Engineers Get No Respect

Hmmm..
I think the story misses the point, I think we get some respect we just don't get the remuneration.
I mean if you ask 'name 3 famous engineers', I'd guess everyone could come up with a few, ok they may need some prompting like 'who invented the airoplane?.. telephone TV etc'
But if you said name 3 famous accountants..... zzzzzz

C'mon wake up I said name three... oh forget it.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Del

Oh, I dunno. Every time I walk into someone's home or business and see something that I had a hand in creating (after all, I can't take all the credit ) I get a warm & fuzzy remuneration.

The downside is my local watering hole won't accept that currency for a pint. But still...

In the words of H.G.Wells' Mr Polly I meant 'pecuniary remuneration'
Del

The only famous accountants are the ones that get prosecuted.

yeah, but even then they get off, cos the jury dies of boredom

A girlfriend of a mechanical engineer mate, once wondered why it took him 4 years to learn how to fix cars.

I suspect the main reason engineers don't get noticed is that they aren't good at promoting what ordinary people think is important. Engineers admire knowledge, technical skill and problem solving ability, most outsiders don't understand, they think money, flashy clothes, sporting conquests and fame are what's important.

Give any decent engineer an interesting problem and they'll work all weekend to solve it. When they give you the answer they'll say something like "It was easy when I realised ...".

Do the same for an accountant/lawyer/MD and they say "that'll be 100 dollars please".

Still it is fun, and we get paid to solve problems.

Do the same for an accountant/lawyer/MD and they say "that'll be 100 dollars please".
Yeah but without solving the problem...oh and you missed out a zero or two
Del

Client: What is your fee?

Lawyer: $50 to answer 3 questions.

Client: Don't you think that's a bit pricey?

Lawyer: No, what's your third question?