I truly feel like an engineer when...

[John_C]

It's a bit like asking which is harder, playing the guitar or running a marathon. They aren't really comparable

 

[Line666]

I think in developing a mastery of each you're probably talking about the equivalent amount of time invested though.

 

[Sickan]

...when I´m NEVER being 100% satisfied with a production and this drives me crazy.

+1000

 

[Felix Neumann]

+1000

 

[Harry Hughes]

I'm sorry, guys, but working with high level calculus and physics is much, much more difficult work. Sure, once you're a professional engineer working for a civil engineering company, most of your problem solving is done by a computer, but try taking some engineering classes at a university and get back to me... especially electrical engineering, computer engineering, chemical engineering, etc. These are some of the most difficult degrees you can take at a university. Besides, it's not all punching numbers into a computer even after you've got your degree. People do design and build new things, you know...

There is absolute no evidence to suggest civil engineering is any easier than audio engineering.
Both are equally hard in their own right

 

[gabriel g.]

I'm sorry, guys, but working with high level calculus and physics is much, much more difficult work. Sure, once you're a professional engineer working for a civil engineering company, most of your problem solving is done by a computer, but try taking some engineering classes at a university and get back to me... especially electrical engineering, computer engineering, chemical engineering, etc. These are some of the most difficult degrees you can take at a university. Besides, it's not all punching numbers into a computer even after you've got your degree. People do design and build new things, you know...

Working as a studio engineer is mostly ART. Nothing more!!!
Turning nobs to make something sound good isnt engineering IMO.

If you are studying audio ENGINEERING it is all about physics, electric-technics, and math.
You dont learn anything about turning nobs or to make something sound good!!!!

Damn guys the only technical things we do in a studio situation are:
-keep mics in phase
-dont hit the 0dBfs
-putting cables up

Most of the time we hit record and try to make something sound good.
Thats all....