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> OT Engineers / Scientists, How many are out there
OT Engineers / Scientists
Are you (by training) an engineer or hard scientist?
Yes [ 74 ] ** [72.55%]
No [ 28 ] ** [27.45%]
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914nerd
post Jun 20 2007, 05:56 PM
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Well, how many of you are there lurking out here on the world?
If you are one, what field, what do you actually do, and how do you like what you do?

This is prompted by a conversation that I had earlier today questioning the future of technical fields in this country.
What do you people think about the fact that science (arguably one of the most important aspects of modern life) is being shunned and, in many ways, is beginning to fall apart?
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Allan
post Jun 20 2007, 06:00 PM
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Industrial Engineering degree here.

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post Jun 20 2007, 06:10 PM
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post Jun 20 2007, 06:14 PM
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Your poll is going to be completely skewed.

Reason is, Engineers and Scientists are likely to click on a topic like this. Non technical types are not likely be interested enough to click the topic - hence, they will not have the chance to vote 'no'.

So your poll will be skewed and show that percentage wise, there are lots more engineers and scientists than there really are.

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post Jun 20 2007, 06:17 PM
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As a hardcore scientist, I have to say your Poll is biased to be opened preferentialy by those dorks like me seeking social acceptance in numbers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) An unbiased poll would be "What is your trained occupation?"

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post Jun 20 2007, 06:19 PM
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My BS is in Forensic Chemistry. I do drug identification for the Dept of Public Safety Crime Lab, and yes I love my job. My wife is a Geologist.


I don't think hard science is on the decline, most Universities pump out Engineer/Science majors in large numbers.
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post Jun 20 2007, 06:21 PM
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Well, let it be more of a poll for those "dorks" then
We don't really care what those other people think anyways
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(Also, a large part of it is seeing what flavor of engineering/science and whether or not they are actually doing what they initially set out to do)
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post Jun 20 2007, 06:24 PM
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Great post...
Now I know who my enemies are :-)
Keep'm coming!
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post Jun 20 2007, 06:26 PM
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I'm not a scientist or an engineer but I recently started reading some engineering books and I came across something that I suspected for a while.

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post Jun 20 2007, 06:27 PM
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QUOTE(Jake Raby @ Jun 20 2007, 05:24 PM) *

Great post...
Now I know who my enemies are :-)
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Thanks for setting the World straight Jake.
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post Jun 20 2007, 06:35 PM
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post Jun 20 2007, 06:38 PM
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QUOTE(Mid_Engine_914 @ Jun 20 2007, 04:26 PM) *

I'm not a scientist or an engineer but I recently started reading some engineering books and I came across something that I suspected for a while.

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Where did you get that quote.... I want the source so I can post it in my office... because it's true!
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post Jun 20 2007, 06:40 PM
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post Jun 20 2007, 06:41 PM
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I'm not sure why science and engineering are becoming less popular in school. Some of it at least has to do with the economic demand for engieners and scientists. WWII funded the development of radar and microwave engineering. The Cold War injected an immense amount of money into basic science and engineering in many fields. Both academic and otherwise. Then the mid-90's through 2000 tech boom injected money yet again. During both of those periods, science and engineering flourished of course. Its harder to see where we are right now, and even harder to see how things are going to go in the future.

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post Jun 20 2007, 07:01 PM
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post Jun 20 2007, 07:08 PM
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post Jun 20 2007, 07:23 PM
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post Jun 20 2007, 07:38 PM
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Engineers are my enemy at work, I am a designer
Just about every time i have a ool idea, one of them says, " No, you can't do that." Sometimes I feel like ingenuity is dead.
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post Jun 20 2007, 07:45 PM
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Sometimes I feel like ingenuity is dead.


Sorry, ingenuity is impossible.

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post Jun 20 2007, 07:55 PM
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My "EHO" (every body has one....B.A.) is in Geography...so I voted NO.....

But, I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night!
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