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arak42
Jan 24, 2003, 2:38 PM
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GEOLOGIST!!!
and all my climbing partners have been geologists too, but that is because we tend to move in packs Also, there is a natural prgression from studying rocks to climbing on them! Not being afraid to repel off a cliff to see and measure some rocks is a useful skill for me actually.
On this white collar/blue collar thing, I worked in contruction for a year and a half as an asbestos abatement inspector. I was able to deal with a lot of "blue collar" people (this was after I got my BS.) I met a lot of people working as laborers who were very smart people, but had different priorities in life than others. Then again, I met some people who were dumb as dirt, but I don't think they'd make it too far in the climbing world. I certainly wouldn't want one of them belaying me!!
K
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redpoint73
Jan 24, 2003, 2:40 PM
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You have a point, the same things that make you a good engineer would also get you interested in climbing: figuring out problems "hands-on", the combination of technical knowledge combined with real-world situations, the technical aspects of the gear and ropes.
Folks who are into computers and engineering also tend to be more introverted and centered on the 'self' rather than 'others'. This appears to be a common trait in climbers.
I should know I'm an engineer!
In fact, I should be engineering right now, but I'm goofing off!!!!
But I also have climbed with a lawyer, airforce colonel, actuary, marketing manager, architect, school teacher, art student, astrophysicist, etc . . .
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blueeyedclimber
Jan 24, 2003, 2:41 PM
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I' m an Elementary Phys Ed teacher. My goal is to one day run an outdoor program for adolescents, though. Rock Climbing , hiking, camping, etc. Kids are great, they know how to have fun.
Josh
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redpoint73
Jan 24, 2003, 2:45 PM
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Wow! Gansscr has a BODYCOUNT!
I will NOT mess with that dude at the crags!!!
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atg200
Jan 24, 2003, 2:47 PM
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unfortunately in computers right now, but looking to go back to school for geology soon. i'm jealous of that guy in mining exploration - that is what i want to do.
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soze
Jan 24, 2003, 3:04 PM
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I'm a computer programmer and I climb with a female robotics expert and a guy that works in a video store. Rock climbing does involve a high level of problem solving. As for all male rock climbers being engineers/Comp Prgms, I think that there are just a whole lot of people who work with computers these days.
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sroehlk
Jan 24, 2003, 3:07 PM
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Come to think of it...I do climb with a few engineers. On the other hand I work for an architectural/engineering firm (I do marketing/business development) and those guys think I'm crazy for climbing. Go figure.
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phil_nev
Jan 24, 2003, 3:19 PM
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engineer here.....
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scottharms
Jan 24, 2003, 3:24 PM
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nope, insurance consultant/office manager, my climbing wife is a physical therapist, so again nope. Cheers
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passthepitonspete
Jan 24, 2003, 3:42 PM
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Uh-oh.
Er, uh, degree in chemical engineering and business management, professional engineer, and I spend way too much time in front of this computer.
I have worked in sales for seventeen years, and I can tell you that the #1 most difficult type of person to deal with is the schoolteacher. While there are always exceptions, many of them have never lived in the "real world", and you just can't teach a teacher. I prefer root canal work to dealing with a schoolteacher.
But the #2 most difficult type of person to deal with is an engineer. Some engineers are so damn anal it'll drive you crazy! They'll overanalyze the crap out of everything and still never make a decision.
[I had too much personality to succeed as an engineer, so now I sell financial products. How I ever passed engineering is a minor miracle - I belive they graduated me just to get rid of me.]
While in university, I could never understand why I had so few friends in engineering! Not surprisingly, those friends I did have in engineering, like me, have later chosen to follow careers other than engineering per se.
But I think the geekdom of engineering and computers selectively brings these people to websites. If the stats are skewed this way here on line, they are perhaps less skewed on the crags.
If you are to be a big wall climber, then you must also be a problem solver, which is precisely what an engineer is.
I am Dr. Piton,
and I am not a dweeby engineering geek. [If you do not believe me, I would be happy to provide you with an annotated 78-point-list complete with footnotes explaining precisely why this is so]
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lynne
Jan 24, 2003, 4:00 PM
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Hey Beth, I didn't read this entire thread, but if you're taking a poll, I'm a woman climber and an electrical engineer. I would rather be a bum, but my kids wouldn't appreciate it much..
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thedude
Jan 24, 2003, 4:02 PM
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i'm a pilot.
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ambler
Jan 24, 2003, 4:02 PM
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College prof, not an engineer or computer programmer. Then again, I do write programs and draw an awful lot of graphs.
In my case, I was a climber long before I had any clue about career. So I suspect that part of this pattern is not technical folks getting into climbing, but rather folks with certain outlooks who find both climbing and technical work appealing (at any life stage).
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penjach
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I am Computer Systems Security Specialist.
Hm!?
Sounds bad!
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epic_ed
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Yep. IT guy here.
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climblouisiana
Jan 24, 2003, 4:17 PM
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Electrical Engineer.
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leaverbiner
Jan 24, 2003, 4:24 PM
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Lawyer - but hoping to join the real world at some point in the future (once all of those law school loans are paid off) . . . the group I regularly climb with kind of highlights the diversity that is found int he climbing community on the eastcaost . . . 1 teacher, 1 psychologist, 1 chemical engineer, 1 executive recruiter. Seems that the more I climb the more diverse I realize the community really is . . .
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rocknpowda
Jan 24, 2003, 5:13 PM
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I sell lift tickets for a living but still don't get to ski or climb as much as I'd like.
Do engineers or computer geeks work 9-5, M-F? If not, I should look into that.
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climbhigh23
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computer geek here too....and i don't work m-f 9-5, i make my own hours (still have to work 40 hours a week though, still trying to find a way around that)
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ejlim
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chemical engineer / finance type person. soon to be unemployed....
oh yeah - and i'm a female (if that matters)
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fuzebox
Jan 24, 2003, 5:21 PM
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1 more geek...
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bakedjake
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currently a salesman nut aspiring toward dirt bag
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womble
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Another point to consider- could a disproportionate number of rc.com users be IT/engineer types? IT people IMO are more likely to spend vast times on net activities...
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lostinvegas
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Of course if you're living in an area and going to crags close to Silicon Valley, then my guess is that you would run into tech types more than anywhere else. And here in Vegas you would have higher chance of climbing next to casino dealers, like some of my climbing buddies. All the more reason to travel to a different place to climb and meet different people!
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sketchypro
Jan 24, 2003, 5:56 PM
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Construction worker/ General Contractor in previous life.
Changed to Computer Consultant, then started climbing!
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