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by pier25 86 days ago
Same. I feel like a plumber compared to real engineers.
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You’re still an engineer. Knowing the right places to click in an esoteric app is like knowing where to hit the boiler with a hammer to get it working again.
Engineers & architects leave a lot of detail out of their designs, relying on the plumbers and other trades to figure out the Right Thing. (-:
Engineers feel like plumbers compared to the plumbers