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Engineering is not glamorous here at all, which I think is a shame because it's a productive, generative, job, with good qualifications needed, and it has a goo
by danpalmer 4y ago
Engineering is not glamorous here at all, which I think is a shame because it's a productive, generative, job, with good qualifications needed, and it has a good earning potential. It's much less sought after than working in "marketing", yet probably on average a better job in many ways.
Software Engineering and "working in IT" does have a different perception and is considered "cooler", even though the vast majority of our IT jobs are awful.
- ur-whale 4y ago> Engineering is not glamorous here at all, which I think is a shame because it's a productive, generative, job, with good qualifications needed, and it has a good earning potential. Big focus on money here. Being an engineer is also: - rewarding in its own right (you *build* things) - an achievement to be proud of - a way to have a long lasting net contribution to society with - usually - little moral downside I'd put these ahead of any financial reward.
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- tonyedgecombe 4y ago>Software Engineering and "working in IT" does have a different perception and is considered "cooler", even though the vast majority of our IT jobs are awful. I think that is a fairly recent change, it certainly wasn't the case when I started my career in the eighties.