re: Engineers/Construction Workers?

I don't think this is a new thing. People have been complaining about engineers and especially new engineers forever. You can't expect someone new to a field to know anything about it. It's not what's taught in school. They shouldn't know anything about it. On the other hand, young engineers shouldn't think they know everything, because they learned thermodynamics.

Moral of the story is, hire smart young people you can mold into a good employee. Not saying that's easy, but you can't expect to hire a younger engineer and think they can provide any help. We've got a few right now that I can't even trust to go run an errand, I don't know how they were hired. But then there will be a guy that went to a second rate school that comes into the job like its just a continuation of school and he's still learning. Those guys excel.