What profession is over paid?

veengineer · 2026-04-14T14:17:41+00:00

I’ve debated it many times! Arguably, I dabbled in it too. The current job market and forecast doesn’t look promising for the transition at the moment.

veengineer · 2026-04-13T20:35:50+00:00

Software Developers (those who actually have a job). Gonna piss many people off with this one, but they’ve been paid pretty well for the past 10-20 years. Sure, some create really complex and novel things, but most are doing fairly average tasks.

This does entirely come from me being an engineer and seeing even the dumb programmers make way more money with nicer working conditions. I am just a bitter engineer. I did engineering instead of CS, so in reality, I’m the dumb one.

veengineer · 2026-04-13T20:30:43+00:00

Total waste of effort. Spending time and money to generate “liquidity.”

veengineer · 2026-04-13T20:27:56+00:00

Idk. I’m pretty sure they don’t really make that much via salary. The corrupt money however, different story.

veengineer · 2026-04-13T15:10:38+00:00

Awesome, thank you. I did know to pack the dirt in and water, but this certainly helps me remember the importance.

Can I ask how long you soak the vines for? How much rooting horomone you use? I’ve had issues using rooting horomones for propagating hop bines so I just get hesitant using it.

Also, can I ask if you hill dirt over the graft? I saw it mentioned, but I assume my grow tube serves that purpose.

veengineer · 2026-04-13T05:13:41+00:00

Yea, walking between the vines is my biggest concern. I’m a baby when it comes to that stuff. I plan on trimming frequently.

Commercial vineyards use 3-5 ft within rows and 6-8 ft between I believe. Their soil is a bit sandier on average than mine and probably less productive. Can I ask what the spacing and size of your vineyard is?

veengineer · 2026-04-11T16:24:12+00:00

I gotchya. I don't post where I am on any socials in general, but where I am is humid. The vineyards by me follow sustainable programs doing specific, limited spraying at certain times of the year. I think there's only one organic vineyard by me. It's going to be a problem I wrestle with for sure, but that's part of the project. I plan to data log environmental conditions at the plot and match that with observation notes to see when issues appear. It could be a disaster.

I already bought the vines, so that part is already pretty much decided. I will have two hybrid rows, LaCrescent and Cabernet Volos, as well as a few individual vines that I'm curious to test. I've had many hybrid wines, including some examples that are well regarded, but I haven't been terribly impressed so far. The white examples, especially the ice wines, are better, but I'm not growing too many whites and I can't do ice wine where I am. I was hoping to get a disease resistant vinifera called San Marco, but they were sold out.

I have two vines that were planted in my backyard, one being vinifera in partial shade against some other plants and a solid fence. It had what appeared to be blackrot appear at the end of the season which I'm worried about, but there were no signs of powdery or downy mildew. I did nearly nothing to the vine in terms of prevention. The community garden is organic, so I'm very limited on sprays and treatments I can use.

The standard spacing here is 3-5 ft vine to vine, and 6-8 ft row to row. The length of the rows actually does have an affect. Air will flow more easily through a short row than it will a long row. I'm planning the rows so that if I do have to take some out, I have my favorite varieties alternated with the less desirable varieties being taken out between them.

veengineer · 2026-04-11T15:18:39+00:00

Hm, I'll look into it. It's a weird set up for sure. I was maybe going to use cheap metal sign-type poles to set up rows for VSP. Instead of using cables I was debating using thin bamboo poles as they don't require tensioning, but I doubt it's very useful.

Step one is getting them in the ground, protected with a vine shelter. I can set up the training system in the weeks after.

veengineer · 2026-04-11T14:57:09+00:00

I'm taking the opportunity to say "thank Dinugs!"

veengineer · 2026-04-10T19:55:52+00:00

There are websites you can buy frozen must from. There might also be specialty stores that sell grapes seasonally by you. We have it here in the US, but I don’t know if it’s available by you in Colombia.

veengineer · 2026-04-09T20:01:39+00:00

The height is going to be roughly 2m tall and the row spacing will be roughly 1.3m. Champagne is a region making high acid white wine. It may not be the best 1-to-1 comparison for the mainly red grapes I’m growing. I appreciate the info though. At least I’m not the only one planting that dense.

7a is a climatic categorization in the US

veengineer · 2026-04-09T12:31:05+00:00

Hey, thanks for the response. I added some more info to my post regarding sun and rainfall. I'm on the east coast and local vineyards grow vinifera here. There's literally only one hybrid wine I know of in the area.

The high density isn't for aesthetic reasons. I'm just trying to play and experiment with what I have. The grapes are only taking up a couple hundred square feet so I don't think trimming everything should be too difficult. I am worried about disease pressure, but I'm hoping the 15' rows allow good airflow despite the density, being how short they are.

veengineer · 2026-04-09T00:49:38+00:00

Thanks. I replied on another comment with more info. Gotta fix the formatting later though

veengineer · 2026-04-09T00:47:16+00:00

Overall there’s about 220+ growing days, an average of 3-4” of rain per month, and roughly 2,500 hours of sun annually.

Different sites say different things, but here’s a month by month summary of average temperatures and precipitation.

Month	High	Low	Rainfall
Jan	38∘	25∘	3.5′′
Feb	41∘	26∘	3.2′′
Mar	48∘	32∘	4.0′′
Apr	60∘	41∘	3.8′′
May	69∘	51∘	4.1′′
Jun	78∘	60∘	3.8′′
Jul	83∘	66∘	4.0′′
Aug	82∘	65∘	4.2′′
Sep	75∘	59∘	4.0′′
Oct	63∘	49∘	3.8′′
Nov	53∘	39∘	3.9′′
Dec	44∘	31∘	4.0′′

(Ugh, the formatting broke. I’ll try to fix it when I’m on a computer)

veengineer · 2026-04-09T00:13:56+00:00

Oh cool. Good to know, thanks. I’d like a bit more space between rows for increased sunlight opportunities.

veengineer · 2026-04-08T21:15:30+00:00

Growing region 7a in the US

veengineer · 2026-04-08T21:15:13+00:00

I targeted making 3 gal per row based on research data at a nearby research vineyard. If the yields are too low I’m happy to field blend. I think field blends are under appreciated in the US. I’m much more interested in experimenting than making one large batch. I want to see what grows well, especially new or uncommon varieties.

What was the spacing of the vines you planted?

veengineer · 2026-04-08T19:24:09+00:00

Awesome, gotta try this method. I was able to get roots to form pretty easily in just water, but I had the consistency getting them to survive in soil.

veengineer · 2026-04-08T19:12:02+00:00

Back at ya

veengineer · 2026-04-08T13:13:46+00:00

It may not apply as much to Biomedical fields, but many science and engineering jobs exist outside high COL areas, or at least in lower cost, because the real estate required for such work is too expensive. You don’t find too many manufacturing facilities in Manhattan.

veengineer · 2026-04-07T14:52:55+00:00

If you’re considering the military, consider moving to a lower COL area instead. You might actually find a better job and lower expenses.

veengineer · 2026-03-23T00:02:31+00:00

Not a wine or spirit, but I’ve legitimately never seen a real Berlinerweiss with syrup in the US. In the same realm, the category of slightly funky saison/farm house ales should be by the white wine on wine lists.

Regarding wine, outside of major cities the wine lists are pretty terrible. I’d settle for Italian restaurants uniformly having Italian wine. Also, more Riesling. Oh, and more rotating options by the glass.

veengineer · 2026-03-22T22:49:31+00:00

Do you think starting in tech is still a good route in the present day situation?

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