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You Know You're an Engineer When...

wpolk
wpolk over 11 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.


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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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  • Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes over 11 years ago

    Everything you look at, brings to mind "What can I salvage out of that to build something else"

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  • SGarciaV
    SGarciaV over 11 years ago

    I start thinking about how a product works more than what it does.

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  • jack.chaney56
    jack.chaney56 over 11 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    ... not sure why you are calling it a "roll" image Just kidding, I actually come from the days of sheet film in the detectors.

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  • e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor over 11 years ago

    your camera roll looks like this...

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  • mcb1
    mcb1 over 11 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    I liked this one I saw on something the other night

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 11 years ago in reply to Dudley

    Stop airing my drawers in public.

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  • clem57
    clem57 over 11 years ago in reply to jack.chaney56

    ROLF

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  • jack.chaney56
    jack.chaney56 over 11 years ago in reply to clem57

    So, a foursome is out golfing, and are being held up by a group ahead of them. When they complain to the ranger he tells them that is a special group of blind golfers that have been playing here for years. Three of the group hang their heads in shame. The engineer mutters, why can't they play at night?

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  • clem57
    clem57 over 11 years ago in reply to Workshopshed

    This came from an fertile mind with no internet links. I therefore must be an engineer.

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    e14 Contributor over 11 years ago in reply to dougw

    Thank goodness for elment14....where they  "get" you...

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