Engineering study hall rant.

Sweet.

I had a similar experience, which is why I switched from engineering after my freshman semester. What I encountered, however, was a sort of arrogant nerdy population that I just couldn't stand. Since I couldn't stand working with these types of people, I decided I should pursue a degree preparing me for a different field entirely.

I hope you're not part of the arrogant nerdy population.

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

Think about it

Originally Posted by whiteslashasian

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Socially inept and frankly creepy classmates, professors who have no clue how to teach nor do they care to, TA's who cannot speak a word of english...the list goes on and on.

Sounds quite similar to my engineering experience. I never understood how an electrical engineering student could go through college without ever picking up a soldering iron.

Originally Posted by BossTweed

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I hope you're not part of the arrogant nerdy population.

He uses the word "plebe"

I know exactly what you mean. I do all of my work in the humanities library.

Originally Posted by Joe Cool

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In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

Think about it

I've never bought that. Generally the best and the brightest get beat down by the jealous, unhappy masses, so in the land of the blind the one eyed man would have his eye gouged out to make sure he fits in.

OP is not a duchebag.

I'm sure all those things would annoy anyone here to an equal or greater extent.

OP is the kind of asshole that engineering employers will reject because they can smell his douchey arrogance a mile away.

Originally Posted by Mr. Macaque

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OP is the kind of asshole that engineering employers will reject because they can smell his douchey arrogance a mile away.

Yup.

Yeah, there's way too many people trying to major in Eng/CS but don't really give a **** about the subject matter itself, and interviewers at any decent company will be able to spot that from a mile away. Trying to go into project management could possibly work, if you want something sort of engineering related but don't want to do just engineering work all day.

The OP has tarred all engineers with the same brush.

As a mining & geotechnical engineer of 10 years, with a BE and a PhD, there are a few things I would like to point out:

- The operative word to keep in mind in all of this is 'computer'. I mean christ, what the hell did you expect? Guys with tatts and acting all manly in comp sci? WoW will always be the coversational topic of choice with those guys. Its almost the exact same crowd that I saw at a Dream Theater concert last year.
- The Informatics Faculty (which comp sci and telecommunications engineering were part of) were a separate engineering faculty at the university I went to, as opposed to the Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering Faculty I was a part of.
- Yes, we all laughed at the geeks in informatics, as the stereotypes were too hilarious to dismiss.
- The engineers I work and associate with are definately not socially awkward, nor do they have an aversion to females. I attribute that to engineers in my profession not sitting behind a computer for 8-10 hours a day. Other tasks include site inspections, design work, laboratory testing, and actually hands on mining work. When I am not on site, dress attire in the office is pretty much a suit without a jacket (its too hot in Brisbane), not daggy jeans complemented with K-Mart's finest clothing.

Mining Engineering FTW! No wimps here (or bad breath)

Cheers!

I like how arrogant nerds are pointed out in this thread, then "MasterOfReality" swoops in to make a defense.

Mining... that sounds pretty hardcore. I wanna know more about your job, just out of curiosity.

My father told me a few years back that he worked with some miners on a project in Sydney. He said there was a big turnover since it was a physically strenuous and tough job, one not for the faint-hearted at least.

oh and by the way, employers will NOT be examining my aura to see if I'm a "douche" or not. Maybe that might make you feel better, but what employers look for is charisma, personality, and, more than anything else, that I actually know my **** about programming. I satisfy the first two (guess that makes me a douche?), and I'm already well good on the third- aced java, C, and C++ with ease so far.

Honestly, I don't feel I'm really going to have any trouble finding a job after college. My problem is I just haven't decided what route I want take yet- aim high for management, or remain the genius programmer in the backgrounds, like my dad. He's an outspoken Marxist, though. He hates management.