I'm no longer a software engineer
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I tell people I clean toilets for a living. That way the don't ask me to fix their PCs.
PB 369,783 wrote:
I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]
Funnily enough, I was asked yesterday by the bloke who cleans the toilets if I could come round his house to fix his computer. I said "What's wrong with it" He Said "Everytime I go to Facebook or other sites it doesn't display properly, the logos all blocky and you can't see or do anything" I said " Are you on XP?" He said yes and I told him I don't need to come round.
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Go to Canada. In Canada you can't call yourself an engineer - software or otherwise - unless you join a legal closed shop. Most of the professionals I've met have been idle or thieving, but hey, once you get on with the rules you're untouchable. So, while I'm in the UK, I'm an ENGINEER, an ENGINEER by God, not by the grace of a little beadle sticking pins in dolls of free men and dreaming of jackbooted propriety and order.:mad:
Simon O'Riordan from UK wrote:
So, while I'm in the UK, I'm an ENGINEER, an ENGINEER by God, not by the grace of a little beadle sticking pins in dolls of free men and dreaming of jackbooted propriety and order
Isn't UK the country that has given us Chartered Surveyors, Chartered Quantity Surveyors and a whole bunch of other certifications? If that isn't regulating trade, what is?
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S u n s h i n e wrote:
What I can't understand is how people can work on things running at hundreds of kilovolts.
I suspect the correct answer is 'carefully'
Or by running it on a very low amperage. I have a device at home (for hairstyling) which makes 200kV.
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I tell people I clean toilets for a living. That way the don't ask me to fix their PCs.
PB 369,783 wrote:
I just find him very unlikeable, and I think the way he looks like a prettier version of his Mum is very disturbing.[^]
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One time somebody asked me what is my job, I said "I'm a computer programmer." Then he asked, "So, you're a party planner?" :doh: Yeah, from now on, I'll call myself a Software Developer/Engineer.
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL. I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
I'm a converter...I convert coffee and pizza to code.
Here today gone to Maui...
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The discussion below made me recall - I once told someone I make software and she replied, "Oh so you design stuffed toys?" :doh: From then on I'm a computer programmer if anyone asks, even though only a small fraction of my work is actual programming. No blonde jokes please
It is a crime to call your self a software engineer. Title XXXII Chapter 471.003 No person other than a duly licensed engineer shall practice engineering or use the name or title of “licensed engineer,” “professional engineer,” or any other title, designation, words, letters, abbreviations, or device tending to indicate that such person holds an active license as an engineer in this state.
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It is a crime to call your self a software engineer. Title XXXII Chapter 471.003 No person other than a duly licensed engineer shall practice engineering or use the name or title of “licensed engineer,” “professional engineer,” or any other title, designation, words, letters, abbreviations, or device tending to indicate that such person holds an active license as an engineer in this state.
Need custom software developed? I do custom programming based primarily on MS tools with an emphasis on C# development and consulting. "And they, since they Were not the one dead, turned to their affairs" -- Robert Frost "All users always want Excel" --Ennis Lynch
It's pretty much the same in Texas, but I'm a licensed Professional Engineer so it's OK for me. The main problem is that there is no certification category for "Software Engineer," but apparently the Texas PE board is considering adding a certification for that.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E. Comport Computing Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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:laugh: Just great! For some reason why I like being a programmer is because people can't mess with me given the fact that they don't know what I'm actually doing. :laugh:
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL. I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
As an engineer, I never have to deal with explaining what I do. So few can understand it that they mostly walk away or change the subject, sorry they asked. :laugh:
Will Rogers never met me.
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Them: So what do you do for a living? Me: I'm a programmer. Them: ....Oh...OK. Me: I'm in IT. I work with computers. Them: Oh good. Can you take a look at my computer. It's become slow and sometimes it won't start. True story.
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The real challenge is to find one CP member that this hasn't happened to.
Software Zen:
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I've been nearly electrocuted at 230V, hasn't stopped me from working on electrical / electronic projects yet. What I can't understand is how people can work on things running at hundreds of kilovolts.
Talk to Roger Wright, a CP member of long-standing. He builds substations for his local electrical utility for fun.
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The discussion below made me recall - I once told someone I make software and she replied, "Oh so you design stuffed toys?" :doh: From then on I'm a computer programmer if anyone asks, even though only a small fraction of my work is actual programming. No blonde jokes please
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As an engineer, I never have to deal with explaining what I do. So few can understand it that they mostly walk away or change the subject, sorry they asked. :laugh:
Will Rogers never met me.
Well, I don't want, but I have to (just to be nice). I don't know what I have but I keep on attracting nosy people. They always ask anything about me and try to pretend that they understand the nature of my job, although they didn't. When I was in college, when they knew I was taking Computer Science, they keep saying I'm going to be a call center agent after. Once, I applied on a television network and they ask me if I'm going to be a newscaster. Then I applied on a bank, and they ask me if I'm going to be a teller. :mad:
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL. I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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You should try being a DBA, SQL Dev... I just tell people I fix things that none one else understands, including myself. :)
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
S Douglas wrote:
I just tell people I fix things that none one else understands, including myself.
Haven't tried that one. Thanks. :laugh:
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL. I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Well, I don't want, but I have to (just to be nice). I don't know what I have but I keep on attracting nosy people. They always ask anything about me and try to pretend that they understand the nature of my job, although they didn't. When I was in college, when they knew I was taking Computer Science, they keep saying I'm going to be a call center agent after. Once, I applied on a television network and they ask me if I'm going to be a newscaster. Then I applied on a bank, and they ask me if I'm going to be a teller. :mad:
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL. I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
Karen Mitchelle wrote:
I don't know what I have but I keep on attracting nosy people.
It could have something to do with being gorgeous. Some people have trouble relating to a pretty lady with a brain. Hang in there! :-D
Will Rogers never met me.
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Karen Mitchelle wrote:
I don't know what I have but I keep on attracting nosy people.
It could have something to do with being gorgeous. Some people have trouble relating to a pretty lady with a brain. Hang in there! :-D
Will Rogers never met me.
Roger Wright wrote:
gorgeous
Am I? Gee, thanks. :-O
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL. I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
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Simon O'Riordan from UK wrote:
So, while I'm in the UK, I'm an ENGINEER, an ENGINEER by God, not by the grace of a little beadle sticking pins in dolls of free men and dreaming of jackbooted propriety and order
Isn't UK the country that has given us Chartered Surveyors, Chartered Quantity Surveyors and a whole bunch of other certifications? If that isn't regulating trade, what is?
I'm not going ot get into a nationalist pi$$ing contest. We have chartered engineers too, but membership is strictly voluntary. If an employer wants to call some kid out of school an engineer, they can.
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Roger Wright wrote:
gorgeous
Am I? Gee, thanks. :-O
Don't mind those people who say you're not HOT. At least you know you're COOL. I'm not afraid of falling, I'm afraid of the sudden stop at the end of the fall! - Richard Andrew x64
Well, that assumes that your bio pic didn't come with the wallet. ;)
Will Rogers never met me.
