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Haha, that was fantastic. I was waiting to watch that. Worth it.You could always seel your van, get a bike, and do this:
http://daddrives.com/
I have always worked around engineers and a good majority of them have been quite deficient in some aspect of life, socially, common sense, etc. When I went to grad school to get my masters in mechanical engineering I was expecting to be surrounded by the most awkward single-minded group of engineers possible. Quite happily I was quite wrong. The vast majority of them were extremely well rounded, not only good at their specialty but athletes, musicians. With out a question they were significantly more well rounded than any other group of engineers I have been around. Maybe our program sought out the atypical nerd but I was pleasantly surprised.
I would have been when I was in my early twenties. I've seen some crazy-assed **** in my time.In that case the only explanation is that YOU were the socially awkward, deficient one.
well effing played.I once had an intern who was getting an MBA from Yale working for me one summer (I had a lowly BS from an average Midwest state school). His review at the end of the summer was "average."
He protested saying "but I am getting an MBA from Yale."
To which I replied "which is why were expecting more out of you."
You could have heard a pin drop. I think the lightbulb finally went off. I have no issue with grad students, but there is often a sense of entitlement that comes along for the ride.
and project schedules are a foreign concept to themoh yeah. We have one guy who's a fresh phd with zero experience outside of our lab and like a year and a half in it. If we want anything done, he's really good at telling one of his reports to do it. If there's somebody else to command, he doesn't leave his office. I'll happily go to him for scientific advice, but when it comes to actually running the business, I often times have to reel him in, because it's not ALWAYS SOMEBODY ELSE'S FAULT.
that could make a great reality showThe PhD's at my last place always wanted to make high-speed, high-precision industrial automation equipment out of plywood and duct tape because it worked for their prototype mock-ups. It was never NOT entertaining to hear their design solutions/ideas.
what do you mean we can't extend the project schedule by a year?The love affair with dry erase anything is equally terrifying.
Why not a nice MS project file or even outlook calendar instantly updateable and sharable with all parties across a wireless network that can also be accessed at home if need be? How about an excel table that auto-calculates inventory and can help predict needs in advance? Nah, I drew a grid on a window and we have like 3 markers.
"validation was going well until the duct tape failed""well we would have been on time if Jack hadn't leaned against the wall and erased the whole schedule"
"Error source found; direct report brought me wrong type of duct tape.""validation was going well until the duct tape failed"
"i said duct tape not duck tape you should've know that!""Error source found; direct report brought me wrong type of duct tape."
So your son is a hipster?My son made a wallet out of duct tape. He has about 10 different designs and colors...moustaches, camoflage, zebra, psychedelic, rainbow, plain silver and checkerboards. I stole some from him to wrap around my mini pump for trailside repairs...his response- "I didnt know you could do that (Fix stuff...) with it...thats cool!"
Used to be in the semiconductor business. I can't tell you how many times in debug one of the engineers would just say "we need to respin the silicon". Which is a 3-6 month schedule hit. To them the elegant solution was always the best way to go. Those of us in marketing knew that you have to make money and a 6-month delay means $0.
Get out of the theoretical, get into the practical.
ahhhhh marketing. the real brains behind product development.
My MSME program was 50/50. Very well-rounded, functional, capable and practical people, or total academic lifers with zero work experience.I have always worked around engineers and a good majority of them have been quite deficient in some aspect of life, socially, common sense, etc. When I went to grad school to get my masters in mechanical engineering I was expecting to be surrounded by the most awkward single-minded group of engineers possible. Quite happily I was quite wrong. The vast majority of them were extremely well rounded, not only good at their specialty but athletes, musicians. With out a question they were significantly more well rounded than any other group of engineers I have been around. Maybe our program sought out the atypical nerd but I was pleasantly surprised.
Nah, he is still too young. Very creative and artistic, not at all like his old man.So your son is a hipster?
Did your last employer reduce hours, circle the bowl for a year and ultimately lay off staff because the product sucked or because they couldn't sell/deliver what the engineering geniuses designed?
Say what now? holy crap. Just holy crap......yeah....listen to the marketing people. That's a recipe for success every time....Used to be in the semiconductor business. I can't tell you how many times in debug one of the engineers would just say "we need to respin the silicon". Which is a 3-6 month schedule hit. To them the elegant solution was always the best way to go. Those of us in marketing knew that you have to make money and a 6-month delay means $0.
Get out of the theoretical, get into the practical.
No...Did your last employer reduce hours, circle the bowl for a year and ultimately lay off staff because the product sucked or because they couldn't sell/deliver what the engineering geniuses designed?
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Did your last employer reduce hours, circle the bowl for a year and ultimately lay off staff because the product sucked or because they couldn't sell/deliver what the engineering geniuses designed?