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What is considered Engineering?
Posted on 12/19/15 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 12/19/15 at 4:35 pm
I've been working for a while on a job I accepted after graduating with my BS in EE.
I would say most of what I do is documentation. A LOT of documentation. Writing documentation. Fixing documentation.
Is this really what Engineering is? Fwiw, I like a lot of aspects of my job. I deal with many engineers, who for a nice change aren't stuck up, know it all individuals, which if you've gone through school you KNOW is a nice change.
I like the location of my job. I like the benefits. But I find myself often wondering when I have downtime, is this really what I want to be doing for the rest of my life?
So I ask to my other peers in engineering jobs on here, what is engineering really?
I'd say 95% of my job is documentation, with the other 5% actually applying some of the knowledge I learned in school.
I would say most of what I do is documentation. A LOT of documentation. Writing documentation. Fixing documentation.
Is this really what Engineering is? Fwiw, I like a lot of aspects of my job. I deal with many engineers, who for a nice change aren't stuck up, know it all individuals, which if you've gone through school you KNOW is a nice change.
I like the location of my job. I like the benefits. But I find myself often wondering when I have downtime, is this really what I want to be doing for the rest of my life?
So I ask to my other peers in engineering jobs on here, what is engineering really?
I'd say 95% of my job is documentation, with the other 5% actually applying some of the knowledge I learned in school.
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Posted on 12/19/15 at 4:51 pm to boXerrumble
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What is considered Engineering
Posted on 12/19/15 at 5:02 pm to boXerrumble
I'm an engineer, and day to day I am mostly doing like what you say, documentation, to go along with procurement and a lot of other things. However, shite hits the fan every now and then and a quick solution has to be made and I am required to make those decisions/come up with solutions. That's where I feel the worth of my title is earned.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 5:38 pm to boXerrumble
You must work for a large entity, where processes are stressed more than creativity. You won't have to deal with the lows that startup/self employment bring, but you'll never have the satisfaction highs either. Gotta decide if you can live with that.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 7:12 pm to boXerrumble
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What is considered Engineering?
Toot toot ! I've always wanted to drive a train.
Posted on 12/19/15 at 7:15 pm to boXerrumble
Depends on the industry,want to get into nuclear stuff?
Get used to those certification Papers,it's most of your job.
pretty much any moron could figure out how it works, but the controls and understanding of it,that's a whole different story.
Get used to those certification Papers,it's most of your job.
pretty much any moron could figure out how it works, but the controls and understanding of it,that's a whole different story.
This post was edited on 12/19/15 at 7:20 pm
Posted on 12/19/15 at 7:59 pm to boXerrumble
One of my profs told me only %10 of engineers do engineering. Most of the hard core engineering is done by people with MS or Phd degrees. MS seems to be the working design level degree
Unless you're a phenom like Wozniak then you don't need a degree
Unless you're a phenom like Wozniak then you don't need a degree
This post was edited on 12/19/15 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 12/20/15 at 5:18 am to PrivatePublic
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You must work for a large entity, where processes are stressed
You pretty much nailed it.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 10:39 am to boXerrumble
Heh, when I graduated (late eighties), we called it documentation science. As I got older and moved up the food chain. Things didn't really change.
I am now a PowerPoint Engineer!
Seriously, if you want to do engineering, I suggest you go with small companies. Large mega-corps are very process oriented.
I am now a PowerPoint Engineer!
Seriously, if you want to do engineering, I suggest you go with small companies. Large mega-corps are very process oriented.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 11:03 am to boXerrumble
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I would say most of what I do is documentation. A LOT of documentation. Writing documentation. Fixing documentation.
I only encounter structural engineers personally... and unfortunately this is approximately what I think, mainly with my building plans.
Posted on 12/20/15 at 7:41 pm to MIZ_COU
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One of my profs told me only %10 of engineers do engineering. Most of the hard core engineering is done by people with MS or Phd degrees. MS seems to be the working design level degree
This seems to be my experience with engineers, although I am not one.
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