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People have no fucking clue how welding actually works here, do they... There's a difference between slagging shit together with a MIG gun, and stick or TIG we

by douche 10y ago

People have no fucking clue how welding actually works here, do they... There's a difference between slagging shit together with a MIG gun, and stick or TIG welding. Ideally, you would know all the chemistry and physics underlying what you are doing, but the reality is that most people learn rules of thumb and get on with it. Use this type of rod, and this setting on the welder, for plain steel, this combination for stainless, and this one for aluminum. Most welders, even the very good ones, frankly don't have the brainpower to handle programming - and that's okay. They make a decent living for themselves and their families. I wouldn't want to suck down that much argon and oxidized metal, but it is what it is.

Kinnard 10y ago
I studied Material Science Engineering, never welded anything(high-ed is a long-form joke??), but I hope to learn. I'm certainly glad I know how to code and I know a lot of the underlying chemistry/physics. I doubt there are very many welders out there who could not learn MatScie or how to code. I also doubt there are very many welders out there willing to put in the work to learn to code or to learn MatScie. And that doesn't mean they're lazy. Different types of learning require different efforts.
- dagw 10y ago
  For what it's worth, I'm not saying that we should teach welders how to code, but rather that if everybody gets some exposure to coding in school, then the next generation of welders might already know the basics and be able to integrate that into their jobs.
dang 10y ago
> People have no fucking clue how welding actually works here, do they... There's no need to put people down for knowing less than you do. This comment would be much better without the first sentence. Many people here know stuff that the rest of us don't. The thing to in that case is to teach something.

by douche 10y ago

Kinnard 10y ago

I studied Material Science Engineering, never welded anything(high-ed is a long-form joke??), but I hope to learn. I'm certainly glad I know how to code and I know a lot of the underlying chemistry/physics. I doubt there are very many welders out there who could not learn MatScie or how to code. I also doubt there are very many welders out there willing to put in the work to learn to code or to learn MatScie. And that doesn't mean they're lazy. Different types of learning require different efforts.

dagw 10y ago
For what it's worth, I'm not saying that we should teach welders how to code, but rather that if everybody gets some exposure to coding in school, then the next generation of welders might already know the basics and be able to integrate that into their jobs.

dang 10y ago

> People have no fucking clue how welding actually works here, do they... There's no need to put people down for knowing less than you do. This comment would be much better without the first sentence. Many people here know stuff that the rest of us don't. The thing to in that case is to teach something.