On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:43:36 GMT, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
<cht9n2hu8kqfk6m9u994bgkub85uf3senn@4ax.com>:

>On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:18:59 GMT, John Navas
><spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
>
>>>Knowing when to give up is the secret of engineering.
>>
>>And here I thought the secret was knowing when the design is done,
>>instead of endlessly trying to improve it.
>
>No engineer working on a project ever really knows when it's done. The
>project has to be ripped out of their hands, while they kick and
>scream that if they only had another few days, they could have solved
>all the bugs and problems that were ignored in the past 12 months.
>
>Instead, the proper way to finish a project is to scream that they're
>fed up, throw a few things around the lab, and announce that they're
>gone for a much needed vacation. This method minimizes the number of
>casualties typically found under the workbenches near project end, and
>insures that there's a clear path for the engineers in manufacturing
>engineering change everything and redesign the project from scratch.
>
>I find it odd that the colleges and skools fail to teach prospective
>engineers how to give up in disgust or how to gracelessly end a
>project. These are skills that all practicing engineers must develop
>in order to survive more than a few projects. I suspect the lack of
>this important skill is why the early burnout rate is so high in
>engineering.

I find it equally odd that the colleges and skools fail to teach
prospective engineers how to calculate the value of diminishing returns.
;)

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