Engineers Working Harder for Their Paycheck 268
Editorgirl35 writes to tell us Design News has posted their annual engineering salary survey. While it does offer encouraging results with salaries up a bit from last year it also shows that engineers are, on the average, doing a lot more to earn that paycheck including supervisory and budgetary functions. From the article: "Kody Baker, a 28-year-old mechanical engineer agrees, "Yes, we are doing far more than just designing products," he says. He's a project manager, manufacturing engineer, product designer, R&D engineer, test engineer, CAD systems specialist, CAD instructor/mentor, and more, juggling many roles in his job as a mechanical application engineer at Honeywell."
Average pay is far from real life (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Average pay is far from real life (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Average pay is far from real life (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Posted under 'IT'?? (Score:3, Funny)
Who do you call when your PC or workstation craps out? Who do you call when your measurements database is shitting and you don't know why?
I call IT and a DBA respectively. Then, if someone shits on the floor, I call a janitor.
You call IT. And we fix your problem, regardless of the fact that you're generally snotty, unappreciative, and antisocial. And you still look down on us.
Bullshit. I don't know you, and so long as the PCs get replaced, I don't worry or look down my nose.
Well, from one "IT" person to an "Engineer", get fucked. Wait, I forgot - that isn't possible.
Speak for yourself. Half the people on my team are married or getting married.
The engineering singularity. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Engineers not the only ones... (Score:3, Funny)
Not to say that this doesn't accurately describe how i spend my money, but you might wanna watch your similes.
Re:Welcome to life (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Welcome to life (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Engineers not the only ones... (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, the mafia has a tiered compounding interest rate for all of their loans..I've seen their policy. IIRC, the rate chart looks something like this:
1 week: Veiled threat to kill your family.
2 weeks: Tiretreads of a '76 Buick LeSabre or 82' Cadillac Deville over your arm
3 weeks: A lead pipe to the knee cap or lower back - your choice
4 weeks: Gunshot wound to your shoulder, courtesy of Bambino "the Stallion" Carmatsi
5 weeks: A free face stabbing
The chart I saw only has listing for the five weeks, but I hear they have long-term plans as well.
I can confirm this trend (Score:2, Funny)
Hello William Shatner (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Average pay is far from real life (Score:5, Funny)
Not that it really maters for the chicken in question though.