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knipknup
#9 hahaha
BeesKneesJohanson
I will admit to having watched a contractor paint the hallway walls white outside my lecture hall while I was in fluid mechanics. Hated it.
alexjonesisagayfrog
Mech vs civs fighting for dominance over one other while the rest of us make sure the know they're just fighting for last
JohnDillingersPenis
#1 what a shitty existence that would be.
BuckeyeBTH
4-5 years of sleep deprivation = lifetime of picking which job i want to take, not which one i need. Fair trade in my book.
JohnDillingersPenis
Sure.
MightyBlueBalls
My bro has a Masters in Mech, I just look at his stuff like 0_0
MeowchanicalEngineer
Two kittens are on a sloped roof. Which one falls off first? The one with the lower mew!
azqxwce
I'm totally stealing this don't mind me
MechanusIncarnate
what does electron mobility have to do with a sloped roof?
MechanusIncarnate
nevermind, mu is also coefficient of friction, we need more symbols so we can stop re-using them.
tepidbread
I am seeing a distinct lack of Electrical Engineering things. So EE > All others. Fight Me.
simplyorange
As a CivE... I agree. Civil is no less than mechanical in my opinion. I'm a civil doing a mechanical job for the past 4 years.
eetsumkaus
give OP a break. They're a MechE. Of course they won't understand EE jokes
RandomHockeyContextGuy
As a MechE, Fair enough.
orginelenaam
How do you develop the flexibility to suck your own dick @OP ?
Phoxtane
Electrical engineering is harder. We use complex numbers.
snowtree
And sometimes have to deal with EMI (when we're not pretending it doesn't exist).
DontDropThatPunThunThuunn
Hey, we do too (sometimes). Never understood the problem with complex numbers btw
orginelenaam
Real numbers are a lot scarier. Complex numbers is just an extension such that x^2 +1 has a solution, but how do you construct real numbers?
warp10
If you get really deep into any physical analysis all the maths are equally horrid. Advanced structural mechanics can be gruesome
ThisWasATriumph
My Ti89 was the only thing that let me survive Power Distribution Systems
mwostbrock
Graduated 5 years ago. I still wake up in a cold sweat thinking of Electromagnetics.
TwoBadMiloshDead
I graduated 12 years ago. RF engineering, EM is my thing :D
adhominem
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/complex_conjugate.png
owlest
jghaverty8888
TheArrestingAbhorrentArrantAbominableAlliterator
I think that whenever I hear someone say Art Majors are as important as STEM.
sarahisstupid3nottheonethatworkshere
Joke: A civil , mechanical, and a software engineer are driving down a windy road. The car swerves of the road. (1/2)
sarahisstupid3nottheonethatworkshere
Immediately the engineers try to figure out what caused. The civil engineer suggests we need a new road. The mechanical suggest (1.5/2)
sarahisstupid3nottheonethatworkshere
the car needs stiffer suspension. And the Software engineer suggests we should go back and see if it happens again. (2/2)
themostirreleventnameintheworld
No love for chemical engineers?
wifi12345678910
Go and love your precious petroleum
Voldemorty
ChemEs >>> all other engineers
QuackMagicAndHerMagicalBeer
As an ME, we always had great respect for CEs. They are crazy folks.
prfesser
Sure. I'd'a been a chem engineer instead of a chemist, but I suck at maths.
borntowearalumberjackcostume
no self love!
jetzzfan
#8 I'm a former semiconductor engineer (now manager). We're laughing at both of you.
lurker314
As a mathematician, I'm like, "Look at all those kids who thought matrix algebra and differential equations was hard." :P
IthinkUrFunny
Tru dat...only math I ever hated was dif EQ
mwostbrock
We don’t disagree you are better at math. We are just better at finding work outside of a university.
lurker314
And now it's the MBAs that are snickering.
JustANoetherFangirl
Woo! Team math!
RedClaws23
As an Astrophysicist, same.
L1CFORE
As a chemical engineer we talk the same way about mechanicals as mechanicals do about civil engineers. Transport phenomena>> fluid dynamics.
interestingusernamehere
Chem E high Five*
AnonymousBach
Shouldn't make fun of civil engineers. Not their fault their parents are cousins.
Imgazorpazorpfuckingfieldbitch
Uh what
Geek13
At least not my cousins.
VirginSurgeon
Where my EEs at?! Oh that’s right. Crying at our desks alone
k4FoodSmasher
Trying to fix an undocumented modbus/plc/control logic program that we didn’t write that is running equipment we are not responsible for.
DoTheToothsTeethHaveTeethToo
Me me me!! I'm leaving my bar job next month to go back to EE and I'm freaking terrified!!
ColdToes90
*timidly raises hand* *flinches for no reason like a child who's suffered years of abuse from their father figure but is just an EE*
RenegadeEscapade
E(xistenc)E is pain
blankunderscore
Your FaILures aRE yOUR own oLd MaN!!
BabyBlueHeroine
EE here laughing at all the Civils and Mechs thinking their field is hard, hahaha... Wait
analogguy
Analog IC design EE here laughing at all the other EEs thinking their field is har, hahaha...Wait
superfly498
You should get a field job! We fix all the office engineers' mistakes
Niteman
Been to the office maybe 5-7 times in the 2 months, working alone, living the dream
eetsumkaus
just came back from Tijuana, and all of them Qualcomm EE's are making it rain on the strippers there
TechnicolorCheeseWedge
I wonder if the MEs know we make fun of them AND the CEs...
Satherian
Neither of them have to deal with Electromagnetics. Fuck that stuff
simplyorange
As a Civil I'm ok WITH EEs being the superior engineer. Magic. Terrifying magic.
OliverClothesoff70
Yep, our desks where we work our jobs. And those jobs pay us pretty damn good salaries. Rarely ever an unemployment issue for EEs.
ProbablyDrunkAgain
Depends on the industry.
salunatics
IMHO the P.E. is better than a master's. There will ALWAYS be bureaucracy.
SolidBrassAndHangingLow
I need me more of these, but with aerospace engineer shit in it.
BuckeyeBTH
Compressible fluid through an operating turbofan. Free atmosphere conditions and fuel density as givens. Fully describe each stage: go.
dieselpunk
No, I won't do your homework for you :)
BuckeyeBTH
Haha, graduated in 2010 bud, no more homework for me. Now its all energy capture via blades. That was my 750 adv propulsion midterm problem
mhiller450
I'm studying mechanical engineering, so that's the reason it's more mechanical.
alexjonesisagayfrog
Aerospace is mechanical engineering
alexjonesisagayfrog
Aerospace for mechies that are smart and want to be respected
e2360
I don't know about that lol, in my experience aerospace companies don't always respect their employees...
bigdaddyfatpants
They same way electrical and nuclear ones look at mechanical engineers.
jghaverty8888
Nuclear engineering really wasn't that difficult. Just a lot of memorization
Alexanderhelios
As an ME currently taking a Nuclear class
alexjonesisagayfrog
Well I've been getting downvotes for this sentiment as a biomedical engineer I'll just upvote you in solidarity
diabolischereintopf
There are dozens of, dozens!
alexjonesisagayfrog
Mechies will call people dumb for eating paste all the while defend the crayon eating habit because it makes the teeth pretty
StrangerWC
I like the reactions from mech engineers when I tell im in computer engineering, it can only be described as wide-eyed shock
DrVosterios
the same way electrical and nuclear engineers look at Nanotech engineers.
mwostbrock
EE here - we took Statics and Thermodamyics as a break from our normal classes.
theros
You'd probably have more of a point if you knew how to spell Thermodynamics.
bravotipo
My dad is an engineer, I am a lawyer. I always feel as if I disappointed him a bit (confession bear intensifies).
alexjonesisagayfrog
Dude let me save you that feeling if he's a mechie what you're doing is intellectually more taxing than what he did
mhiller450
I'm studying mechanical engineering and I think that studying law would actually be harder. I don't think you disappointed him.
ThePotatoBandit
you could always do engineering law, cause thats a thing
skinnywrists
They probably can't if they didn't major in science in undergrad.
The701
*shrug* Law is like computer code written for a society, and it's buggy as hell, poorly documented, and not many people can interpret it.
Geek13
You did.
interestingusernamehere
As an engineer, I'd be happy if my kid didn't go this route.
ino84
I’m an engineer and now studying law to become a patent attorney, so that’s also an option.
SpareWare
I'm a software engineer... That counts, right?
Appl3chip
Indeed. Programming’ fun, but it’s so stressful to debug the logic from some else’s program when they did everything wrong in the code.
Appl3chip
And the disparity of stories is off when you come home to your nurse wife about code errors when her patient is exploding from every orifice
GeneTheAwkward
That situation never comes up for me. I just create a new file, burn the old one, and confuse the everloving shit outta Git. No debug.
Appl3chip
I had to take some old program that brute forced everything, had no error handling, and no comments, and explain why it kept crashing.
Appl3chip
I tried to tell customers that’d it’d probably be better to rebuild it for the new system, but no, just fix as is.
GeneTheAwkward
I hate your customers
imispeledmyusername
So...as a sound engineer where do we fit in?
bukobg
imispeledmyusername
MY reaction 90% of the time
simplyorange
With Train Engineers
CompletelyUniqueUsername
*engineering STUDENT dump. Working engineers are less clannish
The701
Though still just as tired.
ImgurDemonym
Truth. Nobody cares what your degree was at my work as long as you can do the job. ChemE, ME, Aerospace all with the same job title.
towhatdoiowethepleasure
As a civil engineer
theonehundredmillionmilepenis
This is fantastic
jghaverty8888
Yeah but software and electrical engineers are making the real money...
unholycannoli
Turbine electrician here, can confirm. Tis good monies for mild shockies.
MrFnortner
Difference between mechanical and civil engineers? Mechanical engineers build weapons; civil engineers build targets.
NomadGray
And electrical lets either of them function
DoesThisKeyboardWork
Me too. Got an A in dynamics. I do structural design of commercial buildings. It’s exactly what I’ve always wanted to do. Pays well. ♂️
eRob14
Thought this the whole time reading this post
Esdog
Awwww yea!
Cassiraa
I mean, they're basically the same thing. *ducks*
Remmikins
I'm curious. It appears as if Civil Engineer means something different to everyone else. Where I'm from, the Civil Engineer degree is 1/2
Remmikins
bascially meaning you've gotten your degree but has continued to study for another 2 years to specialize further.
FlareonTheProphet
Generally, civil engineering is a four year degree in structural, environmental, transportation, and/or water/drainage engineering
FlareonTheProphet
Source: I'm a civil engineering student and have studied all of those things.
Remmikins
Ah I see. Thank you for the clarifications. And best of luck with your studies.
RocketOtter
I make way more as a plastics engineer than any of my CE friends like 50% more.
bananaslacks
Jokes on them dude - they all think they’re going to end up working for Tesla when in reality 75% end up as glorified HVAC technicians.
talenphillips
High Voltage Alternating current? Wouldn't the EEs take care of that?
ProbablyDrunkAgain
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning. But yes, us EEs take care of the high voltage stuff.
NomadGray
Untrue, Electricians do.
DevilDolphin485
Heating venting and air conditioning bro.
talenphillips
Nonsense! Next you'll tell me that HVDC stands for "Handling Vacuums During a Catastrophe".
NomadGray
HVAC is literally the heating and AC guys. Google it...
talenphillips
GUYS GUYS... I know! I didn't think I needed to have a /s at the end.
alexjonesisagayfrog
There are two things I've always found funny about this, fair warning you'll only like one. 1) unless they specialize there you'll WAY out
alexjonesisagayfrog
Earn them and get a job before them (not that they won't but it is a saturated market for mechies). 2) mechs are the butt of everyone else's
MrMaterial
Can confirm on the job saturation bit
alexjonesisagayfrog
Joke already, they're just fighting for intellectual superiority they ain't ever going to have
RancidRane
Nonsense... Mechies get the respect they deserve... HVAC design is always respected... Its really "tough"
CoolKidzSayWhat
We get more head loss than you'll ever gain
thefuckwouldiwantacaravanthatsgotnofuckinwheels
you... i like you
Butane9000
My room mates a mechanical engineer and he's working as a chemical engineer making plastics.
alexjonesisagayfrog
I'd bet my left nut he's going to specialize
simplyorange
I'm a civil engineer working as a mechanical at a nuke plant. Engineering is engineering. Be smart to solve problems.
choakid999
Jack of all trades master of none is better than master of one
RayMC
That is quite literally the opposite of what the phrase entails. Master of one is always better than jack of all. You don't see cardiac ⑴
alexjonesisagayfrog
In what world is that true?!?!
Cyranojoe
Seriously? I thought civil engineering was effectively dead in the U.S. What do you do that makes bank?
jghaverty8888
What? Where did you hear that lol
Cyranojoe
Caltech.
mintaccino
How do you think civ eng will ever die? When new buildings are not being built old buildings will need repairs. $$$$ all economic cycle.
Cyranojoe
Must be b/c they're so focused on "new science" at Tech, so if it's just building more of the same (incrementally improved), they're not...
jghaverty8888
Civil engineering is definitely growing though. Not sure who told you it was "dead" lol
Cyranojoe
Maybe it was seen as "more of the same" & therefore "beneath" the "engineers" at Tech, who are more like scientists than engineers, really.
OfficialJeffGoldblum
How can civil engineering ever be dead? Basic infrastructure (water, sewer, stormwater, roads) will always generate work.
Fvxst
Build shit
MalcomReynoldsWrap
I thought fluid dynamics was easy. However I suck at math. Have been a mechanical engineer for ~8 years now.
Krispysocks
I'll second that, my boon was electricity and magnetism.
userbugs
I'm a microfluidic engineer and let me tell you I don't freaking understand fluid dynamics AT ALL.
FlaccidTrannyDick
As a biotech engineer who has only taken 2 biology classes ever. I believe you with all my heart.
SchizophrenicMC
I know just enough about fluid dynamics to be sure I'm just inside the peak at the start of the Dunning Kruger curve.
FallingWithStyleSquirrel
Fluids was my only D
Higure
Compressible, magnetic fluid flow. That there is the stuff of nightmares.
Thorbane
O.O NOPE.
ino84
I don’t understand this either, I had 96% in fluid dynamics but thermo was way harder, that Prof. was also a tough bastard.
dprezzz
How about probability calculations? I would put it right next to fluid mechanics.
MalcomReynoldsWrap
I took a required stat class once. Soft-spoken grad student from China. Slept through 83% of it.
Dranton12
What about thermodynamics?
iamthisguy247
I was going to say I don't remember Fluid Dynamics being that hard, then I remembered I just barely passed that course.
theindi
Been there done that.
FrogBotherer
It's not that it's particularly hard...there's just SO MANY FUCKING EQUATIONS.
thefuckwouldiwantacaravanthatsgotnofuckinwheels
yeah people like to act like a lot of shit is hard just to make themselves feel smart, good on u for not furthering the BS
Lostchild12
Back in the 70's I took a statistics course for Architecture. My Texas Instrument got a C to pass the course. I was lost midway..
GreenBloodedPointyEaredBastard
“Fluids was easy but I’m bad at math”. I’m in the class atm and there is more diff. eq. than I had in Diff. EQ. Then again. Depends on prof.
alexjonesisagayfrog
Yeah but diff eq depending on what school you go to can be theoretical or example driven and fluids is the latter (at least in the math)
GreenBloodedPointyEaredBastard
My prof is just Satan - only gives examples of his research (things involving non-Newtonian blood compression). He likes theory and deriving
MalcomReynoldsWrap
Not far from the psychology major regarding a disconnection with the real world.
MalcomReynoldsWrap
I should clarify: I suck at calc. Got a 1 on the AP exam and straight up failed a couple classes in college. Somehow did good in diff eq.
the2ndworstfuckindude
I rocked at calf but diff eq stomped my ass. I think the teacher was a bit of a douche, made us memorize all the Laplace transformations
Carefuler
Just had to do pressure drops for a compressible flow/varying temp/diverging-converging non-standard piping system after not using fluids 1/
Carefuler
knowledge for 15 years. Took me two weeks of studying to remember it all again. Even with on-line resources, I'm glad I kept my textbook.
TheodoreJDetweiler
Wait till you get to thermo dynamics
GreenBloodedPointyEaredBastard
Thermo is easy. Fluids is the devil
Shikari23
Can confirm thermo is easier in most cases.
MalcomReynoldsWrap
Graduated 2010. Thermo was easy too. Heat transfer was a bitch. I got a fucking 4% on a hw assignment. 6 pages. 4%.
GreenBloodedPointyEaredBastard
We will honor your memory, our fallen brother
MalcomReynoldsWrap
Thank you, but I'm actually fairly successful as an engineer. Turns out, you rarely use anything beyond conceptual understanding.
upvotesforass
I second that..
RealScienceMan
I've finished a PhD in physics and have never actually taken a course in fluids.
TheMachineKill3r
It's pretty cool. A lot of it you'd be very familiar with. At least I'd think..
IrrelativeTheory
Sad. It's fun. Pick up Landau and Lifschitz.
snuzzbobble
I'm a theoretical physics undergrad and we only do a short bit on fluid mechanics in our 3rd year theoretical course, which covers complex
snuzzbobble
analysis, tensors, linear elasticity and fluid mechanics in one semester ( so needless to say it is only a very brief foray into fluid
snuzzbobble
mechanics). That said, non of the other physics students have to take it, although some can take it in the 4th and 5th years.
snuzzbobble
I think it is a very interesting course, and leads to assignment and exam questions like "estimate the Reynolds number of water from a
SetPriorityChaos
Studying it now would take an hr. There are a lot of empirical formulations, you're probably unaware of, with very limited scopes.
Scrimbim
Fluid mechanics was my best subject at uni, although that might be because the lecturer was the best haha.
Caabale
Not sure what I hated most between fluids mechanic, thermodynamics and quantic mechanic.
MyInteriorZerosAreSigFigs
EE>ME
RenegadeEscapade
ME is incredibly oversaturated. So often I see MEs trying to do a job an EE should be doing because there are too many of them, and (1/2)
RenegadeEscapade
they usually do a really shit job without even realizing it. I have respect for what they do, but they can be way too overconfident. (2/2)
Jimmyk459
Can confirm, dropped out of computer/Electrical and became mechanical. Java class destroyed me.
omfgitsmichael
I love feedback control, I wanted an EE masters, but I thought it was too theoretical and not enough application. So I continued with aero
omfgitsmichael
Although a lot of my electives are in EE because some subjects are only taught there like optimal estimation and adaptive control
DontDropThatPunThunThuunn
I have had quite a number of control courses in my ME degree. Fun and very useful courses if you ask me.
jag4car
I studied aerospace and we looked down on mechanical... Not really, but we did answer any mech question with 'well its not rocket science.'
CGBKK
Same :)
alexjonesisagayfrog
As a biomedical engineer everyone looks down on mechs unless you specialize because they don't do anything that isn't grunt work
RancidRane
Correct... HVAC design for life...
alexjonesisagayfrog
lol I like you
JoonasD6
It’s not exactly brain surgery.
stouf761
Chemical Engineers get to face all difficulties with, well I could just go make a lot of meth
mariomario42
As a ME, I have great respect for those brave enough to go down the aero path. Seemed way worse.
VodkaReindeer
go up?
nissansilviafan
As an AE, I wish I would have done ME. Far more job opportunities that route
Melinyel
Me too. All the ME's apply for our jobs, but companies hiring ME's won't even talk to AE's.
SkyTheCosmicWolf
I'm a fellow AE and I'm stuck working as ceramics engineer. Oh well still fun to me.
varsil
I also work at Pottery Barn.
RedClaws23
As an Astrophysicist, rocket science is the easy part
Holdingmydick
Why not get both degrees? Aerospace without sound mechanical background is basically cfd science projects
Dokramuh
From when I used to study it, it was basically mechanical engineering with added courses.
AriBerri55
That pun
GreenBloodedPointyEaredBastard
As a nuclear major, the reason we pick on mech is because every other major is just a specialized form of their degree. They know how to 1/
GreenBloodedPointyEaredBastard
Do a lot but not enough to specialize to the level that other majors do. The true argument is whether Mech or Civil came first though. 2/2
ino84
Wait, do you distinguish that in the US? In Germany we’re all ME, just with specialization. Just ME isn’t really a thing here.
ino84
What even is an ME without a specialization? That’s what we’d call a technician maybe, but that’s really lower than all ME for us.
GreenBloodedPointyEaredBastard
So ME does specialize, but it’s such a smattering still. God they are helpful though. Let me do the nuclear stuff, you do the boiler stuff
ino84
Yeah, but you’d still be classified as ME here in Germany, that’s my point. At least that was the case when it was still diploma.
jghaverty8888
You really "specialize" when you start working. ME is a very broad field.
ThefluteCaptainPicardplayedfirstinhisimaginationtheninreallife
When I was in college, we joked about "the slide", kids that start in Chemical or Aerospace engineering, slide down to mechanical, then
triedtothinkofausernamethatwasntalreadytaken
Chemical engineer here don't make me cry I am barely keeping it together as it is
TheArrestingAbhorrentArrantAbominableAlliterator
Finish the degree. You can wipe away your tears later like this
And we've come full circle.
ThefluteCaptainPicardplayedfirstinhisimaginationtheninreallife
slide down to civil, and if they still can't cut it, they slide down to business (or keep sliding down to kinesiology - aka gym teachers).
ServantOfTheGodEmperorOfUsersub
There’s a few science majors and math majors in there somewhere
dieselpunk
I'm an ME, and my brother will soon graduate as ChemE. He says that MEs learn all the things that ChemEs wished they knew.
KarlMoebius
I have a friend who's a chemE, and I am not taking PChem. No way, no how.
GottaLoveIt83
I'm going into electrical engineering. Any advice?
RedClaws23
Go hard or go home; get a physics degree instead. They're more desirable than engineering degrees when hiring entry-level engineers anyway.
eetsumkaus
uhhh...no. I hold both a BSEE and BSPhysics. I had to use my BSEE more in interviews
RedClaws23
I'm just quoting AIP statistics. I don't know how that varies from person to person or region to region
RenegadeEscapade
Don't
RandomActOfConfusion
Do you like math? Because the math never ends. Differential equations and linear algebra are particularly important.
adhominem
After you graduate:
snowtree
Also, I work in power electronics, feel free to message me if you have any questions.
eetsumkaus
get through school. Plan to get a masters, preferably as soon as possible. Get out, make bank. Expect to live in California
snowtree
Make sure you enjoy it. Play with hardware, get an intuitive understanding of what you're doing. Make friends with your professors (try).
jghaverty8888
If you are struggling in your prelims, there's no shame in changing your major. It never gets easier until you start working
TheMachineKill3r
Harden up. Learn how to study properly and use google/on campus resources. Learn how to cope with stress. Have fun, but stay focused.
SkookumestChoocher
Make better life choices
MechanusIncarnate
V=IR
ColdToes90
Find a group of reliable friends and stick to them for chipping away at homework and shit. Go to study sessions offered by the dept 1/?
mwostbrock
EE from GaTech here. This is good advice. A group can make light work of difficult projects and fill in knowledge gaps.
ColdToes90
2/? Get out and have a beer or a nice dinner once a week. Do not work part time during school if you can help it. Lastly...
ColdToes90
3/4 job and volunteer experience is going to be important later on. Do what you can to get internships as soon as possible.
ColdToes90
4/4 other than that just be patient ask for help from the TA's and be ready for junior year as it tends to be the worst regarding workload.
icuru12
What about computer engineers? They don’t have to count above one.
warp10
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT1uyxUIoOZ77zAsINDyLE8kMD7dvhbzuGVlTVlmTJ8fmpnqWNx
CrazyCatLad
I work in between engineering and design using CAD software (and have a degree in neither!). People don't know we exist.
warp10
What's your favourite CAD package? I'm a convert to Solidworks from Inventor myself
CrazyCatLad
I've worked in Creo (Pro-Engineer) since high school but will probably be getting some CATIA training through work.
warp10
Oh dear god I hated Creo. You have my sympathies. I've heard CATIA is a good package to learn. ESA uses it quite extensively iirc
CrazyCatLad
Psh, whatever. Here's a few Creo things:![]()
alexjonesisagayfrog
Hey I know a few that can count to 10
HexiHamaski
counting in binary is harder than you'd think
alexjonesisagayfrog
Let me guess you use *holds back laughter* "hexi"decimal *laughs at his own brilliance*
MerToo
Base 2 is just like base ten ... if you're missing eight fingers...
BecomingJess
We can count to 100 faster than anyone else!
WeCouldAllGoPeeTogether
I think we fall into a category similar to civil engineers. It ain't rocket surgery.
HowsItGoinEh
As a computer engineering student a lot of courses are electrical engineering courses
k4FoodSmasher
And vice versa. So much programming to be an EE.
eetsumkaus
as an EE in industry, 80% of your time is spent writing code
alexjonesisagayfrog
That depends if you a software engineer then hell no if you a computer engineer then you're still smarter the mechs but it don't trust you
alexjonesisagayfrog
Around my arts supplies those crayons would look too tasty
eetsumkaus
graphics, machine learning, AI, OS design, compilers, database design, server programming, network programming, don't count as engineering?
Excludos
varies depending on the education. In a lot of countries, computer science is on par if not harder than many other engineering degrees
alexjonesisagayfrog
Computer science and computer engineering are to VASTLY different fields I've nothing but love for CS majors
Excludos
Not in my country (Norway). Computer science is considered an engineering field, and we call ourselves computer engineers.
thefuckwouldiwantacaravanthatsgotnofuckinwheels
depends on the software you are writing honestly, my bes friend is mech e and has no fucking idea what im talking about with the math 1/2
thefuckwouldiwantacaravanthatsgotnofuckinwheels
that drives my code 2/2
alexjonesisagayfrog
Well yeah that's why I said even computer engineers are smarter than mechies and I'd say software has the largest stand dev in intelligence
OtterlyMagnificent
Hey, at least I've earned that lack of trust...but I've also got a toolbox that follows me around on its own like a lost puppy...(BS CE, 1/
OtterlyMagnificent
Specialized in Automation)...2/2
Foopfoop
I love the contempt for civil engineers.
OfficialJeffGoldblum
These memes should be called "engineering student memes", too many people claim to be engineers without a degree or experience.
Slayer365
As a civil engineer we do much of the same fluid classes.
DetectiveHorse
Mechanical engineers design weapons. Civil engineers design targets.
HotCarle
I switched to civil because my job can't be outsourced and the professors spoke my language. With that being said, I use none of my degrees
jwan
It’s so uncivil.
FleebCollector
My dad is a construction supervisor, and he would agree with all of these.
Holdingmydick
Fuck civies
PleaseNotTheFace
We thrive on it.
stouf761
I respect Civil engineers for not picking Industrial Engineering.
WoeToHice
As a "Software Developer Engineer", I respect Civil Engineers because they're still _actual_ engineers.
RichardSejiko
Mech. Eng. Student- I call my Civ. Eng. roommate a dirt scientist
rizion
Yeah but I get paid to play in mud so...at least I got that going for me...
ihavethelowground
I find the lack of electrical depressing
omnizyme
As a structural engineer I can say civil engineering is really a preload for grad school cause there isn't a lot you can do with a broad 1/
omnizyme
Degree that is civil engineering. But without it all the ideas needed for post secondary you get from the earlier stuff
GuyMcGuyerson
because they are afraid of us. they know our shit is more difficult, and wayyyy cooler
Daganoth117
I find it shocking
mhiller450
It's because I'm studying mechanical engineering. I probably should have called it a mechanical engineering dump.
IthinkUrFunny
Civil engineers...happily building targets for mechanical engineers since always...you’re welcome
chrisdinhsk8
mech. engineering major here, thank you for the good laughs. that is all.
stouf761
Any love for Chemical? All the fluid jokes hit harder for us!
WhiterunWarriorProject
No, you misunderstood. There should be equal contempt for the EEs.
k4FoodSmasher
Boooo
MLGsamantha
azqxwce
I'm an electrical major with mec minor. I still know the pain
TacoPrime
Because we all know electrical is king of the engineering field
GuyMcGuyerson
as someone who has worked in cyber security, energy, software, and robotics...yes
RayMC
Robotics & AI are the sexiest fields in the world imo. Parents are really against it though. They think I'll make more as a doctor, hence ⑴
RayMC
why I'm currently a Mathematical Biology major (as opposed to pure bio cause I love math lol). I don't really mind since I love neurology ⑵
RayMC
all know that as long as you don't hate your job, the only thing that matters in cash. Im sure I'd appreciate their advice in the long run ⑷
GuyMcGuyerson
Robotics & AI are great, but I work in Crypto/DLT now so I might beg to differ. I'm more of a game theory/sociology kind of technologist
RayMC
(it kind of goes in hand with the interest in AI, too), but I still would prefer a career in AI. In the end, I still listen to them b/c we ⑶
copingcabana
Electrical engineers make weapons. Civil engineers make targets.
talenphillips
MEs make the weapons, CivE make the targets, and EEs make the control systems that miss the targets. CompEs make the shitty interfaces that…
RayMC
Isn't interfacing software side? Hence implying software engineers (ie, programmers)? I thought CompEs make the actual hardware components.
talenphillips
Computer engineers generally do software and some hardware for embedded systems.
talenphillips
…cause false alarms to be sent out.
DarthFutuza
Do we have particle engineers yet?
EEgirl
The closest is nuclear engineers, but I look forward to the day particle engineers are a thing.
FFBC
Yes, they are called physicists.
DarthFutuza
Don't they just mostly deal with theory rather than practical application for human use though?
FFBC
There's a difference between theorists and experimentalists. But experimental physicists still does more theory than the average engineer.
bpetersen
Electrical...electrons...also chemical engineers
DarthFutuza
We have electron engineers? o.O What do they do?
MrMineHeads
chemical engineers are not chemists. They do not play with chemicals. My sister who is one made that very clear for me.
mhiller450
I'm studying mechanical engineering and we view civil engineers as the people who couldn't do mechanical, since civil is viewed as easier. 1
cdall
Lmao, it's not just where you are... its everywhere bud
IthinkUrFunny
Civil engineers are the ones who want to be outside.
FallingWithStyleSquirrel
I have a ME degree and my girlfriend (history degree) doesn't understand why I shit on Civils.
LuminoZero
It’s ok. The Chemical Engineers feel the same way about Mechanical Engineers.
typowned
I have bachelor's degrees in both, no lie. Mechanical engineering was way tougher.
MarkRavingMad
I'm in Aerospace and that's pretty much how we feel about Mech-E's
Aryn240
Industrial is the default ME dropout major where I'm from
Darthran
Civil is definitely easier in school, can't say much for the career.
ReasonableConservative
You both get that little cap when you graduate, so it's all good.
THEdrakespirit
MechEs make weapons, civils make targets. Never forget that
Wildcat0202
One of the biggest contributors to aerospace is structural engineering. Which has it's roots in Civil.
LCB052711
*its
veive257
you'll do well in usace.. hit up usajobs before your last semester
brownribbon
As a materials engineer, we all need to band together to disparage industrial engineers.
Ferrumkit
Are the industrial engineers the reason for the droid attack on the wookies?
brownribbon
No, they’re responsible for Jar Jar Binks.
Oober51
Mechanicals study more topics in less depth so they spend the first 5 years of their careers being a grunt to other engineering disciplines
mknut389
Us electrical engineers just make up shit and claim everyone else is just too stupid to understand... I mean really... Imaginary power
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NomadGray
Quick!! How many joules could theoretically be contained in a AA battery!!...... I hate my professors sometimes
eetsumkaus
well I mean, yeah, most of the functions we deal with are imaginary
danieldaishiro
In everything else a tolerance of 0.1% is a lot in EE 10% is more than fine.
eetsumkaus
maybe if you do digital...
danieldaishiro
In circuits 10% tolerance is usually fine
atnair
I’ve been told that mechs are people who couldn’t do electrical ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
NomadGray
In order it goes Chemical>Electrical>Mechanical>Civil>Industrial. That is the food chain.
atnair
as an EE I agree. I’d throw biomed ahead of EE too
NomadGray
True, but my hierarchy was the bases. Biomed is offshoot of chem, like aero is offshoot of mechanical
mhiller450
In reality, it's probably not, but just a little rivalry kind of thing we have. But all engineers hate on industrial engineering, because 2
MrPilkington
Civil and Mech only really split at the end. We go through Dynamics as well, its usually heat transfer, and vibration classes we don’t get.
fuckheadlarry
Industial engineering...
mhiller450
It actually not really engineering. It is really business for engineering and yet they are still called engineers. 3
Cosi15
I’m studying Computer Science and we have the same thing with MIS(management info sys) people, basically business school for Com S but easy
bananaslacks
First two years of school are identical for CE & ME - the difference is the application. The same level of mathematics is required.
somnif
Know all the crazy crap Users do you Mech.Engs need to compensate for? In Civ.Eng the Users ARE the material. Weep for them.
coldtothetouch
As an industrial engineer, you suck
rizion
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/9e/5d/43/9e5d436eb6f39459cf7392119a3e47d8.jpg
PainGwen
So is there some kind of standard all the real engineers have agreed upon? I'm curious, not an engineer, not trying to start a fight
alexjonesisagayfrog
watching mechies pick on civs is my greatest joy in life because you get to watch in real time mechies take out all the frustrations of
alexjonesisagayfrog
Being the but of every other engineers joke so y'all say the most vile shit to the others because it's the only rung below yours, no offense
eetsumkaus
eh, I've never understood that hate for Industrial Engineers. They do things just as rigorously as Computer Scientists
AllTheCoolKidsPeeTheirPants
brownribbon
IE FTL.
Geek13
As a Civil, you suck. But not as much as an industrial.
Wildcat0202
Agreed everyone hates industrial. Civils didn't want to be Mech E's because we don't want to sit inside all day and model parts for lawn 1/
dpidcoe
so civil is like the coast guard of engineering
Wildcat0202
mowers or the windshield wipers on a car. Civils want to go outside and build skyscrapers and dams Things that will hold your legacy long 2/
workwares
Don't worry, software engineers look down on all of them. They are the slaves that builds us all the details before real work can begin.
themuse011
And Security Engineers are the ones that tell you why you need 10x more code to do the same thing ;)
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
You mean programmers?
DarthFutuza
I'm an idiot so I went into software engineering, I know my place. I couldn't comprehend 1/10th of what nuclear engineers deal with.
ValleytotheSea
Haha. No.
myr14d
... The way you talk about this reminds me of how some of my military buddies talk about other branches.
Grudgebearingmidget
Its mostly just a friendly rivalry of sorts, army might poke fun at the 'mighty CHairforce' but its all in good fun.
DanDeerso
Yeah, that's pretty accurate.
iLikeBeerandSquirrels
Biomed major: emphasis is in genetic engineering. Im also a former medic from the Army. Physics sucks and coast guard isn't real military.
alexjonesisagayfrog
As a biomed engineer. civs v. Mechs is like national guard v. Marines you'll enjoy watching it but really they're fighting for last
ImgursLibertarian
I always saw it as: Industrial < Civil < Electrical = Mechanical < Chemical < Nuclear < Materials
ImgursLibertarian
And just to make sure we look at the other majors: Physics = Mathematics > Chemistry + other natural sciences = Engineering > ...
AnAverageBrazillian
Organic Chem is some fucked up black magic, i would put it higher
HowsItGoinEh
Where does computer engineering fit in there
EatingFiftyBagels
Electrical engineering isnt too bad.