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That reminds me of an article I read about the new Toyota Supra and Toyota & BMW's collaboration to create it and (either the Z4 or an M-car? Sorry, I don't re
by HeWhoLurksLate 7y ago
That reminds me of an article I read about the new Toyota Supra and Toyota & BMW's collaboration to create it and (either the Z4 or an M-car? Sorry, I don't remember).
Anywho, the thing that was interesting to me was how much Toyota and BMW were willing to invest in what is more or less an engineer's bootcamp- like baseball teams playing out-of-league teams in practice to get better- and that that was seen as a worthy investment by the engineering team's superiors.
Some companies still value engineers. That's where I want to be.
- imglorp 7y agoMaybe all true, but also note that all is not roses, at least in all engineering departments. Toyota produced a lump of buggy firmware spaghetti that cost the company more than $1B after the unintended acceleration crashes. And Beemer seems to have a dual culture where the dinosaurs are fighting its electric future (cf the i3 disaster: it still costs more than a Tesla or Bolt but has half the range; that doesn't sound like all-in).
- selimthegrim 7y agoSee my remark above.