http://blog.skillset.org/2008/01/31/where-have-all-the-engineers-gone/ Media skills for media people Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:06:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://blog.skillset.org/2008/01/31/where-have-all-the-engineers-gone/#comment-31 The Hunt for the Missing Engineers « And another thing… Fri, 16 May 2008 13:50:42 +0000 http://blog.skillset.org/2008/01/31/where-have-all-the-engineers-gone/#comment-31 [...] Skillset on their strategic action plan for the UK’s Facility Sector, I have been following Skillset’s blog concerning the source of engineers in the [...] […] Skillset on their strategic action plan for the UK’s Facility Sector, I have been following Skillset’s blog concerning the source of engineers in the […]

]]> http://blog.skillset.org/2008/01/31/where-have-all-the-engineers-gone/#comment-12 studiofile Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:13:05 +0000 http://blog.skillset.org/2008/01/31/where-have-all-the-engineers-gone/#comment-12 I believe this problem extends outside of our industry and is a problem in our culture and it has to do with how British culture views engineers. Engineers in the UK are viewed with some disdain and looked down on as people with dirty hands who I can't do without but don't really want to know and certainly don't respect. Where as in Germany engineers are held in the same high regard as other professions like doctors, teachers, lawyers etc.. We will always be on an uphill struggle until we can came how engineers are viewed and respected. I believe this problem extends outside of our industry and is a problem in our culture and it has to do with how British culture views engineers. Engineers in the UK are viewed with some disdain and looked down on as people with dirty hands who I can’t do without but don’t really want to know and certainly don’t respect. Where as in Germany engineers are held in the same high regard as other professions like doctors, teachers, lawyers etc.. We will always be on an uphill struggle until we can came how engineers are viewed and respected.

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