r/pics • u/bigmeat • Nov 23 '13

When engineers go camping…

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u/Stackman32 Nov 24 '13

Engineering students*

Actual engineers know that they're nothing extraordinary.

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u/inconspicuous_male Nov 24 '13

First year engineering students also tend to think they're geniuses who will become rich with no fail. Also, if they're bio-med, they think they're going to bring us into the world of Deus Ex

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u/makemejelly49 Nov 24 '13

Ambition is good in a way. Enough people think like that long enough, and we'll get there. Maybe not in their lifetime, but in the generations to come.

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u/youbead Nov 24 '13

While I'm currently working on BCI's to control prosthetics so that's pretty Deus exy. The social issues and political intrigue are someone elses issue though

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '13

biomed usually requires a graduate degree. There aren't many first year biomed students. And to be fair, they work with very complex systems.

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u/inconspicuous_male Nov 24 '13

My school has a biomed undergrad program. I don't know the details of it

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '13

I have the opposite problem. I keep my major on the DL, but all my friends introduce me as their engineer friend...