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Why Engineers
Don’t Fit In
Corporates
by Farrel Pinto
Photo Source: Smilesumo
This short comedy clip shows how an
engineer tries to fit in a corporate meeting
and how he became “The Expert”.
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I don’t know about you, but this
sure is a funny scenario of an
engineer in a corporate world.

Basically, dealing with
this situation at first hand is not an
easy thing for an engineer. It’s just
that “engineering culture” we have
that these corporate people don’t
appreciate, you know?

Engineers tend to have
this default mindset of practicality
and being so technical wherein
they are experts.

The engineer in the vid-
eo thinks things geometrically
even if the lines discussed in the
meeting is merely just a repre-
sentation of a marketing plan. So
he argues and tries to be logical
in which these corporate people
don’t understand.

Yes, he is logical and
reasonable but his idea may seem
out of place.

I think the act is hilar-
iously a hyperbole, (‘cause you
know, we have MBA engineers!)
but what it tries to say is just
exactly what it is.
Technicality!

Well, the challenge here
for us, engineers, is the mobility to
express our ideas and plans in any
aspect and setting. We must know
what kind of solutions to relay and
be able to adapt with the situation
we’re in. Then that’s how engineers
become the real experts. Just don’t
get bullied like this guy though.
Yes, we are “the expert”, and we
can show them.

So, I guess, we do not
conclude that ALL engineers do
not fit in the corporate world. We
can be corporate managers too!

Now, that seems logical
eh?