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Engineers here?

Postby overdrive23 on Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:36 pm

Are there any other Engineers here?

I'm a mechanical. I work right now doing HVAC stuff (computer work mainly..boo!)

I really like building/designing mechanical devices though! A group at college I was in made a fuel pump priming system for a race car...that was a blast!

Who else do we have here? Or a I the only one..... :shock:
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Re: Engineers here?

Postby javanek on Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:29 pm

overdrive23 wrote:Who else do we have here? Or a I the only one..... :shock:


Nope, not the only one. Network engineer here. Or Evil Overlord as I'm known to the various users. :twisted:
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Re: Engineers here?

Postby baughmjk on Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:09 pm

Electrical Engineer here. Right now working on flight control systems.
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Re: Engineers here?

Postby overdrive23 on Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:29 pm

Good to know I'm not the only one here!

United by math! yes! haha
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Re: Engineers here?

Postby sailo888 on Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:50 pm

well i am a computer Engineering major...not an Engineer YET.. lol does that count? : P.. i am 3rd year in..=[
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Re: Engineers here?

Postby holvoetn on Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:01 pm

Master in Electronics/SW Engineering but shifted already quite some while ago to Project Management (mainly SAP and Business Process related projects).
Even got a PMI certificate to back it up ;)
I prefer to be called 'H' ;)

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Re: Engineers here?

Postby javanek on Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:02 pm

God! This site is overrun by geeks! Strong geeks! :shock:
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Re: Engineers here?

Postby holvoetn on Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:16 pm

javanek wrote:God! This site is overrun by geeks! Strong geeks! :shock:


Geek ? Guilty ...
Strong ... nah, not there yet ;)
I prefer to be called 'H' ;)

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Re: Engineers here?

Postby Falufalump on Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:16 pm

Engineering is an interesting field. What got you guys curious about Engineering to begin with?
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Re: Engineers here?

Postby holvoetn on Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:22 pm

I got hooked into computers by an uncle when I was twelve. Still pounding a keyboard after 28 years :roll:
Never was much into playing games (but I did do a LOT of sports when I was young), always wanted to learn how to teach those darn puters to do what I wanted them to do.
Going for an engineering degree was more or less the next step when I had to choose.
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Re: Engineers here?

Postby baughmjk on Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:49 pm

Falufalump wrote:Engineering is an interesting field. What got you guys curious about Engineering to begin with?

When I was a kid I would always take apart anything electronic to look at the insides. I was fascinated with circuits. It just went from there... In school I was good in math and physics, I took a the few electronics-related classes my high school offered. After my junior year I went to a summer program for high-schoolers interested in engineering. It seems like it all just fell in place for me.
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Re: Engineers here?

Postby javanek on Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:35 pm

holvoetn wrote:I got hooked into computers by an uncle when I was twelve. Still pounding a keyboard after 28 years :roll:


Dude, that is scary. Same thing for me, except I was 13. Now I'm 41. :shock:
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Re: Engineers here?

Postby jsein86 on Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:58 am

I have a bachelors degree in Software Engineering. I did all my Engineering courses and now I don't really use it.

Maybe someday.
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Re: Engineers here?

Postby KIB on Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:52 am

I'm kind of a fan of Engineers, if that counts :)
My Dad is an Engineer, currently an analyst with Pilkington Glass NA. He flies around the world telling contractors why their windows are falling out.
Got a good friend here in town who was on the team that got Canada's first big satellite into orbit.
Yeah, I'm a geek about other geeks :D
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Re: Engineers here?

Postby overdrive23 on Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:43 am

I got into engineering because I found out "Mechanic" wasn't the best route.

I've always been into cars and metal things. (including ROCK!)

I always took shit apart when I was young, took CAD in highschool....and put it 2gether at college...and BAM! Engineer.

but i don't use my engineering now....it sucks; i read my college books and feel stupid b/c i'm forgetting the stuff i "learned"
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