OT Engineers / Scientists, How many are out there Options

[914nerd]

Well, how many of you are there lurking out here on the world?
If you are one, what field, what do you actually do, and how do you like what you do?

This is prompted by a conversation that I had earlier today questioning the future of technical fields in this country.
What do you people think about the fact that science (arguably one of the most important aspects of modern life) is being shunned and, in many ways, is beginning to fall apart?

[Borderline]

Before I couldn't even spell ingenear now I are one!! I got my bsme in '73 (yeah old fart). I actually had a one unit class in high performance suspensions and a another in internal combustion engine design.

Over the years I've worked for a bunch of different companies in various fields, but always doing mechanical design: Missile Launching and Handling for Trident missiles, food processing equipment, disk drives, mail opening equipment and my favorite. I designed equipment to put wine in plastic bags and put the bags in boxes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

I played with SCCA road racing for a while and then got away from cars. Now after about 20 years I'm back and am into AX. What I think is interesting is that the suspension talk here is the same as it was 35 years ago: stiffer springs, stiffer anti-roll bars, stiffer shocks, lower car. I know shock technology has changed, but I was expecting some really neat advances in my absence. Anyway, I'm having fun playing with the teener!