Thread: Degree/Current Employment Relationship

Originally Posted by wrxsti

And yes, engineers (knowledgeable scientific mind) and architects (doodling artists) are supposed to argue and fight, and tell bad jokes about each other.

True but...

Do you know WHY Architects and Engineers don't get along?

An Architect is a person that knows a little bit about a great deal. And as time goes on they tend to learn less and less about more and more until they know nothing about everything.

An Engineer is a person that knows a great deal about very little. And as time goes on they tend to learn more and about less and less until they know everything about nothing.

That's why Architects and Engineers can never get along.

Originally Posted by tsquare

True but...

Do you know WHY Architects and Engineers don't get along?

An Architect is a person that knows a little bit about a great deal. And as time goes on they tend to learn less and less about more and more until they know nothing about everything.

An Engineer is a person that knows a great deal about very little. And as time goes on they tend to learn more and about less and less until they know everything about nothing.

That's why Architects and Engineers can never get along.

Damn, all I can add is a musician joke.....

How can you tell if the stage is level?
There is drool coming out of both sides of the drummers mouth.

Originally Posted by tsquare

No, engineers don't get the jokes... that's why we tell them. And keep telling them.

Engineers do have a sense of humor. It's just a really weird "What did the depressed electron say say to the psychologist? - I'm OK doc. I'm just feeling a little out of my element" kind of humor.

I've only got a high school diploma. My entire job history consists of convenience stores, driving related jobs, running an arcade, and warehouse work. Pretty much exactly what one would expect.

Originally Posted by Jefe

I knew I wanted to be an engineer from roughly age 14. I got an engineering degree, and became an engineer.

I am an engineer as well. Wanted to be one so I could build stuff ever since I found out that engineers get to build stuff.

Been building stuff for over 30 years and still enjoying it.

Originally Posted by wrxsti

Pretty much the same story, except I didn't know I wanted to be an engineer until the high school guidance counselor suggested it.

And yes, engineers (knowledgeable scientific mind) and architects (doodling artists) are supposed to argue and fight, and tell bad jokes about each other.

EDIT - Of all things, spelled knowledgeable wrong

The thing is, I don't know any architects. They're the guys that draw buildings and stuff, right? I'm in manufacturing, completely different world. I work in factories, not at construction sites (or wherever it is that architects and civil engineers work).

And I totally get the engineer jokes (although I don't really get the animosity between architects and engineers - like I said, different world), but they're the same old tired jokes I've been hearing for 20+ years. After the 12th time, a joke isn't so funny anymore, ya know?

Originally Posted by Jefe

The thing is, I don't know any architects. They're the guys that draw buildings and stuff, right? I'm in manufacturing, completely different world. I work in factories, not at construction sites (or wherever it is that architects and civil engineers work).

And I totally get the engineer jokes (although I don't really get the animosity between architects and engineers - like I said, different world), but they're the same old tired jokes I've been hearing for 20+ years. After the 12th time, a joke isn't so funny anymore, ya know?

You should engineer some new ones and bring about a rennisance of good, fresh engineering jokes.....can you imagine the wall plaques you'd likely get?

My name is Art Vandelay. I'm an architect.

Originally Posted by skeptic1

There are many twists and turns in life.

Did the course you plotted bring you to the port you expected ?

Not in the least. Now that I am old I know how badly I short changed myself when I was young. I have gotten everything I ever wanted. I wish I had wanted more.

I have thought about the destination often, what I should have done or not done to guide my path. By the time I finished high school I was juggling three jobs, a chef for IHOP, a waiter in a local restaurant, and a gas jockey for Chevron oil. My dad told me he would pay for my college or I could come into the traditional steel trade with. Traditional in the sense my grandfather, dad, and brother all were steel workers. I looked at what a doctor made & what I could make in field steel construction and went to work for my dad in the union. This decision had good and bad consequences.

The Vietnam War came along in 66' and I joined the military. Had I been in college I probably would have been more informed and protesting the war with the rest of the hippies. Instead I went through several major nam battles in 67, got a trunk of medals, and came home all fucked up. So after nam I went back into field steel construction working 24/7 for 25 years, and retired at 45 years old in 1990 by applying myself, saving my money, and investing in real estate. So that career worked out good for me.

I am a very creative person, so I have spent my retirement in music, wood work, steel work, and of late making one of kind jewelry. I just figured that man wasn't made for work. I have also went to college and earned a degree in psychology that I have never used professionally. I have used it in the sense of helping other vets get tied into the VA. I was in the POW/MIA movement for years until it just got so depressing I couldn't do it anymore. Overall, I would have to say the military was an alright thing. I volunteered for Desert Storm but they didn't want me I guess.

Currently I am buying my ladies a two-story home here in California, and plan on doing a lot of pool & party time in our backyard, as I finish out the final chapter.

Originally Posted by Porras

I've only got a high school diploma. My entire job history consists of convenience stores, driving related jobs, running an arcade, and warehouse work. Pretty much exactly what one would expect.

Bill Gates only got a high school diploma.

(By the way, one of the best computer programmers I know was a forklift operator. He's just a natural at programming.)

Originally Posted by Sunshine

Not in the least. Now that I am old I know how badly I short changed myself when I was young. I have gotten everything I ever wanted. I wish I had wanted more.

"Man fears time, but time fears the Pyramids."

My father used to tell me, you cannot reach into your pocket and pull out time. So make the most of every moment. I have concluded that the god that made us didn't ponder the fact that you could spend your whole time on Earth and never see everything there is to see. I find that unacceptable and feel robbed, sadden really.

Originally Posted by Jefe

The thing is, I don't know any architects. They're the guys that draw buildings and stuff, right? I'm in manufacturing, completely different world. I work in factories, not at construction sites (or wherever it is that architects and civil engineers work).

And I totally get the engineer jokes (although I don't really get the animosity between architects and engineers - like I said, different world), but they're the same old tired jokes I've been hearing for 20+ years. After the 12th time, a joke isn't so funny anymore, ya know?

Hmm, they would be funny if you had short-time-memory loss.

I am amazed how old people tend to tell the same stories to the same people over and over again. And in the end they tell the same storys to themselves.