R0026/2026-03-25/Q001/SRC04
Morgan Redfield — "Engineers vs Pretengineers" blog post (2011)
Source
| Field |
Value |
| Title |
Engineers vs Pretengineers - Theory and Practice |
| Publisher |
Personal blog (morganredfield.com) |
| Author(s) |
Morgan (Redfield) |
| Date |
2011-04-26 (last modified 2022-11-21) |
| URL |
https://morganredfield.com/blog/2011/04/engineers-vs-pretengineers/ |
| Type |
Blog post |
Summary
| Dimension |
Rating |
| Reliability |
High |
| Relevance |
High |
| Bias: Missing data |
Low risk |
| Bias: Measurement |
N/A |
| Bias: Selective reporting |
Low risk |
| Bias: Randomization |
N/A — not an RCT |
| Bias: Protocol deviation |
N/A — not an RCT |
| Bias: COI/Funding |
Low risk |
Rationale
| Dimension |
Rationale |
| Reliability |
Dated blog post from an identified author who worked at the hackerspace in question. First-person account of the term's use in a physical-world context (embroidered lab coats). |
| Relevance |
Directly documents the use of "pretengineer" as a title on physical lab coats at Metrix Create:Space hackerspace in 2011 or earlier. Provides one of the earliest contextual uses in the maker/hackerspace community. |
| Bias flags |
No significant bias concerns. The author was an employee at the hackerspace and directly observed the term in use. |
| Evidence ID |
Summary |
| SRC04-E01 |
Physical lab coats embroidered with "pretengineer" at Metrix Create:Space hackerspace |