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#Engineering #developer #IT #telecommunication #overtime #fml
Oct 12, 2018 8:51 PM
KratosYoDad
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#Engineering #developer #IT #telecommunication #overtime #fml
sealysouth42
Whew!! Cant wait until im 26...i pray i age that well
rosebudthesled
From the thumbnail I thought this was a Band of Brothers post. I'm not saying I was disappointed but I was.
SgtThunderfistMD
Driving a train seems fairly easy actually.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
For Lockheed's maiden flights of a new plane, all the engineers have to put their wallets and keys in a bag that gets carried on the flight.
dieselpunk
Empty wallet, keys to the shed
HawaiianWithExtraPineapples
While I want to believe you I don't think some of LHMs planes have enough room for all the engineers keys and wallets.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Well, this was definitely a Skunk Works era thing, I don't know if they still do anything like it.
DirkNurple
Damn.
redoctobershtandingby
What's the reason behind this?
MattFierce
Insurance, if I were to guess. If they want their keys and wallets back, then they'd better hope that they designed it right!
HeyOhBotchedToe
At least I'm hourly. The sweet doubletime almost makes it worth the constant exhaustion. I spoke to my wife last night, seems a nice lady.
Sinnerman99
I am an engineer and would't say that but after a 40+ yr career I would say its been pretty damn satisfying.
whatcolorisblue
“I just wanted to drive a train” - engineer
deathventure
Don't forget the low pay if you're in a small private company.
squirrelsaladsandwich
Some of the smartest clueless people I know are engineers.
copingcabana
Electrical engineers make weapons. Civil engineers make targets.
5po0ky
Anyone can build something that doesn't fall down. Engineers build things that just barely don't
Docrox
As a manufacturing engineer, I'm solely in charge of programming and troubleshooting about 15 different machines. They run M-F 24hrs a day.
Docrox
We make Circuit boards for Nissan. We supply on a just in time contract which means if we mis a shipment they charge us $2000/min. Stressful
DoYouGuysNotHavePhones
you solve practical problems, too.
cptets
Our gaff came and asked us on Monday if we would do 12 hours O/T a week till christmas to impress the customer. Good job we all like money.
Hitmonbrucelee
Mech eng here. Just got off a 14hr shift. Can confirm.
LaissezBear
I credit my second engineering job with gifting me my first gray hair at 24. Mandatory 60 hours a week for 6 months, 2.5% raise.
bripi
Yep. Can corroborate. Father aged 30 years during 29 year career as electrical engineer.
97thstep
As a field service tech, I've always said engineers should be forced to work (in the field, not in a shop) on the things they design.
Brutsarge
Sounds very reasonable.
IDrawItIBuildIt
I agree completely
jbcars4life
What bothers me is when college students introduce themselves as engineers...no...you're not. I have my degree and I'm not an engineer yet
quitch
If they are an Engineer in Training (EIT), they are very much an engineer, just not licensed yet and they need a PE to oversee their work
jbcars4life
Not what I'm saying...you are right tho. I mean I the average undergrad student that hasn't done anything outside of classes yet.
nibbley
being an engineer isn't so bad, from what i've seen...i mean it's us machinists fixing all your fuck ups
bripi
Hmph. "engineer" is not a "machinist" in the form of English I understand. In fact, those two words are as different as "night" and "day".
pooge77
I was a machinist before and during school and then became an ME.The machine shop love my models and drawings because they work in real life
wolfzr1
I know what you mean. I work at general motors and some of the shit that crank out for us is so ass backwards sometimes.
akducks2
Look your just not doing it right! Build what I want you to build. Not what I told you ;)
retgarr
I wanna see the CNC that can repair a lifetime of awkward social interaction.
OldnFatBobba
baddreams801337
You should try building the shit engineers design.
Cheomesh
No thanks, I choose life.
sexysexyjesus
https://imgur.com/HBZljC7
HmmICantThinkOfACleverUsernameRightNow
IndignusVita
I just started as an industrial electrician. My awe of the engineer status quickly turned into disbelief at how everything was wrong.
InboxMeYourGermanShepherds
"Why is the motor starter AFTER the overload?!?"
wonttakno2
I just want to know....what's it like to drive those big trains?
Funnyhaha29
Just cry into all of your money
CyrusTheOk
Engineers dont even make huge amounts, just decent. 50k starting salary is typical, which is good for sure but not amazing.
Cheomesh
60k in Aerospace where I'm at seems to be normal starting. Which was amazing before I made it but now...yeah that's not great.
NZSheeps
https://imgur.com/TM7F4HD
megatots
99% of my stress as a structural engineer comes from architects
Negativeghostraider
I see what you did there
Cronos51101
A lot of my stress as a mechanical engineer comes from situations where I wish I knew more about structural engineering.
ashoa111
As the saying goes, an architect's dream is an engineer's worst nightmare.
comacomacomacomachameleon
"Yeah the rendering looks great, but the laws of physics don't give a shit"
megatots
Or after agreeing to the design & after IFC drawings issued they suddenly want to change the design & wanting it immediately & for no cost!
bripi
Or as my father used to say: 'now, how do you plan to turn off the gravity?'
FixedsysLabs
No but becoming one is
IFeelPressuredToComeUpWithSomethingOriginal
Only if you're the one doing most of the work in the group assignments.
clubfootjohnnyjohnson54
An engineer I once knew had this written on his office whiteboard:
clubfootjohnnyjohnson54
"Stress is when your brain says "No fucking way",
bripi
Stealing that!
clubfootjohnnyjohnson54
But your mouth says "Sure! No problem!"
devmartel
Yeah, my experience with engineering school (University of Florida) was 5 times more taxing than anything I did on the job.
AFILTHYCASUAL
Im currently going through this at UF. i very much hope this true!
Edwinshap
I never went to class and dealt with 15 hours a week of homework. Now I have to make sure planes don’t fall out of the sky...school’s easy.
MrReaperofDead
huh? what is this meme about? :/
ThoughtYouSaidSithLord
John is only 26 years old, but he looks much older. So his statement about the job of engineering not being stressful must be wrong.
MrReaperofDead
ThoughtYouSaidSithLord
He aged much faster than normal because his job was very stressful.
MrReaperofDead
OH! OH I get it now, lol af XD
RobotAccomplice
the joke is that it says he's 26, therefore being an engineer really is stressful and has caused him to age prematurely
FelixMancia
I´m an engineer and still wake up a 3am with a panic attack from an exam I forgot, sometimes I even get in the shower.
Grammagramma
I'm the operator that proves engineering wrong.
JunkMonk
There are some engineering positions at major companies where you don't actually have to work most of the time
Sparkbot
My dads job they just sit around talking about hunting untill some sorta issue comes up
Kahneolus
Italian bridge engineer?
beamishmango
Too soon?
Kahneolus
Cross that bridge when we get to it.
ibeatjake
Oh wait
Rubberduckface
Or if you're an engineer in the public sector.
SubzeroAK
I work with an Engineer that thinks that's how things are...
FlopyDisk101
Yes, but then you go to jail because you were signing all the papers
Sexymetalpants
I was a design engineer "worked" (drank tea and talked shit) max 8hrs a day. Now I'm a site engineer and I get flogged min 12hrs a day
SandiRavage
Try being a DOD engineer. If you show up every once in a while you show up act like you care and stuff happens around you.
SandiRavage
I know because I just posted this from my government pc.
KommissarLyus
Sounds like being an electrician. You work maybe 20% of the time you are out in the field. The rest is just sitting there flicking a switch.
quitch
...while bitching about how it doesn't work, yeah.
KommissarLyus
Oh, we know why it doesn't work most of the time. We'll never admit it to the foreman though.
wolfzr1
General motors lol. I would know because I work for them lol
Cheomesh
"Point of sales engineer"?
RocketManLeague
Shoot find me one of those. Worked 60 weeks no OT while technicians made more than I did even though rate was lower. they get OT
JRC87
Can confirm. My brother is a engineer at GM. If he's not out of the country he spends most of time at the Detroit Zoo playing Pokemon Go.
cbale2000
Every engineer I know that works for an automotive company spends tons of time out of the country. =/
LiamThaGator
Sounds like a TRACK guy. Probably not the case if he’s a DRE
ItWasWorthATry
Can't forget about DRE
oStaiko
I had an internship at a company where the engineers worked about 70% of the time, with no stress at all. Only good thing about medical
oStaiko
I should explain, medical sucks cause 70% of the work we did was testing the product, for about 3 years after it was done. Not very fun
Rip42
Trains is hard job.
ArcherPointingFromTheComments
palmo
Shhhhhhhhh.
AURktman
Lies! You sit on a throne of lies!!!
digitalist1
Not really, my brothers in computer science basically does nothing all day and gets payed for it.
reload2456
Have a friend who is a computer engineer and he complains about how little he has to do. Says most of his job is telling interns what to do
reload2456
Makes over $100000 a year and is bitching because he doesn't have to work most of the time. Stays home and works remotely for a couple hours
JunkMonk
My wife was able to work 2 jobs at one point because one was remote and had a pathetic workload. Shes currently at Paypal, similar sitch
papachabre
They hiring?
JunkMonk
probably. Office is in San Jose, though
GreedyJungle
I heard frac engineers don’t do much work. Actually I know so. They’re good at telling us how much time is left in the interval though.
kevinmylastnameistoolong
Paperwork, otherwise stare at a screen...
Thefuzzycamel
As a frac supervisor, can confirm.
SatoriEnlightenment
I found this: https://www.slb.com/~/media/Files/resources/oilfield_review/ors13/sum13/defining_hydraulics.pdf
Jusmar
As someone who watches anime with a frac engineer, can confirm. They just sit in a box next to some gauges.
Thefuzzycamel
They sit in a data van in front of computers you mean?
GreedyJungle
Ah the good ol TCC is what it’s called where I work. Sometimes frac shares pizza with us wireline guys and that’s where to steal it.
SatoriEnlightenment
Frac? Like fracking? Underground drilling and getting gas and oil? (I tried to look it up and this is my best guess)
GreedyJungle
Nailed it buddy. Not drilling though that’s sperry and bariod guys. Just pumpin sand and water down a hole at around 85 barrels a minute.
SatoriEnlightenment
How does one become a Frac Engineer? (It’s a new technology, right?) And What is an interval? The time before there is no more good stuff?
dragonlance4lyfe
It’s a very old technology, actually. Been in use since the 1940’s
LinearAlgebro
go to school for petroleum engineering
GreedyJungle
I’m not positive. I believe you go to school for it. I do wireline and in my department they’ll train you to be an engineer if you want but