If you weren't an engineer, what would you be? 12

• May 10, 2006

• #2

SomptingGuy

Automotive

May 25, 2005

8,922

If I weren't an engineer, I'd be a frustrated engineer earning lots of money doing something dull and antisocial.

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #3

ewh

Aerospace

Mar 28, 2003

6,147

Glass artist

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #4

HgTX

Civil/Environmental

Aug 3, 2004

3,722

You mean another career that actually earns a living?

Hg

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• May 10, 2006

• #5

ctcray

Structural

Jan 23, 2006

90

DJ.

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #6

IRstuff

Aerospace

Jun 3, 2002

44,753

Lawyer -- love to argue
Doctor -- not that different that reverse engineering
Drummer -- in my dreams ;-)

TTFN

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #7

CorBlimeyLimey

Mechanical

Nov 5, 2003

15,292

Unemployed


Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #8

65Roses

Automotive

Mar 24, 2004

106

Architect

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #9

lostsailor

Structural

May 10, 2004

149

rock star

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #10

TheTick

Mechanical

Mar 5, 2003

10,194

lackey

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #11

Twoballcane

Mechanical

Jan 17, 2006

951

Forest Ranger

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #12

SWhit

Aerospace

Feb 11, 2005

29

High school football coach.

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #13

MrMojito

Mechanical

Sep 20, 2005

31

I always wanted to be an engineer from my earliest days. And everything that I have experienced and what I see happening in the world of technology confirms that my choice of the Mechanical discipline was the right one. I do not and never have wished to be anything else.

 

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• May 10, 2006

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• #14

nate2003

Mechanical

Sep 25, 2003

37

Hunting guide or stay at home Dad.

 

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• May 10, 2006

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• #15

DaveVikingPE

Structural

Aug 9, 2001

1,008

Viking.

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #16

amorrison

Mechanical

Dec 21, 2000

605

The stats say that U students who drop out of engineering but continue are most likely to graduate as economists.

Probably correct - the job is still the mathematical analysis of problems/situations.

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #17

Senselessticker

Electrical

May 28, 2004

395

I thought I was going to be a raft guide and ski bum forever. Then I got tired of being broke. I chose engineering as an alternate career. But I think being a doctor would be much more interesting. (not to mention the people you would work with are bound to be more interesting than an office full of engineers)

 

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• May 10, 2006

1
• #18

ziggi

Mechanical

Mar 11, 2005

233

Entrepreneur, I'm too selfish to work for someone else.

 

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• May 10, 2006

2
• #19

ctopher

Mechanical

Jan 9, 2003

17,506

Commercial pilot was my first dream.
Then a cop. Didn't make it.
Fell into engineering.
If I could start over, I would be a surgeon.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks Pro 06/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home site (updated 06-21-05)
FAQ559-1100
FAQ559-716

 

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• May 10, 2006

• #20

HgTX

Civil/Environmental

Aug 3, 2004

3,722

I contemplate law here & there. May yet do it.

I already decided not to be a professional musician or professsional linguist.

Hg

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