Comment by stonemetal12
3 days ago
>Engineering is just about wielding tools to solve problems. You don't need to use formal methods to do engineering in general.
Way to general to be useful. By that definition the store clerk is an engineer (tool cash register, problem solved my lack of gummy bears), janitors swinging a mops, or automotive techs changing oil.
Engineering is applied science.
It wasn't a definition. Everything an engineer does is wield tools to solve problems. That doesn't mean wielding tools to solve problems automatically makes you an engineer. That said, I'm much less restrictive in those I would class as "doing engineering" than many.