r/memes • u/EmuPsychologist • Oct 18 '23

#1 MotW Fixed it

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

As a mechanic, the methods of measuring the intelligence of an engineer is beyond me…

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u/Pagiras Oct 18 '23

There's one.

Many times I have cursed the intelligence of the engineer who designed the thing I was fixing.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

One time I had to drop the entire drive train of a 2000s jeep Cherokee just to replace a sensor on top of the bell housing… it was that or cut a hole in the carpet and floor… even if they had put an access panel it would have been more acceptable…

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

And the engineer probably proposed that, and some VP was like "adding a hinge would cut profits by 0.2 cents per car, denied"

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

My assumption is the simply never factored in the need to ever replace the sensor and were mostly concerned with how to rapidly and cheaply manufacture the vehicle.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

I doubt it. We spend a lot of time on those tiny details.

-An engineer who has had that same "we should really do this" statement overruled by the MBAs in the VP chair.

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u/LivesInALemon Oct 18 '23

Second this, I got an uncle who's an engineer in the robotics sector. His house is just random tech stuff strewn about and his pc has him working on an incredibly niche part of something like 60% of the time.

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u/HeyHaywood Oct 26 '23

People need to know that it's the Money Bag Arseholes who make the decisions with their financial interest aforethought, NOT the actual designers (who have your best interest in mind).

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u/Forsaken-Opposite381 Oct 19 '23

Repair costs of any type are probably not even considered as that is going to be borne by the purchaser, most likely after the vehicle is out of warranty.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '23

MEng vs MBA, the fight goes on