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		analog31 on Feb 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Learning to Code vs Learning Computer Science In my observation, engineers tend to forget their math and physics pretty quickly after getting out of school. Many are proud of it. Most of the work of an entry level engineer is CAD, troubleshooting, and bureaucracy.

GFischer on Feb 10, 2014 [–]

I was going to say the same. Most of the engineers I know don't use any skills they learned at university, much less physics.

It's probably a misallocation of resources, using the engineering degree as a filtering mechanism.

Quite a few are drafted for management (especially of industrial plants, etc)

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