Comment Re:Also a matter of rewards, I guess (Score 1) 478
The day I decided engineering wasn't for me was when I was touring an engineering school in 1997 as a possible future mechanical engineering student and the tour guide mentioned that many of their graduates design machines in a nearby toilet paper factory.
I think they meant it more as a comment about how engineering was everywhere. But in the eyes of a 17 year old it didn't exactly sound glamorous, exciting or even interesting.
Engineering now seems to be all about cutting costs and making things more profitable instead of making new things work or solving important problems. To me, there is little glamor in the relentless pursuit of profit.
I think they meant it more as a comment about how engineering was everywhere. But in the eyes of a 17 year old it didn't exactly sound glamorous, exciting or even interesting.
Engineering now seems to be all about cutting costs and making things more profitable instead of making new things work or solving important problems. To me, there is little glamor in the relentless pursuit of profit.
