<p>Oh, hi wwwn, I dint believe we’ve met. So are you one of those who is just mad they majored in something useless so you have to put down those of us who didn’t or are you somebody still in high school who hasn’t met any real engineers? You must be one of those because you sure act that way.</p>
<p>When I say most engineers, I am including examples I’ve seen of resume from Ohio State and UIUC students. Just because you have a class in it doesn’t mean you’ve learned it. Many engineers have problems communicating effectively, regardless of the school they go to. I have yet to see a class that teaches effective technical communication well.</p>
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Actually, I don’t want to. I’m secure enough in who I am that I don’t feel the need to belittle others.</p>
<p>“Most engineers DO need to learn how to “speak,” because most of them are terrible at both written and oral communication. I have seen countless engineering resumes that were poorly written and made me think the authors had no idea what they were talking about.”</p>
<p>Well what’s one way you can learn this by taking a class. I think you might want to argue how they don’t have enough experience because you can’t learn how to communicate just from a class but only the ideas behind it. And personally I fill if people have horrible resumes it’s their fault because every school has some kind of career services that can help them out.</p>
<p>Threads such as this one are the reason why I have decided to major in Physics and Mathematics. Many mathematicians and physicists tend to look down on other groups, but thankfully, these two groups tend to internalize this condescension and choose to keep to themselves (mathematicians) or reach out to educate (physicists).</p>
<p>It seems engineers picked up some of the worst traits from business majors (the worst ******bags). Makes you wonder if some engineers would continue behaving this way if their salaries took a 30% hit.</p>
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<p>You blast engineering majors for being condescending but in the same breath you rip into business majors…</p>
<p>Am I wrong on that account?</p>
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<p>I guess you’re not. I initially thought you were trying to say that math and physics majors aren’t condescending and I was trying to call you on calling the pot kettle black.</p>
<p>Mathematics and physics majors tend to keep their condescending views in-group and try to appear as nice, if not eccentric, as possible. It’s a PR matter; few people like “over”-educated, intellectual a-holes. In the case of physics majors, they need to reach out and educate others scientifically (mathematicians don’t have to because they are mostly irrelevant except for applied ones).</p>
<p>Business majors are a different story. The whole point of majoring in business is going out and making money. This creates a situation where your value is expressed by, if your f(x) = x < $k, whatever $k is at the time, then you are “worthless”. Engineers seem to be moving closer and closer to the business side, calling out other majors because those majors do not make as much money as engineers.</p>
<p>Not nice.</p>
<p>I keep reading and reading, and I still don’t see who and how did you get to this conclusion…
LOL I LOVE HIJACKING.</p>
<p>Quite literally EVERYONE in this thread needs to stop making sweeping generalizations. Saying things like ALL engineers or ALL mathematicians or ALL business majors or ALL communications majors or anything is just silly. Do you really believe that? Does everyone really have such unmoving preconceived notions about other people? Lunacy, all of it!</p>
<p>lol… nobody pay attention to the 3rd comment.</p>
<p>^ We will continue to do so jwxie.</p>
<p>Let’s face it, calm and reason are no fun. There is a reason why reality TV is so popular.</p>
<p>I’m a math and physics major and I’m appalled by Enginox’s statements.</p>
<p>I’m quite sure most in here don’t know what they’re talking about. This is the most pointless thread ever.</p>
<p>I think the “looking down on other majors” goes away as one gets older. I grew to admire business majors as that they are often in competition every day of their career. Business majors have to deal with “what is your B-School?” just like a patient at a hospital is asked “who is your insurance carrier?”</p>
<p>I am not going to bash the young college engineering students for having this “smug” attitude because I probably did also when I was age 18-22.</p>
<p>…but you all will get older and to be able to collect a check from an employer while sneaking on CC to post…you will appreciate things more and that smug will go away.</p>
<p>I’m going to put myself on a “holier than thou” pedestal too… At least I’m not pretending not to be arrogant.</p>
<p>lol at the guy above ^^^^^</p>
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It probably has to do with the way we see people in the workplace. I don’t see my colleagues as math major, civil engineering major, greek arts major, etc as one would see them while in college. We’re all on the same team now.</p>
<p>Me, Nutz4Bucks???
LOLLLLLLOLLLOLLLLOLLLL</p>
<p>I have to ask… have you ever written a post without an “lol”?</p>
<p>lol is a symbol for smile (polite). In real life I carried an angry face with me every where I go. LOL</p>