Engineers: What type of college did you go to? What was(were) your background(s) in?
I'm currently working on assignment at a company who from what I understand hire engineers based on who applies for the job. Engineers who have no formal training as such. I've argued electrical clearance on a 400 DC volt line and the guy seems like someone who may have been a farmer before being an engineer. Not saying farmers are not intelligent. Likely just the opposite. Being a farmer - you HAVE to know how to get things done. How to fix things that break. How to make things you need when you need them. But I'm arguing a lead clearance that he says must be kept all the way across. Whoever drew the diagram (not the one I drew and attached below) did so probably on a CAD system. You don't put dimensions in the middle of the part drawing. The projection lines don't go all the way into the drawing and inspectors and other personnel are insisting the drawing with the red arrow is a reject. I don't have an engineering degree, but I've worked with dozens of engineers and know pretty well what's going on. I've also worked as a draftsman (drafts-person) making blueprints - back when blueprints were blue. I understand dimensioning and the reason why things like this are kept off the part.
Anyway, the argument will continue. So I want to know what it took to get your engineering degree so I can pose some pointed questions and see what kind of response I get. It's my opinion that most of the people working here are former cheese herders or corn herders. Maybe a few tobacco herders thrown in.
I'm currently working on assignment at a company who from what I understand hire engineers based on who applies for the job. Engineers who have no formal training as such. I've argued electrical clearance on a 400 DC volt line and the guy seems like someone who may have been a farmer before being an engineer. Not saying farmers are not intelligent. Likely just the opposite. Being a farmer - you HAVE to know how to get things done. How to fix things that break. How to make things you need when you need them. But I'm arguing a lead clearance that he says must be kept all the way across. Whoever drew the diagram (not the one I drew and attached below) did so probably on a CAD system. You don't put dimensions in the middle of the part drawing. The projection lines don't go all the way into the drawing and inspectors and other personnel are insisting the drawing with the red arrow is a reject. I don't have an engineering degree, but I've worked with dozens of engineers and know pretty well what's going on. I've also worked as a draftsman (drafts-person) making blueprints - back when blueprints were blue. I understand dimensioning and the reason why things like this are kept off the part.
Anyway, the argument will continue. So I want to know what it took to get your engineering degree so I can pose some pointed questions and see what kind of response I get. It's my opinion that most of the people working here are former cheese herders or corn herders. Maybe a few tobacco herders thrown in.