What is the Culture Difference Between Physicists and Engineers?

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I didn't see an introduction thread, so I started one.

My name is Tom and I have been an engineer since 1990. I am a licensed Professional Engineer in Florida.

Just wanted to say hi and that I look forward to reading more of the stuff here and, perhaps, lend a hand where I can.




I believe in Jesus!
 
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Hi Tom,

Nice to meet you.

I'm a polyatheist - there are many gods I don't believe in! :smile: :wink:
 
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Hello, welcome to PF!
I believe in Euler!
 
Semi-militant atheist here, but welcome anyhow.
 
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/9499/welcome38gk.gif

I am in favor of science, but welcome anyways :biggrin:
 
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PE_prep said:
I didn't see an introduction thread, so I started one.

My name is Tom and I have been an engineer since 1990. I am a licensed Professional Engineer in Florida.

Just wanted to say hi and that I look forward to reading more of the stuff here and, perhaps, lend a hand where I can.




I believe in Jesus!

Hey, a fellow Jesus freak! Yeah, I'm a churchoholic too...but be warned that I'm an anomaly among physicists.

Anyway, pleased to meet you Tom. I'm Arun. I graduated college last December (physics and math), and I'm starting grad school this summer to do a physics PhD. I'll likely be doing astrophysics, but I just might end up in condensed matter instead.
 
Danger said:
Semi-militant atheist here, but welcome anyhow.

haha :smile:,

Welcome.
 
radou said:
Speaking of introduction, you have a nice name. :smile:

(Assuming you're a female, of course.)

Uh oh...there's been a slight miscommunication. In addition to not being female, I am highly masculine. Every moment that I do not spend in church or the physics lab, I spend at the gym, with fellow males, and doing manly activities. :smile:

Maybe I should change my user name, because this is the third case of mistaken-gender I've experienced on a forum. Those last two letters are from my last name (user name assigned by an ISP that I have long since abandoned), but I should probably just get rid of them.

Alas, my fellow male, I share your pain due to the extreme shortage of physics girls.
 
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arunma said:
I spend at the gym, with fellow males, and doing manly activities. :smile:

And these would be? :biggrin:

arunma said:
Alas, my fellow male, I share your pain due to the extreme shortage of physics girls.

Hm, actually, the situation is not so bad in here. Could be worse. :-p
 
Is it just me or did you seriously try to blast the fact that you're a very masculine person?

No offence, but I like to keep my clothes in the closet. How about you?
 
whitay said:
Is it just me or did you seriously try to blast the fact that you're a very masculine person?

No offence, but I like to keep my clothes in the closet. How about you?


Heh, well I suppose I'm just trying to compensate for what is apparently a slightly feminine user name. Don't want anyone getting the wrong idea...
 
whitay said:
They already have.

That can't be good. I wonder what I can do to correct it. Perhaps fifty pushups and five laps around a Fermilab's accelerator?
 
arunma said:
That can't be good. I wonder what I can do to correct it. Perhaps fifty pushups and five laps around a Fermilab's accelerator?

Put "Gender: Male" into your signature. :-p
 
I think we scared him away! Though given the nature of his post I had wondered if he was here to stay.
 
Heh, I've gotten that people on physicsforums don't really know about me :smile:

And I bet plenty of us don't go to the gym and do manly things.
 
mattmns said:
I think we scared him away! Though given the nature of his post I had wondered if he was here to stay.

Well, if this scared him away, I wonder what would happen if he found out about the sisterhood's "fishy" tradition?:biggrin:

Mk said:
Heh, I've gotten that people on physicsforums don't really know about me :smile:

What makes you think that? :smile:
 
mattmns said:
I think we scared him away! Though given the nature of his post I had wondered if he was here to stay.

Maybe he went to our competitor, EngineeringForums*. After all, I think we can assume that this place is mostly conducive of physicists. I've also noticed a pretty significant difference in culture between physicists and engineers.

*Not necessarily a real forum
 

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