Recently, A. Welderson wrote an article on American Thinker arguing that engineers make lousy U.S. presidents.  As an engineer, I would like to defend the profession.  Welderson's examples, Herbert Hoover and Jimmy Carter, had one trait in common that most engineers do not have.  They wanted to be president. First, I should give you some information about engineers.  Most of us are conservative.  This is confirmed in a poll in an engineering magazine.  It is consistent with my observations.  In contrast, our managers are often Democrats.  Considering that I am in the defense industry and Republican presidents are much more generous to the Defense Department than are Democrat presidents, I find this strange.  There must be a correlation between wanting to manage others and wanting our government to manage the American people. Most engineers are content to do our work.  We turn...(Read Full Post)