Prompt#10 Misconcept In TV Shows

The TV series, Silicon Valley, describes several computer engineers how to built their own company. In this show, they are bunches of super smart and intelligent people but have a non-mainstream lifestyle. For example, they maybe good at programing things but they don't know how to make friend and communicate with others in polite way.

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However, the reality is, engineers maybe a nerd but we are not a geek. A geek is someone whose passions or obsessions are outside the mainstream. And a nerd is someone with above average intelligence and debatable social skills. I admit that there are might be some nerds in our field, but they are not a geek. They maybe lack of some social skills but they still master most of them. I am a engineering major person, but I am not a nerd or a geek. Besides study, I will also attend all kinds of club events in campus and make friend. I think engineers just a group of normal people plus knowing some academic knowledge.

Another misconnect in this show is that they picture engineers as a extremely genius person. For example, a lot peoples always thought engineers must be really obsess with math, physics and other science object. Actually, we are not fans of math and other object. It is just we need those knowledge to help us become a engineer. As a engineer, I hear a lot of my classmate complain about the class they took. In short, our engineer really just a normal people as public and engineering really is a touchable job for everyone.