I no longer build software; I now make furniture out of wood.

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  • @grue
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    211 year ago

    So. Many. DIYer/maker/woodworker/machinist/car mechanic/etc. Youtubers are former engineers, especially software engineers.

    • @PetDinosaurs
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      111 year ago

      Agreed.

      I might also argue that those people are all still engineers.

      Engineer just means “problem solver”. Everyone gets paid for solving problems.

      The real question in my head is how far does this go?

      Sometimes the problem is that these burgers need flipping. Protein disk translocation engineers? I’m cool with that.

      • @[email protected]
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        131 year ago

        I’d argue that engineering, like science, is a mindset. If science asks “what” things are, engineering asks “how” to do things

        • @PetDinosaurs
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          1 year ago

          A more standard definition in my tenure in academia is that scientists solve problems because they want to know the answer. Engineers solve problems because they want the problem to be solved.

          In any case, the difference is just, heh, academic.

          I’m very much the latter.