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by jufemaiz 5841 days ago
Fantastic to see some of the mystic being taken out.

Next up: engineers! (No, we don't all fix cars or build bridges… ;))

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stereotypically, engineers design cars- they don't fix them. Someone who fixes cars is called a mechanic.

Of course, modern bouts of sprucing up job title names (my favorite is 'sanitation engineer') means that mechanics can throw stones at me and demand I take that back. I liked the real names better. It's easier to tell people I worked as a bag boy than a 'courtesy clerk'.

Unfortunately it depends where you live. In Australia they're the ones who fix cars.

Does the US have a requirement that engineers are engineers (qualified engineers that is) ala claiming one is an attorney?