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National Engineers Week

Not that most of you are aware of it, if only because there are no Hallmark Card for the occasion, but this is National Engineers Week, colloquially known as a celebration of all things geek. As I am an engineer, you can send me a homemade card (enclosing a check is optional) anytime this week. If that doesn't grab you, tomorrow is Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, so named because, completely in keeping with stereotypes, there aren't enough women in engineering. I understand marketing (as per usual) overruled the engineers who wanted it to be called Engineering Needs Women! Day.

Actually, I've found engineering (turning ideas into reality) to be a rewarding career. Going into college, I was going to be a scientist, but you can't do much real science without a PhD, and I quickly discovered I didn't have what it took to stay in an academic setting for more than four years. So I went into aerospace engineering and have had a ball making things happen ever since.