These are some of the most hideous web sites I've ever seen.
You're an engineer if you design stuff. That doesn't automatically
make you an engineer just because you have some certificate or some
titles. I don't think that Yasser Arafat designed a lot of stuff.
Re: I demand that he do, does, would do? ... .....rare indeed to find an engineering person using such terms as 'subjunctive'. ... I no longer have students; I was the victim of a budget cut last year, ... but left the content in the hands of the editor.... I well recall the time when the newspaper "The Australian" first ... (alt.usage.english)
Re: Bill Gates says West not supplying enough IT talent ... a lot of the developed countries are not graduating as many ... IT students as they were in the past, ... Did BG EVER consider that doing engineering is hard work, ...wages for IT professionals declined at twice rate as unskilled ... (sci.research.careers)
Re: Wall Street Journal on IT career craze ... There is competition to get a job there and they can skim the best students off the top. ... screened out GPAs below a 3.4 or 3.6, depending of course, upon the ...Chemical engineering is a lot more that petrochemicals. ... I personally feel that a lot of engineering grades are inflated so that the average is set to a B. If one grades on a curve, the average should be a C, not a B. I don't grade on a curve because I think it's a crutch for writing crappy tests. ... (sci.research.careers)
Re: Outsourcing jeopardizes U.S. chemical industry, expert says ... and, they talk not with parents or experts, don't read books or articles about careers, but their peers in their peer group. ... I know this from guys (grad students and postdocs) who came on SRC the last 13 years and ask questions and I wonder why it did not occur to them to ask the faculty in their own departments the same questions. ... The kids we get in our engineering program are there because they made their own decisions to be there. ... If no one wants to do science or engineering anymore, ... (sci.research.careers)
Re: uh-ah (more bashing of "skills shortage") ... Well, I got that impression, too, and wanted to see if you could come up with some data that engineering jobs are actually hiring a large proportion of the graduating engineers. ... I tell my students that the job market is tough and they better be busting their tail in and out of school to land they job they want. ... what is the purpose of college (undergraduate or graduate) if only a fraction of those completing the requirements ever get "a good career in science/engineering". ... (sci.research.careers)
