Why are engineers so arrogant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From http://www.electronicproducts.com/News/Engineer_vs_engineer_Who_has_the_higher_IQ.aspx


Average IQ Profession
130 Physics
129 Mathematics
128.5 Computer Science
128 Economics
127.5 Chemical engineering
127 Material Science
126 Electrical Engineering
125.5 Mechanical Engineering
125 Philosophy
124 Chemistry
123 Earth Sciences
122 Industrial Engineering
122 Civil Engineering
121.5 Biology

All of the top smarts professions (except for philosophy) are science/math/engineering (econ is all math).

There's only 8.5 points between the top and the bottom of this list. That's hardly definitive proof that one is smarter than another (says the mathematics major).

More importantly, what's the standard deviation?

-Engineer

15 for the whole population. Apparently this is the top of the someones list and these STEM fields are grouped in ~1/2 of a std dev. On an individual test the margin for error is around +/- 3pts. Since the numbers above are averages the error should be less, but the std dev per field is probably still enough that there will be some biologists scoring above some physicists. A list like the one above is more about the lack of non STEM fields than comparing individuals within the fields listed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We build stuff that works.

We are the reason the planes fly, the power is on, the bridges and buildings stay up, the trains, cars, and trucks work, the computers exist, etc. etc. etc.

Without us you'd be living in a mud hut doing back-breaking labor every day and living one bad harvest from your whole tribe starving to death.

You're welcome!

Yeah and the rest of us are the reason you get paychecks. The engineers I know and work with may be good at what they do but they are completely useless at anything organizational or interpersonal. And they completely lack the self awareness to recognize that their skills are only marketable when leveraged in an organization that is producing something and functioning effectively in society.

Nice try, but you have it backwards. You wouldn't have a job "managing" engineers (if that's what you do) if the engineers didn't design and build a good product.

Engineers can do management better than (non-technical) managers can do engineering.

Putting some MBA who doesn't know shit about designing and building things in charge of an engineering company is a recipe for disaster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Engineering is the art of turning science into reality.

-BSc Aero, MSc EE.

I was going to write this...then I looked the date it was posted and realized I DID write this...two years ago. At least I'm consistent.