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> but he himself never did anything in that area

Other than earn his degree in civil engineering?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_life_of_Osama_bin_Lad...

He probably earned it because his family is in construction and so it was the 'path' for him.

This is different from some suburban geeky guy who likes computers and decided to study electrical engineering in university. It reflects on his personality more.

The bar for being an engineer is so high these days. Even being an engineer isn't enough.

I know some Scotsmen who might be upset, but they aren't true Scotsmen.

Not having read the article, but never seemed to me that any of these engineers ever practiced once out of college.

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