Me: Why didn’t we become engineers? Him: Because we were English majors - ThreadSky

ccruns.bsky.social • 133 days ago

Me: Why didn’t we become engineers?

Him: Because we were English majors

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Counterpoint: I went to business school at a Uni known for Engineering and… more than half the Bus School were folks who failed out of engineering 😂

brooklynkid53bskys.bsky.social•132 days ago

"joke" from a women who, to my knowledge slept with two of her much older bosses straight out of college*:

what does an English major say ?

"would you like fries with that, sir"

*due to my limited social skills, I didn't know any guys who slept with their female bosses, or any same sex instances

kbethany.bsky.social•132 days ago

Meanwhile my sister, the French lit major, says “hold my beer” (while I go back to school to become a Nurse, then Nurse Practitioner).

thehorizonscall.bsky.social•132 days ago

I often wonder why I didn't go into the humanities. Grass is always greener I suppose

klezmerstyle.bsky.social•132 days ago

I started in engineering and switched to English, and often contemplate that life choice in retrospect

harleyhellhound.bsky.social•129 days ago

I started as a chemistry, biology double major and ended up with an English degree. I contemplate “What If” enough that dream-Me* is about to graduate with her AS in biology. Which is weird bc she spent several years with 1 semester left to get her BS.
*I have interrelated dreams a lot

free-the-peeps.bsky.social•132 days ago

The English Majors I know would probably do better in Engineering, than the Engineers I know in English.

poptrash1966.bsky.social•132 days ago

The best engineers are Scottish...

gregoramsa.bsky.social•132 days ago

As a fellow English major, I feel like I could fake it in an engineering job if they'd just give me a chance

ccruns.bsky.social•132 days ago

You make a good point!

b4nafter.bsky.social•131 days ago

I've always been pretty sure anyone could fake being an engineer, once I was one.
You just need to forge the paper and the balls to start your first job.
Any fresh engineer is useless for a company before a proper training. Therefore, consulting is the best starting point.

ccruns.bsky.social•131 days ago

Oh yes I was a Consultant* for a couple of years

*not working

b4nafter.bsky.social•131 days ago

Not being on the payroll (so not HRed) of the company you work for, and being HRed by some people you see twice a year (once completely drunk) is the best deal.

stickydan.bsky.social•132 days ago

No, you couldn't fake being an engineer. An engineering manager on the other hand, no problem.

gregoramsa.bsky.social•132 days ago

Yeah - that's more my style. My degree + Google should get me through most days

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