[TowerTalk] myth about engineers?

[Jim Forsyth]

In my 40 years as a design engineer it has been my experience that most 
engineers do fit that description. It may also be true that they welcome 
going on to a new design project as soon as their present design meets the 
requirement.

Jim, AF6O

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From: "Al Williams" <alwilliams at olywa.net>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 9:01 AM
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Subject: [TowerTalk] myth about engineers?

> In my 30 some years as a lead engineer (electronic & software) I found 
> that
> most
> engineers did not fit this description. They welcomed going on to a
> new design project as soom as their present design met the requirement!
>
> k7puc
>
> ----- Original Message ----- .
>>
>> Milt was a realist about project management.  He was very aware that
>> engineers have a tendency to try to design everything to perfection,
>> regardless of the schedule or cost.  He had a sign over his desk that
>> read, "Good enough is better than perfect."
>
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