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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.

 

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  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 11 years ago

    ..........   when the pictures of your test equipment do not leave room for the grandkids' pictures in your wallet.

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  • volthaus
    volthaus over 11 years ago

    You Know You're an Engineer When...

    you see more glazed eyes rather than glazed doughnuts.

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  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 11 years ago

    An off shed philosopher, novelist, writer, thinker, half musician, video-maker and photographer living In Spain, an out-of-context place ...

     

    Who am I? Why I am here? What I am doing? Where I am going? Why?

     

    I think that I discover I am a maybe-engineer because my mind day by day become full engineer-ized !!! image

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  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 11 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    Hi John,

    If similar minds think alike I am just honored to be grouped with you.

    John

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  • clem57
    clem57 over 11 years ago

    When you get the software install sheet, instead of following it you decide to rewrite for other technical reasons. image I did this to many times.

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  • lz1ppl
    lz1ppl over 11 years ago

    Your first instinct upon something new is to take it apart and you view the Instruction Manual just as “the Manufacturer’s Opinion."

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  • kas.lewis
    kas.lewis over 11 years ago

    you stay up all night to fix that one small "bug"... or rather to add that feature that makes your life easier but the time ti implement is exponentially longer than the time saved...

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  • johnbeetem
    johnbeetem over 11 years ago

    ... one of your greatest pleasures in life is fixing a problem by finding an old part in your collection -- something you've saved for decades "just in case".  I call this a "pack-rat validation event".

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  • johnbeetem
    johnbeetem over 11 years ago

    ... someone asks you a yes/no question and you answer with a detailed technical analysis of the trade-offs.

     

    Update: I just discovered that this is a variant of comment #6 by jw0752.  Sorry about that -- it was unintentional.

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  • Workshopshed
    Workshopshed over 11 years ago in reply to 1sttofight

    you would be able to build a perfect device as long as there were no users involved

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