Can someone please explain to me how a person who designs and builds bridges and person who opperates a train is the same thing?

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adorbz · 26-30, F

I mean I suppose someone could change careers 😅 but other than that 🤔🤔 I have no idea what you mean

MethDozer · M

@adorbz Both are called engineers but nothing they do is even remotely similar or related.

adorbz · 26-30, F

@MethDozer since when are train drivers called engineers 🤔

adorbz · 26-30, F

@MethDozer oh of course this is an american thing 👀 the phrase “train driver” is just too complicated for you guys to work out 😅

MethDozer · M

@adorbz Always have been.

MethDozer · M

@adorbz Well to be fair it isn't like they actually drive the train. Damn thing pretty much drives itself you just control the throttle and speed.

adorbz · 26-30, F

@MethDozer but they definitely don’t build the train like an engineer would 😆

bijouxbroussard · F

@adorbz In the U.S. it is what we call train drivers too.
😄

engineer
noun [ C ]
UK /ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪər/ US /ˌen.dʒɪˈnɪr/

A2
a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railways, or bridges, using scientific principles:
a civil engineer
a mechanical/structural engineer
a software engineer

a person whose job is to repair or control machines, engines, or electrical equipment:
a computer engineer
The engineer is coming to repair our phone tomorrow morning.

US
(UK engine driver)
a train driver

MethDozer · M

@adorbz Exactly my point.

I mean it is weird how most engineers don't actually do anything at all with engines. So in a sense it makes more sense to call the train dude an engineer but at the same time the word was already taken.

adorbz · 26-30, F

@MethDozer just wait til we get onto social engineering

MethDozer · M

@adorbz It's an evil activity by nature but can be fun sometimes.