Engineer

Mike Hankey

Noun (en-jun-neer) Someone who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge. See also Wizard, Magician

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den2k88

It sums up my experience so far. The best is always when the customers give strict but poorly worded requirements and then isn't capable of explaining what they actually want.

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Lost User

Thanks for confirming that I have been doing it right all these years. :laugh:

fgs1963

Quote:

We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.

~ Konstantin Josef Jireček - Clickety[^]

Mike Hankey

That's an old Marine Corps saying. If I remember it was on a sign as you were coming into Da Nang.

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OriginalGriff

I suspect they stole it - possibly from Genghis Khan's troops. :-D

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Slacker007

"You're an Engineer, Harry!"

Amarnath S

Heard during my college day: Engineer is one who rides an engine.

Matthew Dennis

Mike Hankey wrote:

Someone who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge

... to create systems that work in unreliable environments designed and install by sadistic idiots.

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

Rich Leyshon

I was asked, a few years ago, to do a little job not connected to what I was meant to be doing. Anyway, this little prog would take some info from a draughtsman then work out what components would be required, draw plans for the builders to follow and generate an order form for stores. I produced EXACTLY what was requested. The "boss"* then passed it to a different "project manager" who changed the spec. I again delivered exactly what was asked for. * a man with no perceivable skill in any field other than his wise choice of having the MD as a father. Repeat the above a few times. Every "project manager" would have different features they wanted (and didn't want) to see. By this stage, whenever some feature was no longer required, I kept it in there out of sight, knowing the next person would ask for it back. This went on for about a month with all requests for a final, agreed, WRITTEN DOWN spec completely ignored and culminated with the "boss" describing it as "crap software."

Daniel Pfeffer

#Engineer's Lament

I'm not allowed to run the train The whistle I can't blow… I'm not allowed to say how far The railroad cars can go. I'm not allowed to shoot off steam, Nor even clang the bell… But let the damn train jump the track And see who catches Hell!

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

Daniel Pfeffer

... who stole it from Ceasar's legions, who stole it from the Etruscans, who stole it from the Greeks, who stole it from the Trojans...

Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

Lost User

Mike Hankey wrote:

See also Wizard, Magician

For outsiders, it often is. Now, for my next trick I need a volunteer. Anyone?

Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

Roger Wright

I resemble that remark! :laugh: One of my favorite shirts has on the front, "Engineering: Solving Problems You Didn't Know You Had In Ways You Can't Understand." Most people have never seen it, since the vast majority have so short an attention span that they won't read anything longer than 4 (short) words. :sigh:

Will Rogers never met me.

Mike Hankey

Roger Wright wrote:

"Engineering: Solving Problems You Didn't Know You Had In Ways You Can't Understand."

:thumbsup:

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jmaida

:-D sounds like a country western song.

"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

jmaida

There are many fields of medicine such as dentistry where engineering a big part of the job. They build bridges, too.

"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

b4blue

A scientist, without an engineer, is just an artist... scrabbling on paper.

den2k88

I work in automotive so requirements are set in stone, the issue is that it's a highly tiered sector with many consultants, so the person who manages the actual development team usually knows little to nothing about automotive, development and often who and where they are.

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Wizard of Sleeves

Mike Hankey wrote:

See also Wizard, Magician

Funny you should mention that.

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