Today is Global Day of the Engineer

Oh, well that's alright then.

 

Well as I am not qualified to wrangle spanners and only have a pass in a Southampton City College "introduction to welding" as anything close to the art of spannering, I need somebody to be capable.

 

Somehow, I don't think that's the all the story...... I think there's more too it

 

He does have a degree in Gentlemens’ Outfitting, tho’

 

Which side does sir dress?

 

I seem to recall that because I didn’t pass one module of the last year of BTEC at college I couldn’t call myself ‘an engineer’. Certainly couldn’t join the society of engineers.



I did have a lot of fun blowing up capacitors in mains sockets and learning how to file the tops off low voltage bulbs, fill them with match heads, wrap them tightly with insulating tape and wiring them across mate’s vans courtesy lights though.

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I’ve never heard of the Society of Engineers

Belonging to any of these organisations is begger-all use in getting a job, so hardly worth bothering with, IMHO.

 

He’s swung to the right recently, I heard.

 

I think of myself as a "dynamic structures" engineer simply because the guy who started Osteopathy in the States in the 1890's (not a typo) was a mechanical engineer who got to grips with TB (this is pre- antibiotics) by applying the principle of "structure governs function" to the human body ..... There's obviously more to it than that, given all the built in self-regulating "mechanisms" (not just levers 'n that) and information feed back loops blah blah blah, but without that original engineer's idea ..............

 

I’m a engineer and proud of it.

Unfortunately it is a title that’s banded around all to easily now, nearly as bad as the term apprenticeship.

 

Well it was nearly 40 years ago, not thought about it much since!
Although I do think membership of some societies that require proof of vocational qualifications are useful in backing up one’s claims on a CV or Linked-In profile (a necessary evil these days when job hunting in some circles).


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And I did a three year ‘apprenticeship’ too!
That was an experience...


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May I beg to differ? Try building a bridge and not be a Chartered Engineer, they won't so much as look at you...

 

Yep, I agree. In some industries, it’s an expectation.

In mine, the main qualification was (given a level of competancy), are you any good at your job?

 

Yep, I'll admit it does vary, by profession, but making the assumption that it won't help you get a job would be disingenuous.

 

Did you get sent for a long stand, sky hooks or tartan paint? The last one is my favourite

 

We're agreed, then

 

There are lots of people out there with all sorts of qualifications saying this and that who cannot cut the mustard..
It is worrisome when they have to make a decision that affects all of us.
Full circle brexit

 

You weed most of those out at interviews

 

anyway this is the guy....
Ferdinand Porsche https://g.co/kgs/eRMWrD