[21twelve]

I was at a site in Indonesia - the American manager called the local engineers Automotans. “They can recite all of the equations on page 326 perfectly. But they have no clue when applying it to the real world.”

[ealgeone]

I hear the same kind of story from a buddy in tech.

[redfreedom]

I’ve worked with engineers like that. They have no imagination or creative ability at all. If it’s not in some book, it can’t be done.

[steve86]

Automatons, unless he was making a joke of the spelling