I was going to poke holes in how this person is simply substituting being career-obsessed with being engineering obsessed but this is like the engineer who loos

I was going to poke holes in how this person is simply substituting being career-obsessed with being engineering obsessed but this is like the engineer who looses touch with engineering theory being an approximation of the real world. Life just doesn't work this way. Where's the serendipity? Where's the real crap that happens in life? I don't see any mention of getting married, having children, the cancer diagnosis and years of chemo and fighting for life while still going to work so you can keep your healthcare, the divorce and custody battle with someone you spent half of your life with. Or the good stuff that just happens because you're in the right place at the right time that you never could have planned for. I think better advice would be finding a way to deal with how life throws you curve balls and you need to find a way to keep going. With advice like this you not only have to deal with a curve ball but also come to terms with how you've structured your life isn't going to work.