Engineers are basically a kind of inventor, right? So why aren't

>>1793698
because they are wage cucked

profits go up, blame goes down, haven't you read dilbert?

>>1793702
No, you wouldn't happen to have the specific strip you're referring to on hand would you?

They sometimes are, in a sense. You can get stock options, rsu's, and other profit sharing plans

>>1793698
Engineers who work for firms don't invent things. Even if they did, the firm would legally have the right to patent whatever you invented on their time and with their PP&E.

>>1793698
>hey joe, remember those fittings that you've spent those last six months working on?
>well, turns out the material Craig picked out happens to corrode like a motherfucker in the environment we're going to use it in
>basically, we need to start from scratch, and you're not getting paid jack shit for the past six months

>>1793729
Do engineers tend to opt for those options a lot?

>>1793732
>Engineers who work for firms don't invent things

What the hell do they do then?

>>1793741
Wouldn't that be a big incentive for the whole team to not fuck up then?

>>1793751
Um, of course! That's what made the dot com such a big thing, people always wanted to work at start ups for the chance of getting rich. And some of them did.

>>1793770
Interesting, thanks for the info

>>1793698
Just buy shares of your company beta-fgt.

>>1793751
>What the hell do they do then?
That depends what type of engineering we're talking about.