Anymore, it seems like engineering is either overly theoretical or based entirely in designing for manufacture. I am primarily talking about mechanical engineering here.
Meaning, an engineer doesn't actually build and repair stuff anymore, as one did roughly a hundred years ago, but instead designs plans for it on a computer, then ships it off to some manufacturing plant in China.
Is this accurate or am I entirely wrong?
I ask because I am very interested in building things, electronics, models, etc. Stuff like http://www.hackaday.com
But it seems as if engineering is too displaced from actually building "stuff" with your hands anymore.
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