Like everyone else, I too got into the whirpool of "frustration of an enginner" and hence overlooked this article thinking that this might well be an another story of an enginner unable to find a job and so forth. Despite claiming yourself as a non-skilled writer, I personally think you have that flair and ability of presenting appropriately. I must say I throughly enjoyed this piece - a mixture of humor, wit, insights, and frustration! :)

P.S: How you envy those students having all the time to get dressed up, you having to work all day in labs waiting for some stupid results and also not having enough time to see yourself in the mirror [a bit of exaggeration here.] Exact frustration of my engineering friends!