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The physicists where I work like to joke about how engineers can't do basic physics stuff and the engineers like to joke about how physicists struggle to conver
by dotnet00 3y ago
The physicists where I work like to joke about how engineers can't do basic physics stuff and the engineers like to joke about how physicists struggle to convert design into reality.
Neither of them genuinely dislikes the other's field/passion, they're actually very appreciative of each other's skills. It's just a very common kind of humor.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoAnd I bet both fields are wondering how to be more appealing to women right?
- defrost 3y agoEngineering, physics, mathematics, astronomy and STEM in general are already appealing to women - it's the bro-centric institutions that are off putting. Women like R.O have contributed to all those fields since the 1980s .. but then they've been surrounded by others like C.P to take the edge off the boof heads. https://www.science.org.au/profile/robyn-owens https://www.science.org.au/profile/robyn-owens https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/cheryl-praeger https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/cheryl-pra...
- dotnet00 3y agoMy workplace doesn't appear to be having any trouble with that. Jokes like that aren't exactly gender specific.