You Might Be an Engineer

The top 0001 0100 signs that you might be an engineer….

  1. You have no life and you can prove it mathematically.
  2. You’ve actually used every single function on your graphing calculator.
  3. You chuckle whenever someone says “centrifugal force”.
  4. You know vector calculus but you can’t remember how to do long division.
  5. The sales people at the local computer store can”t answer any of your questions.
  6. You bring a computer manual / technical journal as vacation reading.
  7. You know the glass is neither half full nor half empty; it’s simply twice as big as it needs to be.
  8. You think in “math”.
  9. You consider ANY non-engineering course “easy”.
  10. You can translate English into Binary.
  11. A three year old asks why the sky is blue and you try to explain atmospheric absorption theory.
  12. It is sunny and 70 degrees outside, and you are working on a computer.
  13. At an air show you know how fast the skydivers are falling.
  14. You can recite the value of pi to one hundred digits.
  15. You have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.
  16. The “fun” center of your brain has deteriorated from lack of use.
  17. You carry on a one-hour debate over the expected results of a test that only takes five minutes to run.
  18. You can type 70 words per minute but you can’t read your own handwriting.
  19. You assume that a “horse” is a “sphere” in order to make the math easier.
  20. You understood more than five of these jokes.

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5 Responses to “You Might Be an Engineer”

  1. agus Says:

    oh my godnes, I am an engineer…(after read item no 20).

  2. Tony Says:

    I like it. Or do I? Does this completely describe my pathetic life? Most do. Except for number three. If one does a coordinate transformation from cartesian to cylindrical coordinates, the centrifugal force shows up. But whatever. I just thoroughly proved why I’m an engineer.

  3. Justin Says:

    I’ll give you that one Tony. But most people don’t know what coordinate substitution is, much less the difference between an inertial reference frame and a rotating reference frame. Some reading about centrifugal force for any other fellow nerds coming through.

  4. Mikey Says:

    Holy Crap! I finally found a reason to be glad that I wipe ass for a living.

  5. ambupssalp Says:

    thats it, brother

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