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Sadly my sample is mostly of engineers that shop at Wal-Mart.
Don't forget location, location, and location.
Buying televisions or groceries? And how can you possibly know they're engineers, ring on the pinky?
Televisions surprisingly enough for the older ones. The fresh graduates are into food.
That doesn't explain how you know they're engineers. And electrical engineers are the only ones that are necessarily tech savvy. I'm studying EE and my friend is studying civil engineering. I'm tech savvy, he is not. Not even all electrical engineers need be tech savvy, say if they're working for a company like AEP, as compared to Sony or IBM. Now considering that there are civil, mechanical, chemical and a plethora of other non-tech related engineers, assuming they were all engineers at your wal-mart, it's still not likely that many are tech savvy, just because they are "engineers". And anyhow, I find it highly improbable that at least 50% of shoppers at your particular wal-mart are any form of engineer at all.
They're my friends, coworkers, relatives, and acquaintances? I wouldn't talk about strangers.
Aeronautical is at top follow by electrical and computer engineers.
In that case, your data is completely out of a real-world context and unbalanced. To get a proper survey you would need to take a sample of people coming through a few check-out lines, not just people you know that shop at Wal-mart. Apparently you're much more likely to know engineers that shop at Wal-mart due to your job and family.
I thought you told me to remember location, location, location? Most wal-marts aren't next to a university where there are a larger than normal number of engineering students. And I still doubt that more than 50% of the shoppers are engineers, let alone tech savvy ones. Being an engineer doesn't give you an insta-tech-knowledge pass.
I didn't feel much of a need to tell you what you already knew.Well I have to if I'm going to refute them.
True...I don't know if anyone else remembers back when Walmart first started selling the iPhone, the Apple elitists of MacRumors began an anti-Walmart tirade, making outrageous statements summed up as "my iPhone is no longer a status symbol because I can now go to Walmart and get an iPhone from a dumb redneck...thanks Apple!"
Walmart employee here...I may work for Walmart, but I don't buy any major electronics there. If I need something like a 50-foot ethernet cable, sure, I'll pick one up after work, but for things like TVs and computers, there's Best Buy and the Apple store for that.
Vizio is a joke. I've had to deal with SOOOO many customers who bought Vizios because they were cheap, and then had to return them a few months later after the screens went greenish or showed vertical colored lines.
I overheard one redneck customer bragging to another about how amazing his new 42" Vizio was, and I remember him saying, "Well I was tryin' to decide between the Sony and the Vizio, and I found out that Vizio's made right here in Amer'cuh, so I figger'd I should go ahead and buy Amer'cun." The ignorance of that statement made my head spin. Vizio TVs are assembled in "Amer'cuh" using the cheapest-of-the-cheap Chinese components, whereas Sony TVs are made in Japan with much higher quality components and a more careful manufacturing process. Japanese electronics in general are usually always higher quality than anything "Amer'cun", unfortunately.
Walmart employee here...I may work for Walmart, but I don't buy any major electronics there. If I need something like a 50-foot ethernet cable, sure, I'll pick one up after work, but for things like TVs and computers, there's Best Buy and the Apple store for that.
You and me both. I wouldn't buy any major electronics item there even with my 10% discount. Most of it's too low end. Besides, at best buy I got 12% off an XBR6 last summer with a reward zone coupon. Saved me over $150.