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Starting a new job always brings up a wide range of emotions, running the gambit from anxiety to outright excitement. Too often, those in technical professions do not think through the practical methods to make the transition as smooth and beneficial as possible. What steps can a new employee take to make a positive and measurable impact with the new company?
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One of the most difficult engineering processes to nail down is a complex design handoff from one team to another. Awhile back, I discussed this briefly using a football analogy. I want to expand on that a little today:
- What makes a handoff so difficult?
- Why does so much information get lost?
- Why do teams inherently place blame on each other when it goes poorly?
Other than the basic communication issues between engineers (that we’ve discussed ad nauseum here, here, and here), there are specific issues with an engineering handoff that make it difficult.
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Awhile back, I posted about “Best Practices for Communicating between Engineers“. This time around, I wanted to be a little more specific about how basic communication blunders can be avoided. I’ve seen countless violations of these rules, and they always seem so easy to fix.
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Are engineers good at fixing things? Or, more specifically, do the skills acquired from en engineering degree / engineering job lend themselves to the basic household issues that always seem to pop up? The reason I pose the question is that I’m often asked, “Why don’t you know how to fix a leaky faucet, you’re an engineer?” Or, since many of my acquaintances know the discipline in which I received my degree (Electrical Engineering), the question might be, “Why don’t you know how to install a new overhead light?” My responses are always short and to the point: “I don’t know because I was never taught,” and the questioner always walks away decidedly unimpressed.
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One of the most important features of Industrial Interface is the ease with which a sourcing need can be passed around our network of suppliers and engineers. This makes it easy for your design application to reach people with relevant experience who can help. Why is this so important?
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