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>Engineering in the real world is maybe 30% calculations and typical "sciency" work, the other 70% is documentation and communicating to people. >Being smart i
by qwertyuiop924 10y ago
>Engineering in the real world is maybe 30% calculations and typical "sciency" work, the other 70% is documentation and communicating to people.
>Being smart isn't enough sometimes
Congratulations. You've learned two things that some people go their entire lives without understanding.
And I make no hyperbole. Erik Naggum didn't learn this, and he's far from the only one.
It's really something that we should put a greater effort into teaching...
- codeonfire 10y agocyanoacry just learned another viewpoint. If you work in a heavily political environment, a process heavy environment, or one in which the "calculations" are not appreciated, then yes, your viewpoint would be to put down the keyboard/slide rule and just communicate. In other environments, actual working results can silence people that are trying to "communicate" their way to success.
- qwertyuiop924 10y agoTrue. But in some contexts, communication does matter. A lot. Some would say that it never matters at all.