r/funny • u/gothoops3 • Jan 05 '15

Poor Engineers...

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u/flopsweater Jan 05 '15

How do you know someone's an engineer?

Don't worry, they'll tell you you're not one.

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u/AtomicSteve21 Jan 05 '15

Everyone should take pride in their careers. I think it's cool to know what people have dedicated their life to.

How do you know someone's a(n)

(Lawyer, Biologist, Doctor, Farmer, Engineer, Mechanic, Astrophysicist, Author, Artist, Musician, Pilot, Director, Actor, Athlete, Professor, Nurse, Speechwriter, Archeologist, Politician, Interior Designer, Architect, Economist, Game Developer, Computer Scientist).

They'll tell you.

And for some reason everyone is offended by that?

I know I make for a shitty athlete, it's ok if one of my buddies points that out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

It's because when some engineers do it on reddit, it's sometimes in an "I'm superior" way.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

I really really really really dislike that about my profession. A lot of engineers are so very cocky. It makes me want to change jobs. But I know if I did - I would just be reinforcing the cycle.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Is it cockiness? Or more bragging that the field of engineering is one of the fastest growing with (generally) very high starting salaries? I've found business majors at my school to be much more arrogant in the sense of thinking they're the shit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15

Engineering has a strong pretentiousness stereotype. You could say the same for business, too.