CountryBoy19
Grandmaster
FWIW, MOST engineers wish to interact with the guy in the field and get his/her opinion. But either to demanding upper management, physical separation of engineers & field guys, or just plain ignorance they don't get the chance to ask. But given that opportunity they would do so in a heart-beat.Can I poo-poo on your Engineer thread?
If you're an Engineer and you've never worked in the field, ask someone with field experience if its feasible.
That right there is what makes most people in the field hate an Engineer.... "What do you mean you can't do that, it works on paper" or "The book says that's how you do it"
Okay, that's all the poo-poo I'm going to throw on your thread.
I am about 1 mile from the location of all our machinists. To interact with them I must get in my own private vehicle, drive down the road on my own gas I paid for, and brave harsh weather to go ask the guy in the field his advice on which way is better etc. I do that on a daily basis and I know for certain that many engineers don't have that "luxury" (it's not really a luxury, it sucks to have to do that)... just keep in mind that not that many engineers turn out bad designs on purpose, or because they wanted to be lazy when designing it, it's because of the constraints placed upon them that they can't be more thorough...