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Well put and fully agreed. I don’t think engineers are in any way a special case here. In fact it can be much worse for people whose skillset is easier to repla

• tanseydavid 6y ago
  If you ask around I think you will discover that non-engineers DO NOT relate to this topic at all the same way engineers do. That's all the evidence that I need to take the view that this phenomenon is wide-spread and pervasive in engineering and does not usually reach the same level of pathology in other professions -- a level where people are forced into 'playing a game' with regard to estimates and deadlines. In short this is really UNHEALTHY behavior and whether it occurs in all industries or just engineering seems beside the point.
  • crazygringo 6y ago
    Ask around who? Talk to consultants, investment bankers, doctors, lawyers -- you know, other high-intellect jobs like engineers. Lawyers are playing the game of billable hours. Consultants are playing the game of working day and night to produce the report by the promised deadline, to move on to their next scheduled client the following Monday. Doctors complete grueling residencies with "artificially" insane requirements, then follow insane schedules juggling hospitals and private practice. And the investment bankers I know haven't had a full weekend off in years. I fail to see what's different about engineering, or what makes it inherently any more of a "game" than what billable hours or hospital residences or consulting deadlines are.