What Type of Engineer is the Dumbest?

Question

As in, which is the simplest and easiest to get into, with the lowest marks. As i hear its comp engineering. But i dunno, the person who told me is a little odd

Answer 1

All I can say is, the dumbest engineer I have ever met was smart as a whip and a darn sight smarter than most everyone else.

Answer 2

Along with the other comments traditional engineering disciplines (civil, electrical, computer and mechanical) require a certain type of person for success and in asking that question your are implying of yourself that your approach to engineering is wrong. Note that computer science is NOT computer engineering where the former is mostly just writing code.

There are many other fields of study which tack on an engineering suffix or people who do tech work but call themselves engineers can be confusing to some. There are other fields like industrial engineering but those traditional four (with computer being the newest) is engineering. Then there are scientists (PhD folks) who do some engineering work but lets keep it simple for now.

If you do not enjoy solving problems, studying, refreshing your skills set constantly, etc. you cannot be a successful engineer or a least one who enjoys his/her work. A real engineer has some insatiable "need" to understand how and why things work and is only satisfied to a point by knowing this thing just works.

Just a small hint but there was a reason the EE labs at my school were open 24/7 when the rest of the university (including the library) closed at mid-night. I slept overnight many times and easily spent > 50 hrs/week on just homework and labs not including regular study.

Answer 3

Dumb engineers are called business, marketing or education majors. Given your attitude, save yourself some time and pick one of those fields up front.

Seriously, engineering is not a slacker field. No engineering is simple. No engineering is easy. And most engineers are a little odd.

I'm currently working on a Masters in statistics, and it is much easier than my computer engineering undergrad was.

Consider, I had several classes where we had labs associated with the classes, they affected the grade in the course, but didn't count as credits like they would in any other major. If they did, engineering would need at least 24 more credits per degree.

I spent 1.5 times as many hours in class, and about 10 times as many hours on homework as my non-engineering friends. Two thirds of my courses were calculus based. It was nothing to spend 10 hours on a single problem.

ALL engineering has a huge drop-out rate, so just getting in with low marks eventually means you'll be trying to figure out which major will allow you to transfer in your "C" and "D" grades from your failed attempt at an engineering degree.

Answer 4

Engineers are not dumb, some have trouble switching from theoritical to the real world. But if you are looking for an easy time in college, try liberal arts. Comp Engineering is that computer engineering, that is not easy. Its all a lot of work. I am an electrical engineer and I worked my tail off in college and I still work hard today but I enjoy the work very much.

Answer 5

Pretty much all engineers run with the big dogs in the hard sciences (physics, chemistry, etc.) If I had to pick a slow dog in that pack, it would be a Civil Engineer. But even CivE's can outrun most business or soft science (sociology, etc.) majors.

For many schools, all engineering disciplines are equally hard to get into. I've noticed that Electrical Engineering departments are harder to stay in once you get in, probably due to "weed out" courses. But no engineering discipline is a picnic.

Answer 6

He is probably right.... My husband is an electrical engineer and did a double degree in computer science. His engineering degree required EXTREMELY hard math and he is very very very intelligent.
Having said all that when he was at uni he didn't do much study at home and after reading through other peoples answers I don't know how he passed at all considering he rarely spent time studying but yes he passed and starts his job in the new year on fantastic pay for a huge company : ) I'm very proud of him.

Answer 7

Custodial Engineer or Social Engineer.

Answer 8

An engineer who fails to convert his theoretical knowledge into practical applications is the dumbest.

Answer 9

You sound like a very likely candidate for our program in sanitation engineering. Best of all, this highly prestigious field will not require you to spend any time in the classroom. Yes, it's all "field" experience. Please submit your application at your local landfill, or just put it on top of the cans out by the street.

Answer 10

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