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What do you TB'ers do for a living??

#41
Mark Reccord said:
Apparently, I'm a lazy idiot. :hiding:


Hardware design engineer for a major manufacturer of programmable logic chips.
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I was working on my ME before I got into advertising. You've got to admit that there is a serious gap between engineering jargon and regular people (i.e. decision makers, customers, etc.) People who can be both smart enough to understand the complex ideas of engineering and personable enough to convey them in a meaningful way are hard to find.
 
#44
blendermassacre said:
I was working on my ME before I got into advertising. You've got to admit that there is a serious gap between engineering jargon and regular people (i.e. decision makers, customers, etc.) People who can be both smart enough to understand the complex ideas of engineering and personable enough to convey them in a meaningful way are hard to find.
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Oh, true enough on both counts. I was just having a little fun with Phalex's comment that he did things that the engineers are too lazy to do. "Lazy" isn't a word I'd use to describe any of the engineers I work with and/or know personally. Socially inept? Sure. Lazy? Nah. :D
 
#46
Mark Reccord said:
Oh, true enough on both counts. I was just having a little fun with Phalex's comment that he did things that the engineers are too lazy to do. "Lazy" isn't a word I'd use to describe any of the engineers I work with and/or know personally. Socially inept? Sure. Lazy? Nah. :D
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I also think that it's hard for regular people to understand the engineering mind / process. It makes you into a crazy person. You just start measuring everything with calipers that go down to micrometers, and freak out when your 13th fret is 2 micrometers taller than your 12th fret, because in some cases, 2 micrometers mean the difference between being dead and alive.
 
#52
Got it pretty tough here.... After 30+ years in High-tech, retired; now work in the Control Tower at a NASCAR speedway by summer and at a ski resort during the winter. Tough werk if you can get it! Do FOH sound and play bass on the side.
 
#55
blendermassacre said:
I also think that it's hard for regular people to understand the engineering mind / process. It makes you into a crazy person. You just start measuring everything with calipers that go down to micrometers, and freak out when your 13th fret is 2 micrometers taller than your 12th fret, because in some cases, 2 micrometers mean the difference between being dead and alive.
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There's a bit of that for sure. I try to turn it off when I'm doing non-engineering things, with varying degrees of success. :D

No life and death stuff in my world, though. The stuff we design just allows people to download porn ever faster. :p
 
#56
Mark Reccord said:
There's a bit of that for sure. I try to turn it off when I'm doing non-engineering things, with varying degrees of success. :D

No life and death stuff in my world, though. The stuff we design just allows people to download porn ever faster. :p
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My wife doesn't understand why I HAVE to be correct on everything. I just tell her it is because I am an engineer and because if that, I can buy her nice things.

lowsound
 
#57
I make sure that this:
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are all doing what they're supposed to be doing, and babysit them when they're not doing anything.
 

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