Hm, now be honest here,
would I have to do work in order to become one and then, once I had qualified, would I be expected to work afterwards?
( Kroney, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:26, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

yes, and yes.

(Poppet some assembly required., Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:27, Reply)

Doesn't really sound like my cup of tea.

( Kroney, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:29, Reply)

I didn't do a lot of work to become an engineer
and I haven't done much since either.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:30, Reply)

Interesting, I'm coming around to it.
What's the potential for making an ass-load of money by basically sitting around on my arse drawing pretty pictures and applying a few GCSE level principles?
( Kroney, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:31, Reply)

you'd be hard-pressed to find an occupation that has such a poor "importance to salary" ratio

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:34, Reply)

You're not really selling this to me, Vippers.

( Kroney, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:35, Reply)

I just suggested it as a way to be accepted into Australia
if I had my way I'd stop working in this field today and would never look back.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:37, Reply)

But the skills you would get as an engineer could be really useful.
Imagine if you sent to prison by a military court for a crime you didn't commit. You then promptly escape from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Maybe you could use these mad skills to help you earn a living as a soldier of fortune.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:39, Reply)

MacGyver's more my scene, really.
the lone operative, getting into scrapes, eating ice-cream and making rocket launchers out of racing bikes.

Then I'd spend a few years in celebrity wilderness before making a comeback by visiting other planets.
( Kroney, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:41, Reply)

and you get to sport a mullet with impunity

(Zoz prayed for twink on, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 11:42, Reply)