[at-l] Experts

[jbryankramer at msn.com (J Bryan Kramer)]

Hmmm... wonder what kind of engineers you were dealing with. One of the laws
of engineering is: "Better is the enemy of Good Enough." I have noticed that
electricals have less of what I call the "engineering personality" than any
other variety.

Bryan

"Si vis pacem para bellum"

>
> I found out when I started working that an engineer is someone
> who will set
> up an electronic test circuit and panic because his output is 10 percent
> off of what he expected. The tech is the gut who realizes that the circuit
> was built with components with +/- 10% accuracy and says "To heck with
> theory, what do I have to tweak to get the dang thing to work"
> (or words to
> that effect <g>). (BTW, I are a technician...)
> Oh, and you usually can't tell who designed something until it breaks. The
> unit you have to entirely disassemble to find the fuse was designed by an
> engineer.... It works... but it sure wasn't designed to be worked on...
>
> As far as the trail experts go, since there are as many answers as there
> are experts, it's hard to prove right or wrong. It boils down to
> what works
> for you...
>
> skeeter
>
>
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