"Bob Noel" wrote:

In my business (automatic temperature control systems), technicians make
more
than the mechanical engineers who design the HVAC systems we control.

ME's might make more if management of companies with large buildings were
willing to pay the price for an HVAC system that could actually correctly
keep
the temperature comfortable, especially during seasonal changes. Instead
they just shrug and go back to their nice offices.

When a project is in the design phase and costs are being considered, owners
are all for cutting "frills" in the HVAC system design.

After the building is occupied and people are complaining about comfort
problems, the poor engineer and the control guy get dragged into a
come-to-Jesus meeting and asked why their systems don't work.

....and don't even get me started about owners skimping on maintenance.

--
Dan

"Almost all the matter that came out of the Big Bang was two specific sorts;
hydrogen, and stupidity."

-Robert Carnegie in talk.origins