Posted by CMM on December 15, 202003 at 12:24:29:
In Reply to: Re: John H. Ford Statue posted by Tim on December 13, 202003 at 21:26:51:
To Dave and Tim sorry I got you mad and my bolt example is a bit of a strech. I am a machinist that worked up to shop manager and I have done some interviewing and there are some electrical engineers that did not know Ohm's law and that is one reason they did not get hired. I am not super smart "C" student and I cant spell worth a hoot (I love spell check) and even I spend a fair amount of time in front of my computer writing procedures and stuff. I have had the priviledge to work with some realy good electrical and machanicl engineers in my day and it sounds like you guys have you act together so I wish you well. There are some bozos in every field.
: I'm a Mechanical Engineering Major.
: I'm well aware of what end of the bolt has the threads.
: I'm also well versed in the ways of Ohm's Law. That's Freshman physics. We are ALL required to learn Ohm's Law.
: And in our engineering curriculum, we have what are called LABS. As you can imagine, in these labs, I am required to USE MY HANDS, to perform experiments. Whether it be Chem lab, physics lab (where, in freshman physics, I did numerous labs on "ohms's law", among other things), or future engineering labs on topics like Materials Science, Mechanical Design, or Structural Integrity, I do hands on work.
: And, I sit behind a computer, and learn how to program in languages like C. I learn how to use the power of a pc to help me solve giant systems of equations. Any engineer understands that computers are the way of the future. Every engineering curriculum, from Chemical to Computer engineering, has computer programming requirements. The power of a computer allows engineers to do an awful lot of things that we otherwise wouldn't be able too. Everything from the automobiles you drive to the fighter planes that we use in our military conflicts were engineered in a large part behind a pc.
: And the person behind the pc was paid quite well for his brilliance.
: So lets give the Computer Engineers a little respect for their efforts.
: Tim
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: : "The problen with young people today is they think a job is sitting behind a computer all day. Try to hire a mechanical engineer today and thay dont know what end a bolt has the threads on it. An electrical engineer cant solder a wire on a connector or know what ohms law is. Learn a trade get some skills I did and I have been working at it for 26 years now. My daughter learned a trade and is now working at and now is going to college and working her was through it. Call me old fashoned but being able to do something just might get you a job."
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