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Ocean1
13th December 2007, 15:18
From an engineer...
007XX
13th December 2007, 15:28
:laugh:

Nice...
deanohit
13th December 2007, 15:33
Bwahahaha, I like it!
Ixion
13th December 2007, 15:35
He left out the bit about the saleman telling the idiots that the product will do all sorts of stuff that it won't and was never designed to. Whereupon the idiots demand that the engineer make it do such stuff, and when told it is impossible angrily denounce the engineer as a lier and incompetent.
vifferman
13th December 2007, 16:36
He left out the bit about the saleman telling the idiots that the product will do all sorts of stuff that it won't and was never designed to. Whereupon the idiots demand that the engineer make it do such stuff, and when told it is impossible angrily denounce the engineer as a lier and incompetent.
All this (including the cartoon) holds true for software engineering as well.
Blackbird
13th December 2007, 18:25
It's certainly happened to this engineer (until I moved to Marketing and condemned engineers):niceone:
Drum
13th December 2007, 18:36
Sometimes it's like Mr. Adams is watching me work!
BarBender
13th December 2007, 19:53
He left out the bit about the saleman telling the idiots that the product will do all sorts of stuff that it won't and was never designed to. Whereupon the idiots demand that the engineer make it do such stuff, and when told it is impossible angrily denounce the engineer as a lier and incompetent.

True.

On the otherhand, I find it funny when engineers think they can manage projects....

...and staff.
Ocean1
13th December 2007, 22:21
A priest, a doctor, and an engineer were waiting one morning for a
particularly slow group of golfers.

The engineer fumed, "What's with
those guys? We must have been waiting for fifteen minutes!"

The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such inept golf!"

The priest said, "Here comes the green-keeper. Let's have a word with
him."

He said, "Hello George, what's wrong with that group ahead of us?
Bit slow, aren't they?"

The green-keeper replied, "Oh, yes. That's a group of blind firemen.
They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we
always let them play for free anytime."

The group fell silent for a moment. The priest said, "That's so sad. I
think I will say a special prayer for them tonight."

The doctor said, "Good idea. I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist
colleague and see if there's anything he can do for them."

The engineer said, "Why can't they play at night?"


He left out the bit about the saleman telling the idiots that the product will do all sorts of stuff that it won't and was never designed to. Whereupon the idiots demand that the engineer make it do such stuff, and when told it is impossible angrily denounce the engineer as a lier and incompetent.

Art a member of the Royal Institute Les?
Ocean1
13th December 2007, 22:28
True.

On the otherhand, I find it funny when engineers think they can manage projects....

...and staff.

Mutually exclusive personal paradigms, if you’ve got the imagination for one you ain’t got the patience for the other.
pzkpfw
14th December 2007, 11:03
Mutually exclusive personal paradigms, if you’ve got the imagination for one you ain’t got the patience for the other.

It's one of the problems with IT shops.

Most managers are IT types who got "promoted" to management.
Tank
14th December 2007, 21:29
True.

On the otherhand, I find it funny when engineers think they can manage projects.....

or talk to girls, or run without falling over
Tank
14th December 2007, 21:31
It's one of the problems with IT shops.

Most managers are IT types who got "promoted" to management.

That was 'old days' - not the case in professional shops in this day and age. More orientated towards business guys with a solid understanding of IT and its management - Geeks need not apply.
Jantar
14th December 2007, 22:06
Then there is the difference between a scientist and an engineer:

A scientist learns more and more about less and less till he knows everything about nothing.
An engineer learns less and less about more and more till he knows nothing about everything.

:whistle:
Drum
14th December 2007, 22:21
Said the unpopular Scientist.
Ocean1
14th December 2007, 23:16
What’s the difference between a mechanical engineer and a civil engineer?

A mechanical engineer makes ordnance, a civil engineer makes targets.
Drum
14th December 2007, 23:22
What’s the difference between a mechanical engineer and a civil engineer?....

Civil Engineers don't wear pocket protectors?:whistle: