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by ci5er 3359 days ago
> People who actually engineer things and drive innovation are not looked up to.

In the US? Compared to whom? Doctors? Bankers? Lawyers? Politicians?

Who do you think that you are better than?
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bigger_cheese 3359 days ago
I don't know about the US but here is Australia Engineers are consistently rated as one of the most ethical and trusted professions eg. http://thenewdaily.com.au/money/work/2016/05/14/most-trusted...

Most of my ethics course from university focused on US based case studies (Tacoma Bridge, Kansas City walkway collapse, Space Shuttle etc.) So it could be possible Engineers in US have a worse reputation.

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mattnewport 3359 days ago
> Doctors? Bankers? Lawyers? Politicians?

One of these things is not like the others.

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