Can An Engineer answer these questions?

How is it possibly that only 1 person as looked at this thread in the 20min i've posted this. My gosh, that is a record.

You've assumed people who have jobs are looking at this post at 9am..

and your assuming a give a bloody tea party about time. I posted this question early so that it may be answered sometime anytime through out the day. And it wasn't 9 when I posted this. Well, it wasn't in my country. I didn't know this was a UK website.

Bloody 'ell.
- Make a post asking for help.
- Moan you dont get it instantly.
- Flame anyone else who comes near.

Nice!

As for it being a UK based forum, the clue to my mind, is in the url.




Not really sure why i'm answering this,I must be too nice, but in case its any use.

a. What engineering discipline did he or she graduate in?
Mechanical Engineering (masters)
b. To what extent do the knowledge and principles of that discipline apply in his or her current job?
Heavily, along with life experience I use my education heavily every day, even if in many cases more the overall knowledge and method of application than any specific calculation or formula.
c. What industry sector does he or she work in?
Manufacture of Construction and Agricultural machinery.
d. What percentage of his or her time is spent in the various engineering job functions(design, test, development, management, etc.)?
Previously as a graduate by normal day-job is about 70% Design and development of design, combined with co-coordinating and supervising test and development, prototype builds, and manufacturing introduction, as well as site/supplier visits and managing myself my development as a new starter etc.
More recently I have been seconded to support the engineering of spin-off project at one of our overseas factories for their domestic market, which has swung it round to about 70% Management, with most of the rest on Design. But its still engineering management, on the ground, supervising designers, making decisions, integrating the design/engineering with the other project functions, rather than top level.
I enjoy it all, anything that's a challenge is interesting, the main issue I have at the moment is leaving the office early enough to get enough sleep to do it all the following day, without dropping out on my other commitments.



Daniel

(Posted in English on thestudentroom.co.uk)

Thanks for answering my question, now I'll answer yours. You ask why your answering, will its not cause your nice. It's cause your only trying to prove that your not a complete troll.

first off

You literally felt the need to state I came on here asking for help. Really? as I recall, this is a forum and I'm in a section where people asks questions cause they need some sort of help. That is such a smart thing to point out. You sure made me look like an idiot.

Then you claim I moan because I don't get it instantly? Did I really do that? Maybe you should use your engineering brain and think through my comments a little bit more instead of falsely interpreting what I post and again, trying to build your ego by making me look like an idiot. I haven't been on this website too long, but I've watched how fast new posts get views. It really was indeed a record that only one person was curious to click on my post within 20min. In fact, I almost considered not posting that, but I also did it because in 20 min, my post was already several post below and I didn't want it to just die because I still needed the answer. In honesty, I was trying to make a joke with that comment. I can see how someone could interpret it as somewhat demanding or even moaning in your case, but they would be trying quite to hard to victimize themselves and miss the humor in it. Apparently someone understood it as they actually gave me a like for that.

As well you say I flamed anyone else who came near. Hmm.... that's strange. From the beginning you interpret what i say as moaning and then flaming; yet you don't interpret what the other guy who had posted as in anyway rude or flaming. From my perspective, he had no reason to post unless he wanted answer the question or troll me. Or wait, maybe he was trying to make a funny joke. but if that was the case, it would mean he was trying to make a joke at me from the way he phrased which would mean he was trying to make me look like an idiot and I don't respond to people like that very nicely as you should now be able to tell. "Flame anyone else who comes near" umm.. more like "Flame anyone who comes near me with a flame thrower"


And by the way, I didn't find this website because I had the URL. I googled for ways to talk to engineers, and this website was one of the first few ones that popped up on my search.

Upon posting this question, I tried to make it seem as little demanding as it may have been because I know people don't like demanding question. The first guy that actually answered the question said I didn't give any deadlines. Although I was somewhat desperate for an answer when I posted, I did indeed refrained from putting a deadline because I felt if I did, it would be to demanding and no one would answer.

Anyways, thanks for all those who actually took the time to answer my question. I was not able to get the questions answered in time to finish the assignment, but I at least know the information personally and I guess that's all that really matters in the end.

Thanks for answering my question, now I'll answer yours...

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Thanks for answering my question, now I'll answer yours. You ask why your answering, will its not cause your nice. It's cause your only trying to prove that your not a complete troll.

I was fully intending to post answers to your questions - I didn't think you'd been all that bad earlier on in the thread and I thought that other people had been quite mean to you when you didn't realise this was a British website and that it was 9 in the morning here when you posted. We Brits aren't generally a nasty bunch really (ok, there's 60 million of us, so massive generalisation (generalization)), just some of the ones who go on internet forums. Honest!



That was until I saw this, anyway. I am not normally the sort to do this but let me offer you some life advice:

whatever makes you go to sleep at night.

i suggest you stay away from engineering if you cannot deduce thatthe "uk" part in .co.uk stands for united kingdom