Does anyone else hate pretty much everyone else in your job field? I'm back in school now but in the year I was working at a full time job, basically every other engineer was a chud who absolutely refused to consider other people and were only doing engineering because they got paid a lot. I know it's good to get to know everyone you work with and build solidarity but it's basically impossible when they're all so insufferable.
How do all of you deal with it?
There is such a conservative culture in engineering. It’s insane. I guess that’s what happens when you get a ton of white male mechanically minded people together.
It also does not help that engineering is branded as a “meritocracy” which gives so many engineers literal god complexes. What they neglect to realize is that the majority of engineers got to that point because their parents were engineers and set them up with not only the requisite education to succeed but also a professional network and job opportunities before they even graduated. Also that your merit has nothing to do with your skills or abilities, and almost everything to do with how much you corporate ass you can kiss.
During my first internship my boss told me “your worth as a person is decided by how much money you can charge a client” and it has taken me five years to try and get that poison out of my head.