7 signs that you're an engineer at heart
Ever wonder what makes you an engineer? We've put together a list of 7 qualities that often define an engineer.
1. You're not you without a caffeinated beverage
2. You take apart things that work perfectly just to make them better....
3. You're friends are always giving you their broken devices because you're an engineer - why pay for repairs if you have all the answers
4. If you haven't seen it as a 3D printed model, you're not interested
5. Everything you see turns into a physics, statics or an optimisation problem
6. Efficiency is your speciality
7. You believe nothing is built just for fun
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