The More You Know

I think for some engineers, the greatest problems in an engineer’s life are due to the simple fact that most people are not engineers. And that is not to say that engineers are better people, despite the fact that some do believe this. Engineers just think in components, systems, and solutions. That is to say, when presented with a problem the engineer is more interested in the how, why, and solution, rather than just the solution on its own.

A good example of this is the following situation, an engineer named Henry has created an application that loads massive amounts of … Continue Reading

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The easiest way to put people off and eventually put them against you is to hurt their pride. The problem is that dealing with people is not a science. People react to emotion rather than logic and thusly their reactions are not always logical. Things as simple as responding to a question could spawn emotions that put the questioner on the defensive. Rather than obtaining a warm and friendly conversation, a gritty and tense one forms. Take for example something that happened to me recently.
I was at work enjoying some water-cooler-talk at a co-worker’s desk. From the other side … Continue Reading