So I just got surreptitiously volunteered to attend a "Engineering Exposition" where hundreds of junior and senior engineering students will sit down with engineering alumni from various companies encompassing all engineering displines and have little "speed dating" sessions where they can ask questions, and unfortunately, make attrocious attempts at schmoozing.
Is it wrong that I see this as a time to prophetize my jaded opinions about the engineering industry, rather than actually plug the company and possibly enamour people with the idea of working for them, even though I enjoy my job profusely?
Is it wrong that when I hear someone say "I'm a civil engineering student!" with bright, niaive, unsuspecting eyes, I'm going to have to refrain from laughing, even though we employ thousands of civil engineers who do wonderful jobs?
Should I feel bad when someone tells me that they're an electrical engineer and I inform them that they should get used to being the #1 source of project overruns, extraneous hours, and missed IFC dates on every project from now until projects go out of style?
Should I feel guilty billing the time to overhead when I view it as an opportunity for MYSELF to network?
Is it evil to drop the whole jaded behavoir and actually answer the students engineering questions, if said engineering student happens to be an attractive female?
I'm actually looking forward to all this. Should be awesome! I would recommend to everyone to get involved with your company's recruiting program. Don't like some of your coworkers, make sure that baby-versions of them don't get hired by getting involved!
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