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Riddle me this /sci/

What does an Engineer ACTUALLY do?

>> No.2630052

Apply scientific principles to develop technology.

>> No.2630064

Apply scientific principles to develop new ways of finding delicious penis to suck.

>> No.2630065

>>2630052
Thanks, is it a hard discipline to master/pass?

>> No.2630067

>>2630065
Oh it's hard alright...

>> No.2630068

Sit in front of a computer.

>> No.2630071

>>2630065

Compared to many things, yes. Compared to some things, not really.

>> No.2630079

meanwhileintheengineeringdepartment.jpg

>> No.2630091

in b4 gay porn

>> No.2630109

OPs pic is the perfect representation of the current state of corruption in China.

I go there all the time and their infrastructure is held together with glue. Everyone embezzles money and uses cheap labor and terrible materials. Shit just falls apart.

>> No.2630110

>>2630067
Harder than bachelor of science?

>> No.2630115

>>2630046
Buttsex with each others

>> No.2630119

>>2630110

Ignoring the complete failure to get the joke,

Exactly as hard as a bachelor's of science.

>> No.2630130

>>2630046
Electrical Engineers become electricians. Civil engineers become construction works. Mechanical engineers become mechanics.

It depends on the engineering field.

>> No.2630199

Civil and Structural Engineer here.

Engineers on the whole are responsible for designing the structural and mechanical systems that Architects plan.

For example, and architect may come up with an idea for the sexiest building ever, but when the engineer looks at the plans, several changes have to be made to make it actually stand up.

However, i work in the field of forensics, which relates to determining the cause of structural failures. The OP's pic is a classic case of lateral shear causing foundation failure.

A large excavation was carried out next to the building after it was built, causing an effective shear force through the piles. the entire building was structurally intact apart from the foundations after it fell.

Even the windows were still in place.

>> No.2630208

>>2630199
Thanks! If you don't mind, how many hours a week of study did you put in to succeed at becoming a Civil/Structural Engineer?

>> No.2630212

>>2630199

This was not actually an accident, but one of the greatest IRL trolling events ever.

>> No.2630226

>>2630208
It varies from institution to institution.

In Australia the system is very hands-on, lots of lab work, lots of testing and research, not much 'lecturing.'

I'd say as a full time student around 20 contact hours per week, with another 20 hours private study. Being a good engineering student is like having a fulltime job.

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2630317

>>2630199
>For example, and architect may come up with an idea for the sexiest building ever, but when the engineer looks at the plans, several changes have to be made to make it actually stand up.

...at which point the plans always seem to look something like this for whatever reason.

>> No.2630338

engineer engineers things.

>> No.2630347

>>2630317
Oh come on. The Grand Pickle is the pride of the town.

>> No.2630385

Engineers gonna engine

>> No.2630389

ITT fags jealous because engineers make more than them

>> No.2630396

HOLY SHIT!!

Still no gay pictures!

You impress me /sci/

>> No.2630402

>>2630396
If I was on my other computer with all my pictures there would be.

Thought about GISing "gay orgy" and making some new macros, but couldn't be bothered.

>> No.2630413

>>2630130
Mechanical Engineers do NOT become mechanics, being a mechanic is more of a technical role, engineers work more on the design and analysis fields

>> No.2630414

>>2630402
The fact that you keep gay porn on your computer says something about you.

>> No.2630415

>>2630414
yep. that he's an engineer.

>> No.2630434

>>2630130
Electrical engineers become electrons, mechanical engineers become mechs, civil engineers become Honda civics.

>> No.2630435

>>2630414
Only in engineer macros.

>> No.2630437

Engineers make scientists jelly

>> No.2630444

>>2630435
Keep making excuses for yourself, buddy. Totally convincing.

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2630467

>>2630437
>engineers make scientists jelly
orly?

>> No.2630476

Engineers apply science to solve real problems.

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2630478

>>2630467
I have several problems with that picture...

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2630482

>>2630478
>my face when someone used a reaction image I made nearly 2 years ago