I've been retired about one generation (20 yrs) and before retirement saw changes in the attitude and perspective of the MECOP engineering students whom we hired for the summer their junior and senior years and paid them full entry level wages.
We assigned them projects and mentored them to give them a taste of reality while holding their hand to ensure their success.
What I noticed a generation ago is that the engineering students were less and less inclined to go out and look to see what reality was, and more inclined to sit at their desk and rely on their computer.
A problem if using design blueprints showing how something was supposed to be built, rather than an as built print showing how it was actually done.
A good example being building plan views showing support post location. If you don't go down and verify each post's actual location before doing your layout, you are almost guaranteed that one of them will end up smack dab in the middle of a walkway or piece of equipment.
I can only imagine how perspective has changed after yet another generation later..................
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- do you think this is progress?
