XPost: comp.sys.cbm
From: nicetry@migo.com
"merser" wrote in message
news:48ec2d84$0$31804$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> Nice anecdote there. Engineers are entitled to the big money because they
> make the sacrifice in time and effort
> to get the piece of paper that indicates their level of achievment.
> However they do not have the right to think that anybody who hasn't got a
> degree is inferior in intellect or talent .
That's the problem though, a lot of them may be brilliant on a theoretical
level and place themselves all others that don't have a degree but they
often lack real world practical experience to solve real world problems.
I'm sure one or two Commodore engineers had no formal engineering
qualification (Bil Herd is one IIRC) but they probably had excellent real
world problem solving skills. Actually, in my experience it's those that
have taught themselves that display an uncanny way of thinking out of the
square to solve problems.
> I'm an electrican myself, and I have spent time behind a trade counter at
> a supplier of electrical components at one time. I would love a dollar for
> every time a so called electrical engineer would come in and act as if
> they knew it all. But it wasn't long in talking before you picked up their
> ignorance about the part and it's installation.
> Engineers don't know it all but they are supposed to be equipped with the
> knowledge in how to find out how to do something and as somebody said put
> their reputation on the line as to the safety and reliability of what they
> design. That's what the big dollars are for and they are entitiled to it
> for the above reasons. But why worry about people who want to call
> themself an engineer without the ticket unless they are more successful?
> Perhaps she should call herself a hardware configuration specialist or
> programmer or some such but why nitpick.
>
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