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re: Engineers/Construction Workers?
Posted on 4/9/14 at 8:56 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Posted on 4/9/14 at 8:56 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
quote:I plan on mumbling something and then fake passing out. Hopefully that'll get them to move to the next question
I just kinda hope they don't bring it up
quote:Just like the OP said, a lot of them are just flat out missing things like common sense and just general knowledge.
Another factor is having a really good mentor that is open to helping a younger guy
I worked with some 4.0 students building a specialized tool, and if I asked for a flathead, they'd hand me a hammer. Ask them again in 30 minutes, and you could see them trying to remember which tool it was. They stripped/snapped small bolts all of the time, crimped copper pipes, and generally had no idea what was going on. It was like teaching a baby to walk. We had a schedule, and I could only teach them so much while still getting done what I needed to for the week
That made them much more of a hindrance than anything, and my boss made them stay inside most of the time because of it
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Posted on 4/9/14 at 8:57 am to Hammertime
foreign engineers are the worst
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:00 am to Hammertime
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I plan on mumbling something and then fake passing out. Hopefully that'll get them to move to the next question
To be fair, every time I've interviewed for a job where there was no GPA requirement they've asked what my GPA was. Every time I told them with a straight face exactly what it was, they wrote it down, and went to the next question. They know by the end of it if they need to be concerned about your GPA or not.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:02 am to Hammertime
quote:
I plan on mumbling something and then fake passing out. Hopefully that'll get them to move to the next question
me too dude
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:11 am to Hammertime
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Just like the OP said, a lot of them are just flat out missing things like common sense and just general knowledge.
I worked with some 4.0 students building a specialized tool, and if I asked for a flathead, they'd hand me a hammer. Ask them again in 30 minutes, and you could see them trying to remember which tool it was. They stripped/snapped small bolts all of the time, crimped copper pipes, and generally had no idea what was going on. It was like teaching a baby to walk. We had a schedule, and I could only teach them so much while still getting done what I needed to for the week
That made them much more of a hindrance than anything, and my boss made them stay inside most of the time because of it
Engineers shouldn't be professional craftsman, hell they would get greivanced in a lot of places for trying to use tools.
They are not there to work on shite, they are there to make sure shite gets done to the design and is done to code. You do the work, but show him why you are doing it and why it is the correct way to install whatever it is you are installing.
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