Common Misconceptions about Mechanical Engineers

August 20, 2011 in College, College, Education, Sarcasm, Society

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Mechanical Engineering is one among the holy trinity of Engineering Disciplines. The other two of course being Civil and Electrical Engineering.

The following are the most common misconceptions people have regarding Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineers:-

 

1. Mechanical Engineers are not MECHANICS -

I`m just sick and tired of hearing this stereotype over and over again. If it weren’t for us, you’d probably not have anything you classify under luxury ranging from elevators to cars which make your daily life smooth as butter to nuclear reactors which will power our homes in future.  So stop dubbing us as mechanics and go and get your facts straight first; because

a) Mechanics is a separate branch of science in itself.

b) We do not repair stuff but create them in the first place.

2. Mechanical Engineering does not have Girls

I’d again repeat what I’ve said in the first pointer—->get your facts straight. I’ve seen girls equally capable if not more, handling a welding torch more surgically than any guy can ever imagine. Although for years together at a stretch, this stream saw a faint trickle of female students it is a steadily accepted choice of study today by girls, who I must add are getting more adventurous and want to compete on a level playing field with guys.

3. Mechanical Engineers do not have Girlfriends

In a world where Pigs fly, people travel on Unicorns, eat gold for lunch and use currency notes as toilet paper—-> Mechies will not have girlfriends

Fellas, Mechies despite barely having any feminine contact all through college, turn out to be the best boyfriends.You know what the best part about the aforementioned statement is, it was brought to my notice by at least 5 of my gal pals. Their reasoning being, Mechies cant cheat on them as easily as people from other streams, because Mechies have lesser opportunities. So, it was no big surprise when almost 70 % of  my batch changed it’s relationship status to committed barely a month after we passed out of Engineering school.

4. Mechanical Engineering is a Dirty Stream

As a matter of fact it is. Well, someone does have to do the dirty work right plus we have the balls to say yes, we’ll do it for you while, what you do is take a ‘I am Holier and Cleaner than Thou’ approach. On the bright side, we get to play in the sludge and also manage to get paid for it.

5. Mechanical Engineers build HOUSES

It is a slap on our faces when someone says that to us. I don’t know who started this stereotype and why. I think this particular misconception has been around even before the time my father did his undergrad in Mechanical Engineering, because he couldn’t stop laughing like a Hyena when someone said to him, your son is going to be building houses in 4 years time.

For the record guys, Civil Engineers build houses, we build Machines.

Guess that’s enough ranting for my first post.

 

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