Engineering is a philosophy. First principles applied to real-world problems. I'm not a Civil Engineer. So what? What does a Civil Engineer have in common with

Engineering is a philosophy. First principles applied to real-world problems. I'm not a Civil Engineer. So what? What does a Civil Engineer have in common with an Electrical Engineer or a Chemical Engineer? Very little day-to-day. Or an Engineer on an oil rig? They'd laugh that Engineering means getting it right every time. I can also tell you a Civil Engineer has very different problems if you're building a skyscraper in Asia, somewhere waterlogged, as opposed to somewhere geotechnically active. If you picked up your average skyscraper and dropped it in New Zealand, you'll have problems. Saying the techniques are the same is a gross generalisation.