STEM Career

For school, I must do a project about STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) careers. Now I was wondering if you think if what the Bombsquad does falls under that category. They do more than just writing so I'm thinking yes but want to know others' thoughts.

I'm not going to try disparage what the Bomdsquad do but no, not really. The STEM program is about getting people into studying and employment that will advance those fields. The Bomdsquad provide entertainment and information about video games.

No, what the bombsquad does falls under the humanities. Some of the jobs involved in making the games they critique would be STEM, the engineers that maintain the website are also STEM. I doubt any article written on this site would be published by a scientific or engineering journal.

The programmers of Giant Bomb do, yes. Jeff and co. do not.

To reiterate, the crew doesn't really do much of actual STEM stuff, though one could argue for Vinny/Drew with their A/V engineering. The CBSi engineers and Webhook guys fit the category much better, having built the website.

You could totally do a project about Dave Snider and his new venture "WebHooked".

See I was thinking about focusing more on Vinny and Drew with the videos; the way I saw it was that they'd need to keep up with the video editing tech and other such things. Thanks for the feedback!

Nope. They work in Communication and Media. And the "engineering" that is listed in the STEM moniker is meant to encompass physics, not web design - it refers to the engineering of physical objects such as rockets and engines.

Ah, makes sense. Thanks!

I don't really know anything about the STEM terminology, but I'd say that the work of guys like @mrpibb, @frobie, and @jslack certainly falls under the umbrella of engineering. Maybe I'm just biased since I have a few computer engineering degrees and spend my days slinging code, but software engineering is just as legitimate an engineering effort as building an engine.

I agree with you on the web design side of things though. While it isn't universally true, a lot of web design people tend to come from more of a graphic design background than a technical one - although I have to imagine that any top web design guy is going to have at least some level of comfort in talking shop with an engineer.

Yeah, what he's describing is just mechanical engineering, there are plenty of other engineering fields.