I'll Never Understand....

[Porter]

3 hours ago, baddog said:

Well, I kinda hit on something. Jobs requiring degrees and America has been dumbed down for years. Sad.

Look at this! It just gets worse! Smh
 

 

[baddog]

9 minutes ago, Porter said:

Look at this! It just gets worse! Smh
 

 

That’s very scary. Our local college was top 10 in the nation for engineering degrees back when I was attending. Lots of foreign students there to become engineers. Too bad a few bad apples have to spoil good educations.

[OlDawg]

17 hours ago, baddog said:

That’s very scary. Our local college was top 10 in the nation for engineering degrees back when I was attending. Lots of foreign students there to become engineers. Too bad a few bad apples have to spoil good educations.

The running joke about Lamar & Engineering degrees back when was they were Pakistani State.

I’ve honestly never met anyone with an Engineering degree from Lamar, and I was in the business a loooooong time.

[baddog]

25 minutes ago, OlDawg said:

The running joke about Lamar & Engineering degrees back when was they were Pakistani State.

I’ve honestly never met anyone with an Engineering degree from Lamar, and I was in the business a loooooong time.

Maybe they came here for the education then went back home. 

[OlDawg]

33 minutes ago, baddog said:

Maybe they came here for the education then went back home. 

I believe that was the situation. I remember hearing LU had a special program for them to do just that. Not sure how it worked with visas and such.

[BBtater984]

On 6/5/2026 at 9:24 PM, tvc184 said:

I don’t care if they have the public’s interest at heart. I want to support a person who votes the way I wish. Motivation is almost meaningless.

I would rather have a politician vote for my beliefs most of the time, even if for selfish reasons on his part than a person who is truly caring and votes for everything I hate.

If a politician votes the way you want, why are you worried about analyzing his motivation or thought process?

You note that in your opinion that every single one is corrupted by self interest. Okay, so they are all equal on that point. So you never vote or care who wins because they are all the same?

I most certainly do vote... but before I vote I do my own research. I shy away from mainstream media (FOX, CNN, etc.) and I do not listen to mainstream reports. I don't need memes or snippets to try and sway my vote. I'll look for websites that I think and feel give me the best example of a candidate(s). And when I'm in the voting booth I am not thinking about public interest, I'm thinking about the research I've done and the candidate(s) that is most closely aligned with my morals, thoughts, and wants.

[BBtater984]

19 hours ago, OlDawg said:

The running joke about Lamar & Engineering degrees back when was they were Pakistani State.

I’ve honestly never met anyone with an Engineering degree from Lamar, and I was in the business a loooooong time.

I work with a bunch of engineers that graduated from LU. When I was at LU (late 90s/early 2000s) most of my classmates (industrial engineering major) where from the US.

[OlDawg]

48 minutes ago, BBtater984 said:

I work with a bunch of engineers that graduated from LU. When I was at LU (late 90s/early 2000s) most of my classmates (industrial engineering major) where from the US.

Lamar is—comparatively—very affordable, close to industry, and has a good track record from my understanding. I assume most of the US grads stay fairly local. There’s a good network for referrals.

Baddog and I are discussing a time decades before your attendance.

Were there many international students in the Engineering program when you attended? Curious about it since the immigration system has been tightened up.

Incidentally, I always liked hiring ET's. I also liked hiring ex-fitters. Both brought more 'common-sense engineering/design' to the table than many other new engineering grads. Maybe, because I was ex-operations before my degrees, and could see more of the value. I just never ran across many--or any--resumes from Lamar. So, I always presumed they stayed more at the direct client level in the Golden Triangle.

Glad to hear there are still others who aren't just going for Liberal Arts degrees. We need them, and all crafts, skills, and trades.

[BBtater984]

26 minutes ago, OlDawg said:

Lamar is—comparatively—very affordable, close to industry, and has a good track record from my understanding. I assume most of the US grads stay fairly local. There’s a good network for referrals.

Baddog and I are discussing a time decades before your attendance.

Were there many international students in the Engineering program when you attended? Curious about it since the immigration system has been tightened up.

Incidentally, I always liked hiring ET's. I also liked hiring ex-fitters. Both brought more 'common-sense engineering/design' to the table than many other new engineering grads. Maybe, because I was ex-operations before my degrees, and could see more of the value. I just never ran across many--or any--resumes from Lamar. So, I always presumed they stayed more at the direct client level in the Golden Triangle.

Glad to hear there are still others who aren't just going for Liberal Arts degrees. We need them, and all crafts, skills, and trades.

Lamar is extremely affordable when you start looking at other universities in Texas that have good/great engineering program and no not many international students when I was at LU... at least not in the industrial engineering program.

For what it's worth, I think that if you are majoring in engineering, you should have at least 5 years of work experience before being able to graduate. That way you have some real world work experience to go along with the book(s).