Comments on: Engineering Parents Say The Darndest Things http://chrisgammell.com/2009/03/31/engineering-parents-say-the-darndest-things/ Analog electronics and everything else between 1 and 0 Tue, 15 May 2012 20:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Weekend Journal: Are STEM Education Efforts Targeting The Right People? | Engineer Blogs http://chrisgammell.com/2009/03/31/engineering-parents-say-the-darndest-things/comment-page-1/#comment-14539 Weekend Journal: Are STEM Education Efforts Targeting The Right People? | Engineer Blogs Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:47:33 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=937#comment-14539 [...] how do we market engineering to parents (non-engineering parents, hopefully engineer parents will encourage their kids to be engineers)?  I have no idea, I just know it needs to happen. In places like India and China, where many new [...] [...] how do we market engineering to parents (non-engineering parents, hopefully engineer parents will encourage their kids to be engineers)?  I have no idea, I just know it needs to happen. In places like India and China, where many new [...]

]]> By: Rachel Green http://chrisgammell.com/2009/03/31/engineering-parents-say-the-darndest-things/comment-page-1/#comment-14128 Rachel Green Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:52:53 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=937#comment-14128 Great post. As an electrical engineering major, I find it hard to believe that some parents would discourage their children from entering an engineering profession. I guess it just shows how fortunate I am to have a mother supportive of my career interests. And for the people who say that our government are run by lawyers, and you can't do anything about it, well, you could get an engineering degree and a J.D. I plan on getting one. There are quite a few engineers who have already done so. Can one person "rock the boat?" Maybe not, but it's a start. Great post. As an electrical engineering major, I find it hard to believe that some parents would discourage their children from entering an engineering profession. I guess it just shows how fortunate I am to have a mother supportive of my career interests. And for the people who say that our government are run by lawyers, and you can't do anything about it, well, you could get an engineering degree and a J.D. I plan on getting one. There are quite a few engineers who have already done so. Can one person "rock the boat?" Maybe not, but it's a start.

]]> By: Ray White http://chrisgammell.com/2009/03/31/engineering-parents-say-the-darndest-things/comment-page-1/#comment-1198 Ray White Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:22:43 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=937#comment-1198 Read your article... sorry, didn't change my mind. Nope, I am still discouraging both my kids (and any other kids that dare to ask) from going into engineering/science. Too bad for the USA, my daughter would've been a great engineer. Instead, she can be a doctor or a lawyer (yeah... this country really needs more lawyers). It would take to long to describe in detail how I've arrived at my conclusion after my 20+ yrs in the engineering field, but I think t basically boils down to: 1) the US gov't is run by lawyers. 2) In order to stay in power, these lawyers need money... lots of it. 3) this money comes from corporations. 4) in return for this money, the gov't rewards corporations with wage-busting programs such as H1-B. Clear enough? No?... read this: http://www.technozeal.com/topic10.html I knew this lady in a previous company I worked for. She had a bachelors degree is chemistry, yet she was working a software QA job... I mean a really brain-dead low-level SW QA job. I asked her why... she said "because it pays better than what I could make with the chemistry degree". Money can't buy happiness? maybe so, but it certainly can buy peace of mind, which I argue is closely related to happiness. Yeah... I suppose $100K/yr looks good to some high-school dropout who flips burgers for a living, but really, any kid with half a brain is going to avoid engineering like the plague given the hostile anti-engineering environment in the US. Read your article... sorry, didn't change my mind. Nope, I am still discouraging both my kids (and any other kids that dare to ask) from going into engineering/science. Too bad for the USA, my daughter would've been a great engineer. Instead, she can be a doctor or a lawyer (yeah... this country really needs more lawyers). It would take to long to describe in detail how I've arrived at my conclusion after my 20+ yrs in the engineering field, but I think t basically boils down to: 1) the US gov't is run by lawyers. 2) In order to stay in power, these lawyers need money... lots of it. 3) this money comes from corporations. 4) in return for this money, the gov't rewards corporations with wage-busting programs such as H1-B. Clear enough? No?... read this: http://www.technozeal.com/topic10.html

I knew this lady in a previous company I worked for. She had a bachelors degree is chemistry, yet she was working a software QA job... I mean a really brain-dead low-level SW QA job. I asked her why... she said "because it pays better than what I could make with the chemistry degree".

Money can't buy happiness? maybe so, but it certainly can buy peace of mind, which I argue is closely related to happiness. Yeah... I suppose $100K/yr looks good to some high-school dropout who flips burgers for a living, but really, any kid with half a brain is going to avoid engineering like the plague given the hostile anti-engineering environment in the US.

]]> By: Tom http://chrisgammell.com/2009/03/31/engineering-parents-say-the-darndest-things/comment-page-1/#comment-984 Tom Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:32:27 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=937#comment-984 Wonderful article. My parents did the right thing and let me do whatever I wanted - they fostered my geekyness, and, even though they're not geeks themselves, let me do my own thing. I saw your Resume, and it excited me to see that you graduated from CWRU. I will be attending Case in the fall with the intention of majoring in Computer Science, and it's great to see a personal success story. Best wishes. -Tom Wonderful article. My parents did the right thing and let me do whatever I wanted - they fostered my geekyness, and, even though they're not geeks themselves, let me do my own thing.

I saw your Resume, and it excited me to see that you graduated from CWRU. I will be attending Case in the fall with the intention of majoring in Computer Science, and it's great to see a personal success story.

Best wishes.
-Tom

]]> By: Allan http://chrisgammell.com/2009/03/31/engineering-parents-say-the-darndest-things/comment-page-1/#comment-931 Allan Fri, 22 May 2009 20:49:20 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=937#comment-931 I got two engineering degrees in the U.S.A. Now I am living in the U.S.A. in my mom's house. Why? No engineering work. My kids aren't dumb. They'd never consider studying engineering in a million years. Me? I'm thinking about moving to France, more with every passing day living in poverty. I heard they respect engineers there. I got two engineering degrees in the U.S.A. Now I am living in the U.S.A. in my mom's house. Why? No engineering work.

My kids aren't dumb. They'd never consider studying engineering in a million years.

Me? I'm thinking about moving to France, more with every passing day living in poverty. I heard they respect engineers there.

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