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I wonder why Engineers work long hours?

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After doing software engineering then support/ps then back to engineering, I still don't get why engineers work 10 hour days. Marketing, Sales, PMs all go home at 5. 😕

Is it because engineers are lazy and don't start 'working' until after 2? Or perhaps they're stubborn and if someone gives them a problem to do they'll stay until it's solved. (I know I don't like to admit defeat!)
 
Holy sh!t. And I thought it was only the engineers in the Navy who got fvcked. Atleast ya'll don't have to work down in the hole though. Damn it sucks. Hot as hell...
 
I actually get most of my work done after the masses leave the office. A few of us always stay late and that is when I seem to have the time to get a lot done.
 
Originally posted by: her209
Because they don't have hot women to go home to.
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Or any other type of women to go home to. It's either stay in work and socialize with other geeks or go home and socialize with their chia pets.
 
Software engineers are not real engineers. Real engineers are liable when their sh!t breaks.
 
Originally posted by: So
Software engineers are not real engineers. Real engineers are liable when their sh!t breaks.
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lol, and I don't 'lol' much. I've also seen an argument that CS is the only science to have propogated its own need.

<-- Was a CS Major
 
How about the manager refuses to listen when you complain that you have too much work to do and so you end up working 10+hours per day.
 
b/c in engineering, it's typically endless OT at 1.5/2.0 pay.

My company works Mon-Thur 7-5:30
Then most everybody works friday and sometimes 12 hr days. Works out to about 55hr wks.
 
Ha! Try the auto industry. I rarely see an engineer or sales person after 4:30 and NEVER see them in on the weekend.
 
Originally posted by: gt07
b/c in engineering, it's typically endless OT at 1.5/2.0 pay.

My company works Mon-Thur 7-5:30
Then most everybody works friday and sometimes 12 hr days. Works out to about 55hr wks.
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I can tell you in aerospace that is not typical at all. Unless you're a contractor, you'd be lucky to get straight pay for OT.
 
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