Another Ad: Be Like This Guy!

I was reading an article on yellowcake today in an old issue of the Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, and I just had to pass on this hilarious advertisement for becoming a professional engineer (PE). Granted it’s ten years old and directed at folks who already have engineering training, but I couldn’t help but think it’s small wonder that we’re having a hard time getting people interested in being PEs if ads like this are thought to be a legit recruitment tool.

By the way, Samuel Florman writes about the issue of PE licensing and much more in a fascinating book called The Introspective Engineer that everyone with even a passing interest in the field should definitely consider reading. I found it helpful to have a historical perspective on why engineering school is as unpleasant as it is (speaking of poor recruitment strategies…).

Florman’s also a PE, albeit a (slightly) cooler-looking one. What he really looks like, though, is Ed McMahon.

Florman:

McMahon:

2 thoughts to “Another Ad: Be Like This Guy!”

  1. Hehe, not for any particularly exciting reason. My thesis project is basically to write the nuclear fuel cycle version of Sim City, so I needed a bit of info about yellowcake for my uranium mine representation.

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