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Anonymous
Submitted by Anonymous on July 12, 2006 - 6:01pm.
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Iron ring?

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Anonymous
Submitted by Anonymous on July 12, 2006 - 6:02pm.
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Iron ring?

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Galenthias
Submitted by Galenthias on May 17, 2008 - 3:25am.
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Jam wrote:

I'm not even sure it makes sense to *me*. But it would probably help to know that all Engineers get an iron ring when they graduate.

"The Iron Ring is a symbolic ring worn by many Canadian engineers. Obtaining the ring is an optional endeavour – the ring is not a prerequisite for practicing professional engineering in Canada."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring

I understood it as you don't need to get a ring, but it is a pretty habit. :)

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Galenthias
Submitted by Galenthias on May 17, 2008 - 5:44am.
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Oh. Also: http://wastedtalent.ca/index.php?view=215

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grawk1
Submitted by grawk1 on December 10, 2008 - 4:07am.
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i just read the wiki, that's actually a really cool custom!

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Druss
Submitted by Druss on January 9, 2009 - 6:03am.
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That really is pretty cool. I wish software engineers got something for graduating :(
Like a sledgehammer for beaing uncooperative co-workers and computers! Yeah, you could call it "The Piecemaker" Stylish and practical :) And now I'm just rambling. Sorry.

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ajg
Submitted by ajg on November 29, 2010 - 2:28am.
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Canadian Software Engineers that came from an accredited program, generally a subset of Electrical & Computer engineering, *do* get an iron ring. 

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Kira
Submitted by Kira on February 2, 2009 - 9:53am.
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ooooooooooooo May it never rust~

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Europa
Submitted by Europa on August 16, 2009 - 7:11am.
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Mine was stainless stell.

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Europa
Submitted by Europa on August 16, 2009 - 7:12am.
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uh ... steel. I'm an engineer not an english major.

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miasaki666
Submitted by miasaki666 on August 28, 2010 - 11:05am.
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DI-NO-SAWR!!!!!

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Amake
Submitted by Amake on December 10, 2013 - 5:15am.
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Engineering school teaches the secret of iron, obviously. We mere mortals can only guess what the ring really symbolizes.

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