we are doing engineering for greed 26

[adityabhardwaj]

we are doing engineering for greed of job money or for self satisfaction??

think TWICE before reply.........!!!

$ny

 

[IRstuff]

Since this is the OP's first and only post, I doubt that there is much nuance involved in his provocative question.

TTFN
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[IRstuff]

Or, maybe, it's just a disgruntled engineer posing a poser to ostensibly gruntled (undisgruntled? nondisgruntled?) engineers.

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[SomptingGuy]

I do it to buy porn.

- Steve

 

[spongebob007]

I admit that I do it for the money. As a kid I never said "I want to be an engineer when I grow up." In fact I honestly had no interest in being an engineer. I went into engineering because I always did well in math and science classes in school and my parents constantly pushed me to go to college for something that would give me marketable job skills and earn me a decent living.

There are aspects of being an engineer that I find enjoyable, but if I won the lottery tonight I would probably not be showing up for work in the morning. I could find self satisfaction from plenty of activites that are not engineering.

There are times when I wish I was more passionate about what I do. Like a poster said in another thread something about putting in 80 hour work weeks and still wanting more. I have never known anything close tothat level of job satisfaction. Engineering is better than slinging hamburgers for a living, but work still sucks.

 

[ctopher]

To stay with current trends and fad's, I do it for greed.
I thought twice about it.

Chris
SolidWorks 11
ctopher's home
SolidWorks Legion

 

[arunmrao]

My personal/selfish needs are also my greed. ( No need to think twice about that!).

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"It's better to die standing than live your whole life on the knees" by Peter Mayle in his book A Good Year

 

[msquared48]

Greed or not, the level seen in engineering, for the most part, does not hold a candle to that of the banking or mega-corporate boys.

Our "greed" is just pocket change in the penny jar to them.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

http://mmcengineering.tripod.com

 

[stanweld]

While I have left boring jobs for more intellectually stimulating ones and may have passed up some future earnings in the process, I never regressed pay wise in the short term. As professionals, we do get paid for our services.

 

[moltenmetal]

Wow, that troll really got to you guys quick! Stupid question (yes, there is such a thing as a stupid question, such as this one), not deserving of any kind of considered answer beyond asking the OP to look up "professional" in the dictionary and compare its definition against that of "amateur". I'm a professional, not an amateur.

 

[HornTootinEE]

I've never met an engineer who engineers for "greed" yeah, we expect a good salary because what we do affects many people. A world without engineers would be back to living in caves-really, think about it. Why do we have houses, electricity, buildings, cars, comforts of life, etc? Because somebody decided to engineer something on scientific principles to help make life easier.

Teachers-the good ones don't teach just because they get summers off either. It's a great perk to make up/compensate for the lower pay-but the good ones don't teach for that reason.


In my opinion Engineers should be more highly compensated than lawyers. But, lawyers usually litigate and win millions, or keep their employers out of litigation thereby saving millions-which justifies their high salary to the business world.

 

[metengr]

As professionals, we do get paid for our services.

So do hookers.

 

[SnTMan]

moltenmetal, slow day, what can I say?

Regards,

Mike

 

[ash9144]

Someone should have thought at least twice before allowing the OP access to a computer.

 

[EnergyMix]

or to this site, ash9144.

In my opinion, most of the responders here have misunderstood what "greed" means. Expecting to be fairly compensated for your services is not greed. Greed is "the inordinate desire to possess wealth, goods, or objects of abstract value with the intention to keep it for one's self, far beyond the dictates of basic survival and comfort." I would add it would be using your engineering skills in a manner that harmed others to your, or your company's, gratification. While I'm sure there is a small minority that might "fit that bill," that's not the typical engineering profile. More typical is the engineer who wonders why he isn't being compensated as well as everyone else. (How many posts have been seen on this forum on that subject versus this singular one on greedy engineers?)

Greedy are the folks that come here as leechers ... only asking questions, expecting immediate responses even though they only give partial information, and going away in a huff when their problem isn't solved for them, until the next time they want help.

Not greedy are the folks who spend time trying to help others with their problems, even if the original poster isn't completely satisfied with the results. Those folks are donating time and engineering skills expecting nothing more than maybe an occasional thanks or a purple star.

The site has far more of the second than the first. That's why it has the reputation that it does. If engineers were "greedy," then the site wouldn't exist, because no one would ever find an answer on it. You've seen sites like that -- questions get posted, but never answered. Here, the answers come quick. They're accurate, they're helpful. Maybe the people on here are not representative of the typical engineer, but I don't think that's the case.

 

[SNORGY]

EnergyMix,

Ya nailed it, man.

JJ

 

[kingnero]

I didn't misunderstood greed, I just posted in the same seriousness as the question was asked. and I think many did the same.
I'm not trying to throw a stone in your direction, just elaborating my point of view.

 

[SomptingGuy]

Man?

- Steve

 

[Skogsgurra]

I have been thinking about this. Many times. I have also been thinking about why this really interesting question seems to irritate and provoke. Does such a question hurt us engineers? Why? Is it because the word 'greed' was used instead of 'need to get some money to buy food'?

I really have been thinking more than twice. But answering that question is easy: I am a prostitute - I get paid for my services. And I am also a happy prostitute that finds great pleasure in what I do. I also have a great relationship with my clientele.

Add to that that I love the tools I use and the freedom I have as an independent engineer. And there is no souteneur to pay. Exept the State.

Gunnar Englund

http://www.gke.org

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Half full - Half empty? I don't mind. It's what in it that counts.

 

[dbooker630]

Greed - you must be kidding! I am an engineer becuase that is the best way to earn a living and support my family based on the skills I have.

I really wanted to be a baseball player but couldn't hit the high hard stuff. Maybe you should discuss greed in professional sports instead...owners and players.

 

[oldfieldguy]

First, at my rather advanced age, I've finally quit having a job. I have a hobby with a paycheck.

It's a nice paycheck, too. I am enamored with the security of having a roof over my head, food in the pantry, a few toys. Is having those things 'greedy'?

Is making sure that my employer has the means to move huge amounts of natural gas through a few thousand miles of pipe to provide lighting and heat and a thousand industrial processes a selfish act?

I'm thinking a little quid pro quo here. Civilization does not happen by magic, unless it's "One man's magic is another man's engineering".

old field guy