the competition by casting votes for your favorite entries using the "Like" button on each post.


To bag your swag:


Step 1: Think deeply about the kind of traits that you feel typify the engineer's personality (and then check out the obligatory terms and conditions for the comp).

 

Step 2: Register, log in and comment on this discussion to tell the world about your favorite engineering personality quirks/disorders/idiosyncrasies.

 

Step 3: Make yourself a coffee and spend an enjoyable hour picking out the inspired (mostly hilarious) insights into your engineering identity, and hit the "Like" button on those that really resonate.

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  • johnbeetem
    johnbeetem over 10 years ago +13
    You know you're an engineer... when someone posts some interesting old technology and you immediately start reverse-engineering it, causing the discussion to go completely off-topic.
  • johnbeetem
    johnbeetem over 10 years ago +12
    ... you can't help pointing out technical inaccuracies in movies.
  • Workshopshed
    Workshopshed over 10 years ago +11
    .... you enter an Element14 design challenge, "for fun"
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  • johnbeetem
    johnbeetem over 10 years ago

    You know you're an engineer... when someone posts some interesting old technology and you immediately start reverse-engineering it, causing the discussion to go completely off-topic.  image

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    johnbeetem over 10 years ago

    You know you're an engineer... when someone posts some interesting old technology and you immediately start reverse-engineering it, causing the discussion to go completely off-topic.  image

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  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 10 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    Minions are definitely off-topic !!!

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  • Problemchild
    Problemchild over 10 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    John Beetem wrote:

     

    You know you're an engineer... when someone posts some interesting old technology and you immediately start reverse-engineering it, causing the discussion to go completely off-topic. 

    Closely followed by a stern repost and a demonstration how it all could be done in a single FPGA these days !!

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  • clem57
    clem57 over 10 years ago in reply to Problemchild

    Seems like more topics look like this:

    Off Topic Tim

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  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 10 years ago in reply to clem57

    I've never seen that sign.

     

    Ours just seem to one of those sideroads that leads back on ....

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  • Workshopshed
    Workshopshed over 10 years ago in reply to mcb1

    You know you are an engineer when you see a sign and spend so long inspecting the welding you forget to read the words written on it

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