As obnoxious as the tone of this article is, I have to say that I agree with the bit about asking for help. Being an engineer that can always dive to the botto

As obnoxious as the tone of this article is, I have to say that I agree with the bit about asking for help. Being an engineer that can always dive to the bottom of the pool and get the penny will make you incredibly valuable to your employer. The darker side of this is that, for better or worse, in most organizations asking for help is an awfully expensive way to spend your technical reputation capital. It's extremely frustrating, but I've seen pretty poor engineers ride their way up the pay scale by bullshitting at every opportunity. Unless you have no chance of solving it yourself, try to figure it out.