“hey
man can u come up with an articles which mainly beats around "how
challenging to an engineer" initially struggle with the studies, once in
service it’s even more challenging to face all sort of bureaucrats and
politicians, where nobody appreciates the efforts engineers put in instead we
bear brunt of everyone...”
Firstly, let me thank Mr. Phunthso Wangdi, Chota Don, for
having suggested the topic on my Facebook page. Because maybe he is afraid of bureaucrats and politicians, or maybe he finds engineering too difficult and challenging while in study,
plus in the field that’ll nullify his effort when bureaucrats and politicians get
involved.
Engineering in Bhutan is associated with all hype and
popularity. The only college in the country offering an engineering degree admits only the top students from various high schools. Only a few students are
sent out of the country for various engineering courses to meet the market demand.
Still the demand is so high, and the benefits and satisfaction that the rank
offers are excellent.
Students opt for engineering, basically for two reasons. One reason is the parent’s insistence on a greater choice of career. No parent desires to witness their child merely surviving on a meager existence. The number two reason is self-interest. If someone has joined an engineering college because they love engineering, they will be well informed about the future and the enormous effort they will make to substantially contribute
to the growth of the country.
Pursuing engineering isn't as easy as you sometimes may expect.
There are loads of burdens of analysis, research, projects, etc., that you have to
bear, and sometimes you get buried under them. Scoring the highest possible in high
school and expecting the same in the engineering college won’t suffice for your survival
in engineering studies. But we should definitely be good at math, though not necessarily
geniuses. We should have logic for solving problems scientifically.
Since Bhutan is in the developing stage, most of the
students choose the traditional engineering—civil engineering. Everywhere we go, we can see construction blossoming in the country. The fresh green forest is revolutionizing
the concrete jungle. A civil engineer is responsible for using their civil
engineering background to plan and oversee various construction efforts in many
different areas of this field. They will apply civil engineering principles to
ensure that structures are constructed in the safest, sturdiest manner.
On a daily basis, civil engineers engage in many general
responsibilities. They analyze various factors concerning a construction job.
They analyze the proposed construction site location as well as the entire construction
job, which is to be done and completed at the site. They will analyze the
process for completing the construction job every step of the way.
The civil engineer must also plan the construction project that will be taking
place in conjunction with the results they found due to their analysis of the
proposed project. During the process and at the end, the civil engineer must
inspect the product to ensure that all rules, regulations, and guidelines have
been explicitly followed.
When a country develops, there are always conflicts between
bureaucrats, technocrats, and politicians. The need for bureaucracy results
primarily from modernization. Due to the progress of bureaucratization, it
encourages democracy. And now we are a democratically elected monarchy. It is a well-known fact that the government accomplishes its precision, speed, and
consistency through well-trained staffs of bureaucracies.
In the practice of civil engineering, government bureaucracies’
main function is to ensure fairness, prevent procedural lapses, and shield the negative
externalities of development. However, in the process of maintaining fairness and
equity through bureaucratic processes, administrators end up processing a high
amount of discretionary authority. Citizens too have the right to investigate
alternatives and to participate in the decision-making process about how to go about the
agenda, which ultimately affects their environment, which is the democratic
standard.
There are instances where the effort of the engineer is
never appreciated, and they have to ‘bear the brunt of everyone.' It may be because we
don’t have the form of government in which experts in technology control decision-making—technocracy. Engineers are tagged corrupt. People say
engineers are corrupt because they get more money and are well-off compared to
other professions. Their incentives are good. Their work outside the office paid them well. They use more energy, time, and skills to get work done.
What is there when someone uses more effort for the benefits of others?
In the eye of the bureaucrat, whatever visual inspection is possible
will not be technically feasible. Their visual possibility of judging may prove
wrong technically and scientifically. The technical possibilities and stability
for the safety and welfare of people are essential for engineering works; in fact, politicians and bureaucracies should not be blamed for the work done by
technocrats. Administrators should not at least wish to get engineering work done
according to their lame excuse of authority they possess.
Yes, everyone has the right and responsibility if the
structure or anything that is the result of engineering fails before the stipulated time and causes nuisance instead of mitigation. Whatever is burnt and whatever consequences
there will be, engineers should be responsible and questioned for it. And we all
should have the fact intact that, through cooperation, we can move ahead
for the betterment of our promising tomorrows.
So, we should never forget that civil engineers work hard.
Hours can be long, government funding cuts can destroy a project, deadlines are
firm, and weather can throw projects off schedule. If the timetable
degenerates, an engineer has to overcome scheduling obstacles with ingenuity. Most
of the engineers who are employed in the government sector must be ready for
bureaucratic delays, political stalls, and lots and lots of paperwork. Satisfaction
is strong; most wouldn’t trade their occupation for any other.
