you might be an engineer

[polksalet]

If buying flowers for your girlfriend or spending the money to upgrade your RAM is a moral dilemma.

 

If your spouse sends you an e-mail instead of calling you to dinner.

 

If the only jokes you receive are through e-mail.

 

If you look forward to Christmas only to put together the kids' toys.

 

If you use a CAD package to design your child's Pine Wood Derby car.

 

If your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest sci-fi movie looking for technical inaccuracies.

 

If you know the direction the water swirls when you flush.

 

If you have ever saved the power cord from a broken appliance.

 

If you have more toys than your kids.

 

If you have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.

 

If you can remember seven computer passwords but not your anniversary.

 

If you have ever owned a calculator with no equal key and know what RPN stands for.

 

If you can type 70 words a minute but can't read your own handwriting.

 

If everyone else on the Alaskan cruise is on deck peering at the scenery, and you are still on a personal tour of the engine room.

 

If you have more friends on the Internet than in real life.

 

If your three-year-old child asks why the sky is blue and you try to explain atmospheric absorption theory.

 

If, at a traffic intersection, you try to figure out the synchronization pattern between your car's blinkers or wipers and the others'.

 

If you have at least one historical computer in your closet.

 

If you take along a printout of the schedule of your family vacation.

 

If your computer is down, you don't know what date is it today and miss all meetings too.

[Big John]

If you have more friends on the Internet than in real life.

Very true.

 

But there was a bad assumption of having a spouse and children in many of the items.

[Clubfoothead]

I have a $120 calculator that's probably never been used. I don't recall why I have it other than I grabbed it while taking a few classes at Commerce.

[Tford]

If buying flowers for your girlfriend or spending the money to upgrade your RAM is a moral dilemma.

 

If your spouse sends you an e-mail instead of calling you to dinner.

 

If the only jokes you receive are through e-mail.

 

If you look forward to Christmas only to put together the kids' toys.

 

If you use a CAD package to design your child's Pine Wood Derby car.

 

If your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest sci-fi movie looking for technical inaccuracies.

 

If you know the direction the water swirls when you flush.

 

If you have ever saved the power cord from a broken appliance.

 

If you have more toys than your kids.

 

If you have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.

 

If you can remember seven computer passwords but not your anniversary.

 

If you have ever owned a calculator with no equal key and know what RPN stands for.

 

If you can type 70 words a minute but can't read your own handwriting.

 

If everyone else on the Alaskan cruise is on deck peering at the scenery, and you are still on a personal tour of the engine room.

 

If you have more friends on the Internet than in real life.

 

If your three-year-old child asks why the sky is blue and you try to explain atmospheric absorption theory.

 

If, at a traffic intersection, you try to figure out the synchronization pattern between your car's blinkers or wipers and the others'.

 

If you have at least one historical computer in your closet.

 

If you take along a printout of the schedule of your family vacation.

 

If your computer is down, you don't know what date is it today and miss all meetings too.

 

 

Guilty of these. And yes, I am an engineer.

[AtomicCEO]

"If you can type 70 words a minute but can't read your own handwriting."

 

My handwriting has pretty much become it's own language.

 

At my old job, I used this to my advantage by having a white board of ongoing projects that nobody could understand buy me. It was job security. I can also write notes to myself during meetings and not worry about anyone reading over my shoulder.

[westvirginia]

If you have ever owned a calculator with no equal key and know what RPN stands for.

 

Hey - I have a couple HP calculators and I'm an accountant, dammit!

 

And it's Reverse Polish Notation...