Real Engineers don't give ETAs

Recently I had an interesting observation, followed up by a very interesting discussion with a few Engineers (on Skype obviously).

The initial observation is that - "Real Engineers don't give ETAs." ETA meaning estimated time of arrival, often used in project planning to describe the date on which a software release will happen.

Here's why Real Engineers don't give ETAs ---

• Real Engineers just get it done.
• Real Engineers think "Why waste time in calculating an ETA, when you can code in the same time?"
• Real Engineers JUST write code ...
• "Real Engineers aren't bothered about the time-line but the quality of their code ..."
• "ETAs are at times a good way for an engineer to communicate with a non-engineer :)"
• "(asking someone else to give the ETA) It allows the engineer to completely focus on solving the problem at hand without much distraction."
  

Real Engineers actually came up with yet-another-definition of ETA - "Estimated Time of Amnesia". That's the time when everybody (other than the Engineer) starts forgetting "what was actually promised" ... I would love to know your thoughts on this.