About My Job: The Engineers

by Conor Friedersdorf

We'll begin here:

I'm an engineer. Specifically, an aerospace engineer by education and a software engineer by vocation. There's a lot that the media gets right about my profession. (We have Scott Adams to thank for that.) There are still a few things that usually go overlooked. One thing in particular stands out to me: engineering is often portrayed as a boring, lifeless job. No magic.

Not true! It's one of the best things about it. I love the alchemy that takes the stuff...