> Adherence to formal standards might be a good proxy for this A lifetime ago, right out of high school, I was a sort of sysadmin at a decent sized civil and s

> Adherence to formal standards might be a good proxy for this A lifetime ago, right out of high school, I was a sort of sysadmin at a decent sized civil and structural engineering firm. I learned a lot about the profession of engineering there. Adhering to standards does indeed seem like a really good proxy.