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AlexES16
Jul20-10, 09:57 PM
Well I enjoy physics and math, but not to much chemistry becouse i suck at it. I want a career that really make an impact in peoples life, but not in a superficial way. I was thinking in Electrical Engineering, we use electrcity to cook, ligth, and maybe other very usefuel things, but we also used for not necessary things like video games or dumb things. Medicine is not an option. Economics is to superficial and humanities most of the time is just thinking. So an engineering in wich you really do something usefuel? my first option at the moment is EE. How much electrcity is used in factories, like pharmaceutical industrie?

rootX
Jul20-10, 09:59 PM
It's not the careers but people who benefit society.

russ_watters
Jul20-10, 11:51 PM
I give people air conditioning.

How much electrcity is used in factories, like pharmaceutical industrie? A bunch.

Math Is Hard
Jul21-10, 12:01 AM
I give people air conditioning.

In my book, that is the greatest and noblest profession of all.

ZQrn
Jul21-10, 12:23 AM
It's not the careers but people who benefit society.Well, there you obviously have it, genetic engineering.

Chronos
Jul21-10, 03:31 AM
I vote sanitation engineer. Civilization, as we know it, would collapse within a week or so without functional sewer systems.

AlexES16
Jul21-10, 09:35 PM
I give people air conditioning.

A bunch.

Wow nice...

AlexES16
Jul21-10, 09:36 PM
I vote sanitation engineer. Civilization, as we know it, would collapse within a week or so without functional sewer systems.

Does sanitatione engineering really exist?

AlexES16
Jul21-10, 09:36 PM
It's not the careers but people who benefit society.

Yeah but career are defintly important

Evo
Jul21-10, 09:42 PM
Does sanitatione engineering really exist?Civil Engineer

Pythagorean
Jul22-10, 12:40 AM
I tell people what's best for them and how to live their lives.

AlexES16
Jul22-10, 09:46 PM
Civil Engineer

yeah but maybe electrcity is more essential?

AlexES16
Jul22-10, 09:47 PM
How really is electrcity neccesary?

lisab
Jul22-10, 09:50 PM
Civil Engineer

Agree. Infrastructure is destiny.

rootX
Jul22-10, 09:54 PM
yeah but maybe electrcity is more essential?

I believe passion is more important than careers. All disciplines are equally important.

KalamMekhar
Jul22-10, 10:23 PM
You want to be a hero? Be a pipefitter, or work in HVAC. No society would exist without proper sanitation and ventilation. Everything else is just a luxury.

AlexES16
Jul23-10, 10:13 PM
You want to be a hero? Be a pipefitter, or work in HVAC. No society would exist without proper sanitation and ventilation. Everything else is just a luxury.

Looks like HVAC uses a lot of electrcity =)

Angry Citizen
Jul23-10, 11:44 PM
All engineering professions are indispensable in some way. You can't take a dump without civil engineers, you can't post on PF without electrical or computer engineers, you can't drive a car without aerospace or mechanical engineers, you can't get any fuel for said car without petroleum engineers, you can't get the metals in your phone without mining engineers, no commercial products would exist without industrial engineers, you couldn't get an x-ray or radiation treatment (and a sizable amount of your electricity) without nuclear engineers, your bank account would get hacked without software engineers... I could go on.

russ_watters
Jul24-10, 12:10 AM
Eh hem - you forgot HVAC engineers: You won't be comfortable in your own house without them....and no office building with computers could function without them.

What KM said really is true: There are some very simple things that we take for granted in modern society that modern society simply wouldn't exist without. Sanitation (your toilet/plumbing) is the biggest reason for the doubling of our lifespans in the past 100 years. Refrigeration (your refrigerator) is probably second, but certainly beyond that, it is a technology that enables much of modern society.

Often, it is the mundane/basic things that are the most essential. Electricity falls into that category as well.

Pythagorean
Jul24-10, 12:51 AM
oxygen engineer!

AlexES16
Jul24-10, 03:22 PM
Eh hem - you forgot HVAC engineers: You won't be comfortable in your own house without them....and no office building with computers could function without them.

What KM said really is true: There are some very simple things that we take for granted in modern society that modern society simply wouldn't exist without. Sanitation (your toilet/plumbing) is the biggest reason for the doubling of our lifespans in the past 100 years. Refrigeration (your refrigerator) is probably second, but certainly beyond that, it is a technology that enables much of modern society.

Often, it is the mundane/basic things that are the most essential. Electricity falls into that category as well.

Yeah, is a shame we only see that when we lose them.

AlexES16
Jul24-10, 03:23 PM
oxygen engineer!

Wow that really is one xD

AlexES16
Jul24-10, 03:23 PM
Eh hem - you forgot HVAC engineers: You won't be comfortable in your own house without them....and no office building with computers could function without them.

What KM said really is true: There are some very simple things that we take for granted in modern society that modern society simply wouldn't exist without. Sanitation (your toilet/plumbing) is the biggest reason for the doubling of our lifespans in the past 100 years. Refrigeration (your refrigerator) is probably second, but certainly beyond that, it is a technology that enables much of modern society.

Often, it is the mundane/basic things that are the most essential. Electricity falls into that category as well.

Thats great HVAC uses electrcity =)

AlexES16
Jul24-10, 03:24 PM
All engineering professions are indispensable in some way. You can't take a dump without civil engineers, you can't post on PF without electrical or computer engineers, you can't drive a car without aerospace or mechanical engineers, you can't get any fuel for said car without petroleum engineers, you can't get the metals in your phone without mining engineers, no commercial products would exist without industrial engineers, you couldn't get an x-ray or radiation treatment (and a sizable amount of your electricity) without nuclear engineers, your bank account would get hacked without software engineers... I could go on.

Engineering FTW, and agricultors =)

rootX
Jul24-10, 05:53 PM
Nothing goes higher than a teacher or maybe a doctor.