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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 11:41 am Post subject: Re: Re: what is an engineer.... |
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<BigD(at)DaveMorris.com>
DO NOT ARCHIVE
Quote: | And you're wrong about Germany. They have more initials after their names
than you can imagine. And those who are able (and worthy) of being named
things like Prof. Dr. Dr. Firstname Middlename Lastname-Hyphen-NobilityName
Dipl. Ing.
never touch dirt. Dave Morris
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Dave,
I don't mean to say that Germans don't have lots of letters after their
name. But my experience is that they actually work for a living. Certain
cultures have a love for technology and they honor and praise people who
make things. The Japanese, Germans, Italians and others are thus. The
French, Nigerians, British, Americans and Latins and others distain
technologists. Someday look up the history of the cargo cults and how the
native men would hold "meetings" and drink tea, while the crops rotted in
the fields. It was clear to them that manual labor brought no wealth, and
the British who held mettings and drank tea had all the riches.
See attached. 515k file.
http://www.periheliondesign.com/downloads/technoscan.bmp
I also wanted to add a warning that my dad gave me that I should have
followed. I went to work in a suit and tie and designed devices. When my
bosses found out I could also make all the
prototypes--opto-mechanical-electrical, my future prospects in management
plummeted. I should have been smarter, but I guess I avoided those endless,
pointless meetings anyway.
Regards,
Eric M. Jones
www.PerihelionDesign.com
113 Brentwood Drive
Southbridge MA 01550-2705
(508) 764-2072
Teamwork: " A lot of people doing exactly what I say."
(Marketing exec., Citrix Corp.)
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