{"id":2988,"date":"2018-03-15T13:30:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T18:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/?p=2988"},"modified":"2018-03-23T09:53:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T14:53:17","slug":"you-know-youre-an-engineer-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/you-know-youre-an-engineer-when\/","title":{"rendered":"You Know You&#8217;re an Engineer When&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Engineers are methodical and logical beings with the intelligence to back up their reasoning. They are influential in the greatest of innovations and are pushing the boundaries for new technologies today. In this post, we realize that engineers are a big part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/?utm_source=Blog\">MISUMI<\/a> office and perhaps your office\/plant\/building or whichever location you are in. Sometimes they will have those revelatory moments when they\u2019ve taken their engineering a bit too far but in a humorous, charming way. We\u2019ve gathered those moments in this post with the many completions of this statement.<\/p>\n<p>You Know You\u2019re an Engineer When\u2026.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You reverse engineer\u2026EVERYTHING. If you can\u2019t determine how something is manufactured or want to take a deep dive into the design, you flip it and reserve it. Let\u2019s take it apart. What part? ALL. OF. IT.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3003\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You have the most advanced calculator in the office. TI-83 or TI-89 Scientific Graphing Calculator or a Casio FX-115 is used for the most complicated of calculations.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2999 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/TI-89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"181\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/TI-89.jpg 288w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/TI-89-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/TI-89-167x300.jpg 167w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>You have a spreadsheet for everything. A spreadsheet for data trends, grocery lists, and your top 10 Marvel movies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3004\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-3.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You try to guess how the inside of a machine works and what components are in it. You find yourself trying to figure out how the luggage conveyor works at the airport. You bet there\u2019s a few gears, rollers, timing pulleys and shafts in there. It\u2019s like x-ray vision!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3005\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-5.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"224\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Everyone sees this\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Golden Gate Bridge<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3000\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Golden_Gate_Bridge_Dec_15_2015_by_D_Ramey_Logan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"782\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Golden_Gate_Bridge_Dec_15_2015_by_D_Ramey_Logan.jpg 3936w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Golden_Gate_Bridge_Dec_15_2015_by_D_Ramey_Logan-150x42.jpg 150w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Golden_Gate_Bridge_Dec_15_2015_by_D_Ramey_Logan-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Golden_Gate_Bridge_Dec_15_2015_by_D_Ramey_Logan-768x217.jpg 768w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Golden_Gate_Bridge_Dec_15_2015_by_D_Ramey_Logan-1024x289.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/>You see this\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stresses and Strains on the Golden Gate Bridge<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3001\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/file-20170526-6402-sshvmr.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"749\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/file-20170526-6402-sshvmr.png 1000w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/file-20170526-6402-sshvmr-150x41.png 150w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/file-20170526-6402-sshvmr-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/file-20170526-6402-sshvmr-768x210.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You compare your current project to your Thermodynamics course from college or whatever your most challenging engineering course was. Perhaps you find yourself thinking that you\u2019d rather retake that again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3006\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-6.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You believe the technology from science fiction movies will happen\u2026Nano bites, teleportation, space travel, lightsabers etc.\u2026someday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3007\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-7.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You get excited when that the one phone app you thought of already exists but upset that you didn\u2019t get the chance to develop it yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3008\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-8.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You love honey, not for the sweet taste but of its high viscosity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2996\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/source.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You defrost meat for dinner and create a heat transfer problem.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3013\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Defrost.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"381\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Defrost.jpeg 616w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Defrost-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Defrost-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You know the difference between cement and concrete.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3010\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-9.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You love math but not adding, subtracting, and long division math. You love algebra, calculus, and differential equations math.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3009\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-10.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your solution to everything is more duct tape.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2995\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"166\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can\u2019t write on paper unless its graph paper with a drafting pencil that has 0.5mm lead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2997\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-1-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your idea of fun for a Friday night is staying in and building IKEA furniture\u2026WITHOUT the instructions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3014\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/source-2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You use CAD for everything, kid\u2019s wooden car project or a Rube Goldberg Machine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3012\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-11.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"185\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You name your pet after your favorite scientist. Tesla, Bernoulli, Fourier, Laplace, Newton, Einstein, Hawking, Curie, it\u2019s a very long list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3015\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-12.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"279\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You assemble an item and toss the instructions. They\u2019re just recommendations anyway\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3016\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.misumiusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/giphy-13.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few of the many revelations that engineers everywhere can relate to. At <a href=\"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/?utm_source=Blog\">MISUMI<\/a>, we\u2019ve definitely experienced #4 with the amazing designs our customers create with the power of <a href=\"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/?utm_source=Blog\">MISUMI\u2019s configurable components<\/a> and there\u2019s always the great project comparison to a most difficult engineering course.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/us.misumi-ec.com\/?utm_source=Blog\">MISUMI<\/a>\u2019s engineers are all here for you with any questions or concerns you may have.\u00a0 Be sure to reach out to them with any questions via chat on our website or email at <a href=\"mailto:engineering@misumiusa.com\">engineering@misumiusa.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let us know when you have moments such as these or what revelations you have as an engineer daily! Comment below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineers are methodical and logical beings with the intelligence to back up their reasoning. They are influential in the greatest of innovations and are pushing the boundaries for new technologies today. In this post, we realize that engineers are a big part of the MISUMI office and perhaps your office\/plant\/building or whichever location you are in. 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