My primary questions are: what the heck is taught at these ostensibly STEM schools? And, secondarily, how would one get hired as a state meteorologist by not seeing these … quirks?
For anyone working within or for the state, obedience to and respect for Protocol & Routine is paramount. It is seen as not just eq. to but as the same thing as actual competence, experience and skill in the specific field.
That's not sarcastic hyperbole but based in empirical observation.
And thus, one gets hired as a state meterologist by not noticing these quirks.
The IgNobel prize came to be for a good reason.
My primary questions are: what the heck is taught at these ostensibly STEM schools? And, secondarily, how would one get hired as a state meteorologist by not seeing these … quirks?
Think you answered your own questions:
For anyone working within or for the state, obedience to and respect for Protocol & Routine is paramount. It is seen as not just eq. to but as the same thing as actual competence, experience and skill in the specific field.
That's not sarcastic hyperbole but based in empirical observation.
And thus, one gets hired as a state meterologist by not noticing these quirks.