Duality Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Seems we're a good deal of engineers here. Coincidence? I'm personally an Industrial Engineer working in the quality assurance field right now getting my Quality Assurance Engineering degree trough work (yay free studies!) Quote It's not 80% diet, 20% exercise, it's 100% diet, 100% exercise. Give it your all. My journey (Date - Total - BF % - LBM) 2012-01-01 - 242 - 35% - 157 2013-12-15 - 172 - 10% - 155 2016-05-01 - 231 - 25% - 173 Link to comment
I-Jo Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 It is a nerd forum. but that being said- my sportbike forum is full of engineering types too. We like our toys Quote Link to comment
bigm141414 Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Nah engineering and the sciences tend to collect a lot of nerd types. But luckily we have a very diverse community Myself, I am an Electrical Engineer by training working in IC Validation (fancy way of saying I get to try and blow up microchips for a living). Also going for a Systems Engineering masters as well. Quote "Pull the bar like you're ripping the head off a god-damned lion" - Donny Shankle Link to comment
Duality Posted May 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Nah engineering and the sciences tend to collect a lot of nerd types. But luckily we have a very diverse community Myself, I am an Electrical Engineer by training working in IC Validation (fancy way of saying I get to try and blow up microchips for a living). Also going for a Systems Engineering masters as well. sounds exiting ! I want to blow up things! Quote It's not 80% diet, 20% exercise, it's 100% diet, 100% exercise. Give it your all. My journey (Date - Total - BF % - LBM) 2012-01-01 - 242 - 35% - 157 2013-12-15 - 172 - 10% - 155 2016-05-01 - 231 - 25% - 173 Link to comment
Grizzy Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Heh, computer science here, but not quite on the engineering side. I can still geek out pretty hard though. Quote Challenge Link to comment
JonDixonYT Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Civil Engineering degree but I do geotechnical engineering in real life, mostly in permafrost regions. Sometimes, when trying to impress, I call myself a permafrost engineer, but I also play with unfrozen dirt. Quote Level 2 Half-Orc RangerSTR 4|DEX 2.6|STA 5.8|CON 8|WIS 2|CHA 3MyFitnessPal|My Endomondo Link to comment
AnotherEpigone Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Computer Engineer here, working as a software developer. I feel just being in this profession qualifies you as a nerd. Quote The Epigone, level 2 High Elf Wizard (Adventurer)STR 6, DEX 3, STA 4, CON 5, WIS 5.5, CHA 4.5Challenge 1 "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17 Link to comment
Tech_Hunter Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I am in IT staffing, and the more I speak to developers and analysts, the more I want to go back to school for some sort of computer science. When I was in high school, the only class was basic.....and I did well. I also spent hours doing basic programs on a TI-99/4A system for a poker game and "Mr. Bojangles" in the 80s....I LOVED doing that. I just hated turning it off. I think that makes me borderline geeky. Not an engineer though. I have several in my family, but that level of smart passed over me, sadly. Quote Level 3 Pandaren Adventurer[*]16 WIS/12.5 CON/2 STR/3.5 DEX/4 STA/7 CHA [*]My Levelling Log/Challenge Thread! [*]My First 6 Week Challenge Log “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.†–A.A. Milne (Thanks to magi192 for posting this!) Link to comment
Cruella T'Kill Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm a mechanical engineer and work in industrial construction. It's actually fairly enjoyable because all projects are different, so it's like a new job every 6-18 months! Quote Level 4 Amazon WarriorSTR: 16 | DEX: 5.75 | STA: 9.5 | CON: 9.25 | WIS: 7.5 | CHA: 7.5FITOCRACY The best activities for your health are pumping and humping. - ArnoldQuoth the raven "One rep more" - Edgar Allan Bro Link to comment
Max Power Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I'm a geologist, we're sort of the antithesis of engineers. Quote The path to Swolehalla is paved with a lot of Swolehate, and you won't get there without being Swole of Spirit too. Race: Fiendish Blue Extension Cord Class: Warrior Links: MFP Battle Log Current Challenge Link to comment
Waldo Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I"m a Civil Engineer technically, though in practice I'm more of a general/aviation engineer. Biological (physiologial) engineer as a hobby, specializing in biomathematics. Quote currently cutting battle log challenges: 21,20, 19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 don't panic! Link to comment
JonDixonYT Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I'm a geologist, we're sort of the antithesis of engineers.You should see some of the looks I get from geologists when I say, "I only drill 10 feet into rock then stop. If its rock its good enough to build on." This of course only really applies buried rock that isn't complete garbage. Quote Level 2 Half-Orc RangerSTR 4|DEX 2.6|STA 5.8|CON 8|WIS 2|CHA 3MyFitnessPal|My Endomondo Link to comment
KingZora Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I am a Software Engineer... which is sort of a soft science, but I still consider myself an engineer. Though I have a lot of friends in hard science engineering fields that like to disagree. Quote LVL 3: Zoran Warrior STR:9 | DEX:5 | STA:10 | CON:5 | WIS:12.75 | CHA:9 Current Challenge: Not Really A 6 Week Challenge Challenge Previous Challenges: 1st, 2nd "The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. Good things don't always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant." Link to comment
bigm141414 Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I am a Software Engineer... which is sort of a soft science, but I still consider myself an engineer. Though I have a lot of friends in hard science engineering fields that like to disagree. As a hard science engineer, I consider software engineers actual engineers, I can't understand half the stuff y'all talk about and can probably only do a quarter of the stuff I do understand. Quote "Pull the bar like you're ripping the head off a god-damned lion" - Donny Shankle Link to comment
JonDixonYT Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I am a Software Engineer... which is sort of a soft science, but I still consider myself an engineer. Though I have a lot of friends in hard science engineering fields that like to disagree.I think the resistance is the old guard doing their best to keep the club as exclusive as possible ("soon we'll be licensing domestic engineers!"). I also think that if you are doing all the things that and engineer does (duty of care, ethics etc.) then I'm alright with it. I do wonder who signs the designs for software, and who signed off on the design for Windows XP and if that person still has a license. Quote Level 2 Half-Orc RangerSTR 4|DEX 2.6|STA 5.8|CON 8|WIS 2|CHA 3MyFitnessPal|My Endomondo Link to comment
bigm141414 Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I think the resistance is the old guard doing their best to keep the club as exclusive as possible ("soon we'll be licensing domestic engineers!"). I also think that if you are doing all the things that and engineer does (duty of care, ethics etc.) then I'm alright with it. I do wonder who signs the designs for software, and who signed off on the design for Windows XP and if that person still has a license. There are places where you don't have to be licenced to use the engineer title. Texas for instance does not require licensing (PE/EIT) to be considered an engineer in anything outside of construction/civil engineering. Which is a shame because trying to get your PE in a non civil type job sucks. My company employees 15,000 people and yet only 12 of them are PEs. So much for having someone vouch for my work. Quote "Pull the bar like you're ripping the head off a god-damned lion" - Donny Shankle Link to comment
KingZora Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I think the resistance is the old guard doing their best to keep the club as exclusive as possible ("soon we'll be licensing domestic engineers!"). I also think that if you are doing all the things that and engineer does (duty of care, ethics etc.) then I'm alright with it. I do wonder who signs the designs for software, and who signed off on the design for Windows XP and if that person still has a license. There is no licensing process for software engineers... Quote LVL 3: Zoran Warrior STR:9 | DEX:5 | STA:10 | CON:5 | WIS:12.75 | CHA:9 Current Challenge: Not Really A 6 Week Challenge Challenge Previous Challenges: 1st, 2nd "The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. Good things don't always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant." Link to comment
Waldo Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 There are places where you don't have to be licenced to use the engineer title. Texas for instance does not require licensing (PE/EIT) to be considered an engineer in anything outside of construction/civil engineering. Which is a shame because trying to get your PE in a non civil type job sucks. My company employees 15,000 people and yet only 12 of them are PEs. So much for having someone vouch for my work. Same problem I have. Though in my job a stamp is useless and almost counterproductive (I would absolutely never stamp a set of drawings and accept the liability if I didn't have to). Still it is nice to go get the PE. But I've only ever worked under a PE for a short time and never really had a PE check my work. Really just need to wait out the 15 years (I believe) of job experience (4 more to go) before I go and test for it. Have an EIT though. Though aviation is kind of its own world only vaguely related to the rest of the construction world. We have our own set of codes and design criteria, and really the state level (those who liscense engineers) have nothing to do with it. Quote currently cutting battle log challenges: 21,20, 19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 don't panic! Link to comment
JonDixonYT Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 There are places where you don't have to be licenced to use the engineer title. Texas for instance does not require licensing (PE/EIT) to be considered an engineer in anything outside of construction/civil engineering. Which is a shame because trying to get your PE in a non civil type job sucks. My company employees 15,000 people and yet only 12 of them are PEs. So much for having someone vouch for my work. There is no licensing process for software engineers... Same problem I have. Though in my job a stamp is useless and almost counterproductive (I would absolutely never stamp a set of drawings and accept the liability if I didn't have to). Still it is nice to go get the PE. But I've only ever worked under a PE for a short time and never really had a PE check my work. Really just need to wait out the 15 years (I believe) of job experience (4 more to go) before I go and test for it. Have an EIT though. Though aviation is kind of its own world only vaguely related to the rest of the construction world. We have our own set of codes and design criteria, and really the state level (those who liscense engineers) have nothing to do with it.Canada is more strict regarding use of the title, which I am ok with, to be honest. If you aren't registered (either as an MIT (member in training for all those geohallucinogenists) or as a professional) then you can't use the title. The idea behind it is that the public is supposed to be able to trust a person that calls them self an engineer, so by requiring that they are licensed, we can check to see if they have the required training and it also allows us to discipline those engineers that break the code of ethics or bylaws, etc. Its not a perfect system (just look at all the business happening in Montreal) but I think it'd be tough to find one that was. Quote Level 2 Half-Orc RangerSTR 4|DEX 2.6|STA 5.8|CON 8|WIS 2|CHA 3MyFitnessPal|My Endomondo Link to comment
Waldo Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Canada is more strict regarding use of the title, which I am ok with, to be honest. If you aren't registered (either as an MIT (member in training for all those geohallucinogenists) or as a professional) then you can't use the title. The idea behind it is that the public is supposed to be able to trust a person that calls them self an engineer, so by requiring that they are licensed, we can check to see if they have the required training and it also allows us to discipline those engineers that break the code of ethics or bylaws, etc. Its not a perfect system (just look at all the business happening in Montreal) but I think it'd be tough to find one that was. In my case it really is a federal-state issue. The codes and standards I follow do not exist at the state level whatsoever. In the US the federal gov't has no hand in Engineer liscensing. The Army guys are starting to require PE's (they do a lot of work off base and off federal lands), but they have enough of them, especially in mgmt, that you can actually get one if you work for the Army. Not the case with us; they couldn't require PE's as noone can get one since there aren't enough to meet the work under a PE rule. The feds accept the risk instead of the engineers (hence no need for a stamp). Were they to require liscensing it would also mean paying for a liscense and continuing education; that sort of frivolous spending has long ago been cut from the fed budget (hell we're lucky we have phones and power at this point). To have a federal level do their own liscensing would absolutely not be possible in the US political climate, that would not play well on Faux and the Right would never allow it. Quote currently cutting battle log challenges: 21,20, 19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 don't panic! Link to comment
JonDixonYT Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 In my case it really is a federal-state issue. The codes and standards I follow do not exist at the state level whatsoever. In the US the federal gov't has no hand in Engineer liscensing. The Army guys are starting to require PE's (they do a lot of work off base and off federal lands), but they have enough of them, especially in mgmt, that you can actually get one if you work for the Army. Not the case with us; they couldn't require PE's as noone can get one since there aren't enough to meet the work under a PE rule. The feds accept the risk instead of the engineers (hence no need for a stamp). Were they to require liscensing it would also mean paying for a liscence and continuing education; that sort of frivolous spending has long ago been cut from the fed budget. To have a federal level liscencing would absolutely not be possible in the US political climate, that would not play well on Faux and the Right would never allow it, they currently control the House and thus the budget (or lack thereof).Yeah, we are controlled at the provincial/territorial level here as well - each province/territory has an Engineer's Act which has all the rules and such surrounding Engineering and who can and cannot call themselves an Engineer, gives the Association of Professional Engineers/Geoscientists the power to self-regulate, etc. Its ultimately a matter of semantics (unless there is a requirement for stamps, normally dictated by the gov, municipal, provincial/territorial or federal). But if the Feds are fine to accept the liability, then that is fine. That is really what you ultimately pay a P. Eng. to do, accept that liability. I know that here, as soon as you are licensed, then whether you stamp something or not, you can be found/held liable just by having your name on it. Quote Level 2 Half-Orc RangerSTR 4|DEX 2.6|STA 5.8|CON 8|WIS 2|CHA 3MyFitnessPal|My Endomondo Link to comment
Waldo Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Yeah, we are controlled at the provincial/territorial level here as well - each province/territory has an Engineer's Act which has all the rules and such surrounding Engineering and who can and cannot call themselves an Engineer, gives the Association of Professional Engineers/Geoscientists the power to self-regulate, etc. Its ultimately a matter of semantics (unless there is a requirement for stamps, normally dictated by the gov, municipal, provincial/territorial or federal). But if the Feds are fine to accept the liability, then that is fine. That is really what you ultimately pay a P. Eng. to do, accept that liability. I know that here, as soon as you are licensed, then whether you stamp something or not, you can be found/held liable just by having your name on it. That's really what the stamp is all about, who gets sued in court if things go wrong. If you aren't using your stamp, it is merely a ceremonial title. Would be nice to have the framed piece of paper though. Is Canadian airspace/aiport design maintained at the provincial/territorial level? Would be odd to not govern it strictly under a federal umbrella. I wonder if NASA has the same issue in the US; work that is irrelevent to States or having a stamp, requiring engineering, and unique enough that straight out of college engineers are preferred to established engineers since each requires just as much training; fresh out of college comes with less baggage. Quote currently cutting battle log challenges: 21,20, 19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 don't panic! Link to comment
JonDixonYT Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 That's really what the stamp is all about, who gets sued in court if things go wrong. If you aren't using your stamp, it is merely a ceremonial title.Would be nice to have the framed piece of paper though.Is Canadian airspace/aiport design maintained at the provincial/territorial level? Would be odd to not govern it strictly under a federal umbrella.I've only ever been on the periphery of airport design, but my understanding is that the are specifications/design codes that are perpared by the Feds that the P. Eng. who completes the design follows. That P. Eng. must be registered in whichever province the airport/facility is in. So, for example, if I were to complete a foundation design for a hanger, it would have to meet the national standards set out by the regulators and I would have to be a registered professional engineer in which ever jurisdiction the hanger is to be constructed. We actually have a mobility agreement between all the jurisdictions though, so if you are licensed in one province, you can get a license in any province, you just have to apply and pay your dues. My feeling is that its a precursor towards a national license, although I'm not convinced that is a great plan, to be honest. We are in the process now of putting out a frame work to bring some consistency into the language of the Act of each jurisdiction. Its a huge undertaking, and we only have 12 jurisdictions. I can't imagine what would happen if you tried that in the states. Quote Level 2 Half-Orc RangerSTR 4|DEX 2.6|STA 5.8|CON 8|WIS 2|CHA 3MyFitnessPal|My Endomondo Link to comment
Gainsdalf the Whey Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 Mechanical engineer here working in project management for communications equipment. Boo, hiss, boring EE stuff that I understand nothing about and just shuffle papers, do the management side. I miss being technical... My last job I actually got to design mechanical components, prepare engineering drawings, and do fun 3D modeling and sim. Too bad North Jersey is a suburb of NYC and 3 times the price for the same exact house compared to where I am now in DE. Quote Massrandir, Barkûn, Swolórin, The Whey Pilgrim 500 / 330 / 625 Challenges: 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 34 35 36 39 41 42 45 46 47 48 49 Current Challenge "No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. What a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. " ~ Socrates "Friends don't let friends squat high." ~ Chad Wesley Smith "It's a dangerous business, Brodo, squatting to the floor. You step into the rack, and if you don't keep your form, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." ~ Gainsdalf Link to comment
Cruella T'Kill Posted June 4, 2013 Report Share Posted June 4, 2013 I got my PEng quite quickly after I graduated. I was lucky that I had work experience from an internship that counted and my job right out of uni was under the supervision of another PEng. Plus all my dues and costs were covered by my company, so it seemed silly not to do it. Never really found a need for it in my line of work though, it was just something fancy that meant they had to pay me more I haven't really found the need to make the transfer when I started working here in Australia either. My stamp is gathering dust in a box somewhere now.... Mechanical engineer here working in project management for communications equipment. Boo, hiss, boring EE stuff that I understand nothing about and just shuffle papers, do the management side. I miss being technical... My last job I actually got to design mechanical components, prepare engineering drawings, and do fun 3D modeling and sim. Too bad North Jersey is a suburb of NYC and 3 times the price for the same exact house compared to where I am now in DE. I get to play with AutoCAD so much these days! Definitely preferable to paper pushing and babysitting..... Quote Level 4 Amazon WarriorSTR: 16 | DEX: 5.75 | STA: 9.5 | CON: 9.25 | WIS: 7.5 | CHA: 7.5FITOCRACY The best activities for your health are pumping and humping. - ArnoldQuoth the raven "One rep more" - Edgar Allan Bro Link to comment
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