My wife just received a call from her (very competitive) sister. She announced that her son had decided to major in electrical engineering, which is good because they are the smartest, best paid, and are highest on the "Engineering Hierarchy". And, she added, Mechanical Engineers are at the bottom (of course, I am a MechE (PhD) as is her father (MS)).
Gee, I thought we had all agreed to keep the hierarchy private.
I might also add that her husband is an astronaut with a PhD in Physics. Evidently the astronauts do not need to depend on any mechanical systems in the space shuttle, or if they do, they were all
*properly* designed by EE's. We all know how good EE's are at thermal management of their increasingly small designs...Her degree is in modern languages. She did not mention where that appears on the "World Overall All-Told Everything Hierarchy".