How many of us are in a STEM profession?

[Uncle Paul]

Went by a Hospital yesterday. 8 cars were in the Dr's parking lot. 5 of them were Tesla. (1 X, 1S, 3 Model 3.

Word is getting out. All sorts of people are embracing all electric personal transportation.

The future of automated personal transportation will be all electric as well.

 

[bthienthai]

used to be a software engineer. Now, I just do whatever my boss asks me to do, even when it doesn't make sense. Need the check so I could buy a Tesla.

 

[nrigali]

I own an IT consulting firm so I definitely fit the profile

 

[whatthe2]

IT Sales covering DoD.

 

[JPP]

...is medicine a science, technology, or art?

In my formative years I was a geek before the word was invented. Fooled with mainframe and minicomputers. Did some biomedical engineering. College degree in engineering and physics. Got my M.D., toyed with surgery, did enough 120 hour weeks as an intern and junior resident, found diagnostic imaging/radiology just as the era of modern digital technology was applied to old school x-rays. Now a diagnostic radiologist and the 'chief geek' in my group practice (over 90 radiologists) and am my practice's VP of Informatics. The circle is closed.

 

[gregd]

is medicine a science, technology, or art?

If you're good, it probably counts for all three.

 

[nogajim]

Pair of biochemists.

 

[grashelm]

Origamist

 

[SageBrush]

But truly, does it matter in the overall scheme of things?

Yes, because this is not a matter of me being able to parse the intended thought of the uninformed and uneducated, it is a matter of the person being able to manage on their own and feeling confident enough to buy an EV.

 

[SageBrush]

Went by a Hospital yesterday. 8 cars were in the Dr's parking lot. 5 of them were Tesla. (1 X, 1S, 3 Model 3.

Delicate question -- do they belong in the STEM group ?

 

[McRat]

Delicate question -- do they belong in the STEM group ?

They belong a subset, or cell of the group. You know, the stem cell?
Seriously the doctors who are also inventors are often brilliant engineers whether they have a degree or not.
Medicine requires chemistry and math, more math than some IT jobs.

 

[lapolak]

I.T. (not help desk but more of system development, project management, wearer of many hats) at a well known SoCal hospital.
Studied PoliSci, Entrepreneurial Business, and Computer Programming in college. Want(ed) to go into Law. Always loved to play with the latest consumer tech.

 

[Jeff4155]

I count bricks for a living, (QS)

 

[John Lamoureux]

I had an interesting discussion with a friend today about how Teslas are such a niche market car and how they will never succeed in the long run. In his view, only an small fraction of the country would ever buy something as underdeveloped and techno-geeky as a Tesla vehicle.

So... that being said, how many of us are engineers or scientists?

VP of IT Infrastructure, working in the Biotech and technology industries.

Ask this question a decade (or two) ago and you'd get very different results. True, you don't need to be good at math or technology to own/drive one, but it sure helps.

How many ICE drivers know the ins/outs of a combustion engine?

 

[T34ME]

I count bricks for a living, (QS)

In graduate school, I took a class in advanced statistics taught by a visiting professor from China whose English was marginal. He talked about his research study in the composition of bricks. There was always a lot of giggles in class when he talked about the, "breaking strength of PRICKS."

 

[nervus]

`Retired MD (neurologist/neurophysiologist). During my training years in the 70's working and programming with mini-computers (PDP8 en PDP11). Deemed too old to do practice (governemental decision) I am still doing some IT-stuff (kernel improvements for RISCOS) just for hobby.

 

[T34ME]

...is medicine a science, technology, or art?

When you really need a doctor, you hope that it is all three plus a good dose of divine intervention.

 

[McRat]

... True, you don't need to be good at math or technology to own/drive one, ...

STEM occupations tend to earn more on average.
EV buyers tend to earn more on average.
So there's that.

But I have a hunch it has more to do with trusting technology.
EV adoption is low. Most people do not even consider test driving one.
Even most STEM vocation drivers drive ICE, they just often buy more expensive models.

But I'd guess that folk with more science experience would be more likely to test drive an EV.

 

[John Lamoureux]

STEM occupations tend to earn more on average.
EV buyers tend to earn more on average.
So there's that.

But I have a hunch it has more to do with trusting technology.
EV adoption is low. Most people do not even consider test driving one.
Even most STEM vocation drivers drive ICE, they just often buy more expensive models.

But I'd guess that folk with more science experience would be more likely to test drive an EV.

And then there's our (in the US) preference for small SUVs, which is why I think the MY will be even more impactful than the M3.

 

[harcocjh]

I work as the lone IT guy at a large high school in Chicago. Interesting to see how many of us are in STEM fields. Not surprising though.