For whatever reason I am reminded of this Andrew WK gif which I am pretty sure is My Feelings When, until I'm Donehttp://giphy.com/gifs/reaction-interview-11r3cw47nmIVtS …
We portray engineering as being a very sterile, logical process but I experience it mostly as focused dissatisfaction until things are Right
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Question I'm asking myself: Is it reasonable to expect it to be a sterile, logical process when human factors are added in?
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I mean, yea, I was taught that engineering is supposed to be a methodological/clean process in uni but it rarely is.
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Maybe it needs to be taught differently/stop pretending humans are that disciplined/non-questioning to "follow a script".
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well also I feel engineering education ignores what you might call "a sense of taste" —if it works to spec, it's right per curricula
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but in practice you see how a person's decisions can create something incredibly great or be pretty okay, and that isn't usu taught
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I think it also entirely ignores human factors, yes (possibly: abstracts the person by making certain assumptions about who they are
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One constant: Nobody's gonna write zed-specs for every product they design to minimize errors/ambiguity :P.
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By extension, surviving life as an engineer means developing the skill to completely ignore the countless things you see that aren't right.
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embrace the
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Aha, focused dissatisfaction, must be postmodern engineer-speak for trial and error
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Absolutely not. However focused an insufficiently satisfying engineered solution may be remedied by trial and error. One of many approaches.
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I find that emotion & intuition are powerful engineering tools - often a solution may "feel right" before logic catches up
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@codinghorror reminds me of Zen & the art of Motorcycle Maintenance-- -
"If the machine produces tranquility it's right. If it disturbs you it's wrong until either the machine or your mind is changed."
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