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> Good engineers understand the stakeholders’ needs… In my experience, this can take two very different forms: 1. Being observant of a stakeholder’s stated ne
by Daub 2y ago
> Good engineers understand the stakeholders’ needs…
In my experience, this can take two very different forms:
1. Being observant of a stakeholder’s stated needs.
2. Being confident enough to tell a stakeholder what their needs should be.
On a pedantic note, I would prefer the term ‘effective’ engineer to ‘good’ engineer. The later sounds like a judgment on their moral character.
- justinclift 2y agoHeh Heh Heh. Queue the post about highly effective evil engineers then? Star Wars Death Star stuff maybe, or a perhaps a global system to direct people's attention to ads? ;)
- andrewstuart 2y agoGood engineers are pedantic about terminology such as effective versus good.
- jhot 2y agoI'm hoping this is sarcasm. The people I've worked with who are highly pedantic wreck team dynamics and rarely deliver anything of value.
- switch007 2y agoEdit: oops read too quickly. Disregard: I don't think of morals when I read "effective engineer" personally
- lazyasciiart 2y ago“The latter” means “the second of the two options I just mentioned”, so in this case he is saying that ‘good’ engineer feels like a moral judgment.
- switch007 2y agoI read too quickly. Thanks
- dijksterhuis 2y agoi often state 1/2 as > what they want isn’t necessarily what they need and i agree with effective. it’s less of a loaded term but i feel it’s also a more accurate description of what we try to strive for as engineers.