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  1. 01-26-2014, 12:47 PM #1
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    Name a celebrity engineer

    As I continued through my engineering program, one thing was constantly bugging me. I couldn't name a single celebrity engineer, and neither could any of my classmates.

    Then I found my way to the shooting sports and realized... most rockstar engineers seem to be in the firearms industry... John Browning, Bill Ruger, Samuel Colt and many more I wouldn't be able to name.

    Can you name a rockstar engineer? Can you name one that isn't firearms related?

    My number one has got to be Nicola Tesla, but his focus was outside of my own (mechanical.)
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    In my limited experience, it seems that Engineers do the work, and Managers get the glory, and high salaries. I had an uncle who was possibly the top paper mill designer in the US, but no one knows of him. The Managers guide the expertise and creativity of the engineers. And good engineers may see the light and move into the Management function, if they are good managers, as did Uncle Dick, but no bets, there!
    (Seems that Son Jim is seeing the light - he has 4 patents, but is completely in management now)
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    Kelly Johnson, Howard Hughes.
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    Problem is most of us great engineers are introverts and can't spell worth ****.
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    Good engineers stay engineers and shun management. Those who move to management had that defect from the get-go.
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    henry ford. the Chevrolet brothers. wright brothers vic eldebrock. auther Harley and William Davidson. George westinghouse
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    Schottkey, Shockly, Kilby, Dodge bros., Chrysler, Otto, Renault, and the guy who designed this.

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    Would one consider Robert Goddard an engineer? How about Sikorsky?
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    While he was known more for writing Jules Vern was an engineer and did right some things that came very close to what really happened.
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    Much of Kelly Johnson's success was attained the same way as Thomas Edison's; from the talented engineers working under them.
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