Top 10 Reasons
for Becoming a Corrosion Engineer / Scientist
... finally convincing yourself that something had
to be done about the cost of corrosion;
... defying thermodynamics was always an
intriguing concept;
... having seen the corrosion professor at school drive off in a new
Porsche 928S (later you discovered that he also had a MBA, and knew a thing or two about
investing);
... getting that "swanning around in a white lab coat" out of
your system;
... knowing more than your neighbor (who works in catering and, yes, was
always more popular with the ladies) about potentiodynamic polarization curves;
... being "paid to worry";
... putting your loved ones (and 99.9999% of the general population)
into a peaceful slumber with more detailed mechanistic explanations of corrosion
phenomena;
... rationalizing your old disintegrating car (or house, or boat, or
houseboat) as a practical (but not necessary valuable) corrosion experiment;
... surrounding yourself in "an air of mystery" with other
engineers or scientists, who can not quite "place you"; but somehow always seem
to consult you;
... being genuinely needed (but not necessarily appreciated) in most
industries.
Published May 7, 2003 on corrosion-club.com (updated April 1, 2005 and December
14, 2005)
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