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Let your dreams be memes (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

the "art" of engineering only works out if you are solid on the basics and that means a good understanding of the relevant physics, chemistry, biology and math as well as the ability to quantify the whole thing with proper math.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Would you like me to describe the many tasks an engineer is responsible for that does not involve physics, chemistry, biology, and math?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Answering your bosses mail, that the project cannot be done in the ridicolous time the marketing and sales team promised to the customer isn't exactly an art specific to engineers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'll take that as a no.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I was gonna say, as an engineer not much of that is true.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's plenty of engineers that are bad at math and science. They just worked hard to get where they are (or they got lucky).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah but those aren't the artists of engineering.