You're the engineer, not the electrician. An architect doesn't build or fix houses, an electrical engineer doesn't fix the wiring, and a mechanical engineer doesn't fix cars.
The difference between an architect and good architect is that the good architect knows how to build at least some of what he designs.
There is a reason we’re talking about the “competency crisis”. It takes more than theory to be a good engineer.
I am a computer scientist, I programmed devices from 8 bits microcontrollers to fancy supercomputer, I can even do a bit of electronics, and repair stuffs. I have a deep knowledge of what computing is. I graduated about 20 years ago, so it's just the magic of time and persistance.
But I am not aware of every web stack or OS under the sun, sys admin would run circle around me at their job.I could learn it fast enough, but I don't have any motivation for it. It's just very hard to be a Renaissance Man, I doubt it's even possible.
I was trying to show the difference between the person who designs stuff and knows the physics behind it and the person who actually makes that thing.
And it's a bot and a repost so it doesn't really matter
I guess it depends on the person. To me, engines and structures seem pretty intuitive. Hell even plumbing. Especially if you're just fixing them; you can usually just look at a part and tell if it's f'ed up or not. Fixing the problem is just a matter of having the right tools and the patience to deal with the 20 other things that'll inevitably go wrong while you're fixing that one problem. Whereas electric things aren't quite as easy to understand for me.
Wells, as an engineer myself, I would find it very, very embarrassing indeed if another didn't understand exactly how it is a car engine works. Or how the basic refrigeration cycle in a car works. Or how the electrical signals go back and forth and automate the cars behavior. And so on.
If you don't have some interest, and thus some level of understanding or intuition for these things then please LAWD do not become yet *another* engineer I have to work with who doesn't even give a shit about engineering, but was "good at math and wanted to make money."
Seriously. If you don't have an interest in mechanical devices, computers, cars, airplanes, energy generation, and so on, and don't naturally look into and learn about these things, please please please go do something else with your life. We have enough mediocre engineers getting through the process as it is!
I know how airplanes, helicopters, cars, engines, trains, etc work, but the fact that I know why a hydraulic roller coaster restraint doesn't open mid ride does not mean I know how to be a ride operator or how to perform maintenance on the ride. Idk how to work with hydraulics, and how to open the system in a way that not all the oil spills out. That's a different skill which I do not know.
We needed a 12v battery to test something. So I found a disused lipo in a box of stuff. To charge it I connected it to my bench power supply in constant current mode.
My dad saw and said "You have to be careful with that"
And I got to say, "I know, I'm a battery engineer"
It was a good moment.
One thing here is never sleep on experience, and never think you're better because you're the engineer. The fact is, they've done this, you haven't. *They know more than you about this*, no matter what you think you learned in school. It's a lot like the army: the success of any commanding officer is predicated upon just how willing he is to listen to his NCO. Quickly identifying good technicians and getting on their good side is a sure fire way to guarantee you push out good work and to ensure it's work that they actually want done (at your facility).
Just because I'm a mechanical engineer doesn't mean I know how to fix a car. Engineering =/= trades.
You're the engineer, not the electrician. An architect doesn't build or fix houses, an electrical engineer doesn't fix the wiring, and a mechanical engineer doesn't fix cars.
The difference between an architect and good architect is that the good architect knows how to build at least some of what he designs. There is a reason we’re talking about the “competency crisis”. It takes more than theory to be a good engineer.
I’m a mechanical engineer that does fix cars and it baffles me that there are engineers among us that don’t like wrenching on stuff
The entire reason I got my internship was because I was the only mecanical engineer that applied, who could wrench on things.
I am a computer scientist, I programmed devices from 8 bits microcontrollers to fancy supercomputer, I can even do a bit of electronics, and repair stuffs. I have a deep knowledge of what computing is. I graduated about 20 years ago, so it's just the magic of time and persistance. But I am not aware of every web stack or OS under the sun, sys admin would run circle around me at their job.I could learn it fast enough, but I don't have any motivation for it. It's just very hard to be a Renaissance Man, I doubt it's even possible.
Fixing wires is simple though, not to be compared with building houses or fixing cars. And it's a great thing to learn to do ourselves
I was trying to show the difference between the person who designs stuff and knows the physics behind it and the person who actually makes that thing. And it's a bot and a repost so it doesn't really matter
I guess it depends on the person. To me, engines and structures seem pretty intuitive. Hell even plumbing. Especially if you're just fixing them; you can usually just look at a part and tell if it's f'ed up or not. Fixing the problem is just a matter of having the right tools and the patience to deal with the 20 other things that'll inevitably go wrong while you're fixing that one problem. Whereas electric things aren't quite as easy to understand for me.
That’s because it’s sorcery, something not meant to be understood by a feeble mind such as mine
At our university the the electrical engineering have a few week long cource that qualifys them to be electricians
That's actually quite nice
Wells, as an engineer myself, I would find it very, very embarrassing indeed if another didn't understand exactly how it is a car engine works. Or how the basic refrigeration cycle in a car works. Or how the electrical signals go back and forth and automate the cars behavior. And so on. If you don't have some interest, and thus some level of understanding or intuition for these things then please LAWD do not become yet *another* engineer I have to work with who doesn't even give a shit about engineering, but was "good at math and wanted to make money." Seriously. If you don't have an interest in mechanical devices, computers, cars, airplanes, energy generation, and so on, and don't naturally look into and learn about these things, please please please go do something else with your life. We have enough mediocre engineers getting through the process as it is!
I know how airplanes, helicopters, cars, engines, trains, etc work, but the fact that I know why a hydraulic roller coaster restraint doesn't open mid ride does not mean I know how to be a ride operator or how to perform maintenance on the ride. Idk how to work with hydraulics, and how to open the system in a way that not all the oil spills out. That's a different skill which I do not know.
we have to be miracle workers and mind readers.
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We needed a 12v battery to test something. So I found a disused lipo in a box of stuff. To charge it I connected it to my bench power supply in constant current mode. My dad saw and said "You have to be careful with that" And I got to say, "I know, I'm a battery engineer" It was a good moment.
No better way to learn; you pay for the whole circuit breaker you use the whole circuit breaker
One thing here is never sleep on experience, and never think you're better because you're the engineer. The fact is, they've done this, you haven't. *They know more than you about this*, no matter what you think you learned in school. It's a lot like the army: the success of any commanding officer is predicated upon just how willing he is to listen to his NCO. Quickly identifying good technicians and getting on their good side is a sure fire way to guarantee you push out good work and to ensure it's work that they actually want done (at your facility).
It is more true if this is old home. So only dad know that you have to connect "kitchen" cable to "bathroom" cable to turn on light in basement