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Pittu,
RIGHT ON BROTHER!
I've been in the mechanical engineering gig for a while and people don't realize its a "catch all' job because so many groups work together in product design, but so many of them rely on engineering input or to literally pick up the ball.
I remember working at one company where the lead assembly tech would have a "engineering design Jam session" where he liked to get the design engineer out on the line and "jam the design" up is Azz...
And I remember one day being at my hometown co-op oil paying for my gas and the mechanics were complaining about changing oil on slick looking ford probe and ripping on engineers... and that when I commented that the consumer bought the car for the sleek styling and easy oil change access wasn't a concern for them... thats why the consumer hires professional mechanics with hosits and tools to make it easier. No response came back from them... (Standard practice is to do servicability reviews on the equipment we design. Sometimes its a challenge to meet all the goals though)
So in the end... when there is a problem in the field and they need to send someone out... its an engineer teamed with a service guy, or worse yet, a salesman, and the engineer is the one that is usually welcomed. Or thrown into the lion pit with the other christians ;-)
Other than that, How was the show Mrs. Lincoln?
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How do you tell a good engineer from a bad engineer?
The good engineer stays an engineer.
The bad engineer becomes a manager.
Some people are educated beyond their intelligence.
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There is a fair amount of truth to that, magshooter.
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Eat moose, burn spruce
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Pittu,
I spent 24 years in the chemical industry before being lured into the petroleum/oil refinery industry. Learned a thing or two along the way.
Some people are educated beyond their intelligence.
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The bad engineer becomes a manager. Many a Dilbert cartoon on that theme: ![[Linked Image]](http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/Dilbert-Mgmt.jpg)
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Jeez, the second frame of that last Dilbert nails it....The longer you hang around the more "general" knowledge you end up with and the more likely you are to be "promoted".
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or become a SME.... Subject matter expert. I get pulled into all sorts of things because I have a basic knowledge of too many things.
Other than that, How was the show Mrs. Lincoln?
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I just spent 4 days building a block retaining wall for an engineer who's wife was an accountant. Then we filled the area to be leveled with fresh topsoil. Everybody knows what I've been through. Home recovering today. 
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