So what happens if you were a mechanic first, engineer second?
(I grew up in my uncle's shop and payed for university working there...)
-- Canuck -------------------------------------------- Y2K 4.7L 2wd 5spd<raymond.irons@gm.com> wrote in message news:OF086A355F.0B0F0669-ON85256BE5.005E10C6@mail.gm.com... > > > >Mechanical engineer .. a gear head though. I originally went into > > >engineering so that I could get into racing and/or auto manufacturing ... > >turns out it's mostly full of poitics and crap. I have a few friends that > >went to work for Honda and I think one went to DC, they're stuck designing > >rear view mirrors or something stupid like that! What I need is a little > >race shop. That's where it's at. > > >And trust me ... I've skinned my share of knuckles cursing at engineers! > > > > > >Canuck > > > > > I've said it before and I'll say it again. > > 1) Scientist's dream up new and exciting technologies and machinery > > 2) Engineer's build the stuff Scientist's dream up > > 3) Mechanics figure out how to make it run right after the scientists and > engineers give up and insist it can't work. After mechanics get it to run > right and prove to the engineers and scientists they actually were right, > they give it back to them to play with. Shortly after the scientists and > engineers start playing with their new toy, they break it and go crying to > the mechanic to fix it. > > > > Now, of all these, #1 and #2 are required to have a college degree, #3 > isn't. This just proves it only takes a college degree to break stuff, and > a high school education to fix it. > > > I can't remember how many times I told that to pilots when I was in the > USAF. > > > > Ray > > Dover, DE > USAF, Retired Jet Engine Mechanic >
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