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I feel like I can only dream about such a time, such a place. Engineer? Prestige?

• tormeh 11y ago
  I think it's the inverse. Disregard for engineers seems like an anglo-saxon phenomenon to me. The Germanic countries are, of course, famed for holding engineers in high regard, but so do most third-world countries, and China. I think the anglo-saxon opinion of engineers is caused by blurring the line between engineer and technician.
  • fit2rule 11y ago
    I think its caused by the inappropriate elevation of the marketing classes, who don't have a job unless someone else does the work of building something...
• yankoff 11y ago
  Well, I think, being a software engineer is still pretty cool in Silicon Valley :)
• prodmerc 11y ago
  Eh, don't know about the place. You'd be respected, but stuck with working for a shitty government and shitty people with their own agendas for all of your life.
  • rangibaby 11y ago
    That doesn't sound unique to the USSR lol
    • prodmerc 11y ago
      I guess so, but at least you'd have the choice to leave :-)