A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A good designer has a lot in common with a good researcher. Both hunt for excellence and perfection. And you have to really focus on the details, and you don't really know what the final result will be before you have it.
At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
The engineer, and more generally the designer, is concerned with how things ought to be - how they ought to be in order to attain goals, and to function.
Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc.
It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.
Science is about knowing; engineering is about doing.
Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.
I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody's going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there's also so many other people who contribute to a great meal.
To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.
A humble scientist is a good scientist.