And yes, here are a bunch more of the descriptions of what you might be like if you’re an engineer. These are mostly new.
Ok, here we go again. Only these descriptions of how you can tell you’re an engineer are fresh. We searched hi and low for new descriptions, and we made u a bunch of them.
So have fun.
Our earlier versions of “You Might Be an Engineer If” are in the related links below.
If the numbers 1.414 and 0.707 look familiar.
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Your IQ is more than your weight.
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You’re lying in the hospital bed asking the nurse how the light on your finger is measuring oxygen level (and then hold your breath to test it).
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If you know constants, conversions and orders of magnitude better than you know addition and subtraction.
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You’ve already calculated how much you make per second.
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You have used coat hangers and duct tape for something other than hanging coats and taping ducts.
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You tried to invent various Lego contraptions in the hope of making money when you were a kid.
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You have a watch or clock that automatically synchronizes itself, and/or you have a bookmark on your browser pointing to the atomic clock.
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You have a NASA app on your phone.
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You not only know the names of the astronauts but the exact date and time of the first lunar landing (3:17 PM CDT, July 20, 1969).
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Someone comments on the mirage effect in the desert as a reflection of water you must correct them since it is actually refraction of light.
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You’ve ever said, “Oh yes, it’s supposed to look like that.”
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Not only do you keep old computers, but you’ve actually checked eBay to see how much it would cost to buy an MITS Altair 8800 or a IMSAI 8080.
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You’re always quick to point out that Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zukerberg are not really engineers, they’re marketers.
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You walk into a room and notice that a picture is hanging crooked so you buy a CAD system and spend the next six months designing a solar-powered, self-adjusting picture frame while often stating aloud your belief that the inventor of the nail was a total moron.
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You know the direction the water swirls when you flush.
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You know what http:// stands for.
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You’ve already calculated how much you make per second.
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You log the time it takes to get to your building’s parking lot by weekday and the time you arrived at the Southern and Eubank intersection street light (the point where no backup has occurred yet due to the security gate authorization), then plot the data to determine the latest possible arrival at the intersection to get to the parking lot by 7:45 a.m. at the latest. However, you remove any outliers during weeks related to holiday weekends due to vacations and of course, school holidays when parents might have to take the day off. You determine the latest time to arrive at Southern and Eubank on average for Monday through Thursday is 7:15 a.m., but Fridays are as late as 7:40.
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Rob Spiegel has covered automation and control for 19 years, 17 of them for Design News . Other topics he has covered include supply chain technology, alternative energy, and cyber security. For 10 years, he was owner and publisher of the food magazine Chile Pepper.
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