It’s tough to get a straight story these days. Sometimes it seems like everything we hear has just a bit of a twist to it. Perhaps not overt lies, but a twist here and a spin there – you know
what I mean. It’s hard to know exactly what you’re dealing with without performing thorough investigations yourself.
However, there are some exceptions in the world. I can’t tell you exactly how many, but I can tell you this: engineers deal with the truth. We can’t afford not to.
Not all professions have the responsibility of human life preservation, but the ones that do, have a bit more weight to carry around – and it’s not easy.
We drive our cars on massive bridges and take our elevators to the tops of high-rise buildings, all without thinking about the effort and scrutiny that goes into making all of these things work.
Believe it or not, in the mind of an engineer, two plus two is four, not four point one or three point nine – it’s four.
Do we get credit for it? Are we paid more for it? Not really. But nevertheless, we continue to point in the right direction. If not us, then who?
