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[-] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 133 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago

According to my experience, the left one does not amount to much.

[-] Gonzako@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, books can't teach you nepotism

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

No chapter about Late Sumerian?

[-] BodilessGaze@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

They yanked the chapter about selling copper because it got bad reviews

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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Ben Rich, aeronautical engineer and second head of Lockeed's Skunkworks after Kelly Johnson mentions Harvard Business School in his autobiography. He was apparently sent to a program they taught there for professionals already working in industry to become more business savvy. Kelly Johnson sent Ben Rich to this program, and when Rich got back, Johnson asked him what he learned. He said "Okay let me show you." and he turned to the blackboard and wrote "2/3 HBS = BS" on the blackboard.

[-] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 75 points 2 weeks ago

Except what they teach you in engineering school, apparently.

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago

i stayed awake for at least 20% of lecture time, so there is that

[-] socsa@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

I hear the chapter called "your girlfriend is studying abroad with stinky Frenchmen, and other pick-me scenarios to ruin your 20s" is particularly riveting.

[-] Gork@sopuli.xyz 48 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

All that math you learned? Forget it. You're in spreadsheet land now.

[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 32 points 2 weeks ago

That being said, it's important to know how to sanity-check the math, especially in the era of Copilot in Excel. We just found that our company's configuration enables it by default on new workbooks, as we found when it was just...making up numbers when asked to do simple addition.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

Year 2194:

"Well, it's like my ol' papy copilot always used to say.... 2 + 2 = null."

[-] magnue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Stawberries

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Did you like those fancy tools they gave you in school? You can cling to your memories of them as you attempt to recreate their functionality in excel without your boss noticing that you're wasting time on this

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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 weeks ago

There needs to be a required summer semester of engineering school called "being a mechanic."

Okay college boy, put on a shirt with your name embroidered on it and come out here into the shop. Yeah it's 110 degrees in the shade, you've got your buddy Tom Midgly Jr. to thank for that. Now take this wrench and take that bolt out. Oh it doesn't come out because the oil pan is in the way? I wonder whose fault that is. No, we're not gonna let it cool before dropping the oil pan, the customer is in the lobby. Yeah. It is 240 degrees. No, it doesn't all drain out through the plug, there's a half quart that doesn't come out. Yes, you're getting that on you. Don't get any of it on the interior of the car when you back it out. Now take off the oil filter. Yes, you're gonna burn the back of your hand on the exhaust manifold. You're taking every Toyota oil filter off this summer. You're gonna hold the burn mark on the back of your hand up like Tyler Durden.

Oh you're going to be an aeronautical engineer. c'mere boy, we're gonna take the wings off a 152 Aerobat, you get to pick the spar bolts out of the catalog, we'll safety wire the control cable turnbuckles through those little inspection ports you types are so stingy with, and then we'll take the bird you just reassembled up for a couple two or three hours of spin training to see if ya done it right. You ever do a snap roll? I'll teach you more about the aerodynamics of maneuvering flight in 1.5 seconds than your physics professor did in a semester. Eat bananas for breakfast, they taste the same coming up as they do going down. And buddy they're coming back up. Because of the special jug bolt wrench I had to buy, I'm gonna pull at least one breakfast back out of your face using nothing but stick and rudder.

[-] lauha@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

While I agree with what you say, the mechanics should also be involved in solving the problem of making all those easily accessible withing the constrains of the projects. It would give insight both ways

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago

White collar engineers? Paying attention to blue collar techs? That's the plot of the next Andy Weir novel, isn't it? A hilariously naive notion of people working together to solve problems? Sounds like his work.

[-] Techranger@infosec.pub 5 points 2 weeks ago

Boeing actually did this when they designed the 777. They were the first manufacturer to hire a Chief Mechanic to participate in the design process. His name is Jack Hessburg.

In his role as chief mechanic at Boeing, Hessburg led a group of more than 100 mechanics in designing features into the 777 that have made it one of the most mechanic-friendly airplanes in the world.

https://boeing.mediaroom.com/1999-04-27-Boeing-Chief-Mechanic-Earns-Lifetime-Achievement-Award

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago

Good lesson plan. Then make them take some art and design courses.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

"can you make this green a little bit more like the feeling of biting a butterfly? and also rewrite the copy to make it more crunchy. You have 1 hour, yes I know it's 3am"

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

You forgot to make them crawl into the wing wearing breathing ppe on a hot day to seal an integral fuel tank.

On a side note, I just changed the oil and filter on a Toyota yesterday. The only pain in the ass about it is that the damn mechanics completely ignored the torque requirement and overtightened the cartridge housing. I had to use an impact to remove something only supposed to be torqued to 18 ft lb. Otherwise everything is easy to access.

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I couldn't solve all the world's problems if I was given this power, but it would make people who are damaged in the same way I am laugh for a couple months out of the year.

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[-] lennee@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago
[-] MrMeowMeow@mander.xyz 17 points 2 weeks ago

It might be nothing but gardening tips

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 14 points 2 weeks ago

It's probably a concise history of Italian opera.

[-] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

It's the basics of the Klingon language, including pronunciation, syntax, and vocabulary.

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

nah, it's usually bomb recipes.

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[-] polite_cat@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago
  1. Buy Factorio
  2. Start playing Factorio
  3. ???
  4. THE FACTORY MUST GROW
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[-] WandowsVista@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

between that and an actual engineering school book, you'd have access to all the knowledge in the known universe

[-] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah seriously that book he's holding in his hand seems quite small for all the information it claims to contain.

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[-] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Godspeed, I recently dropped out of engineering to go back into art, shits hard, you're smart

[-] PagPag@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

You know what they call an engineer who finished last in their class?

[-] Spur4383@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago
[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

A public servant? Lol jk

[-] Nomad@infosec.pub 4 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

The answer is an engineer.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

An asshole who was notably dead weight in every project?

[-] socsa@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Patent examiner

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[-] jeffep@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I so wish this is a book about Humanities

[-] Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Turn it off and turn it back on?

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

That picture does not show the really important information. Is it a brochure, or is it a foot-thick book?

[-] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

In before the book is all about cooking tips and tricks

[-] hypeerror@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

How to interact with other humans.

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