#Engineers

For those just tuning in, @18airbornecorps posted a thread this morning on “Those Damned Engineers” and challenged me to a friendly competition. I was to make a complementary thread on
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We've gotta start asking policing institutions how they thought that 13-19 weeks is an adequate length to train and certify new officers. This is below standard for every other job.
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Been talking to a lot of students lately who are supposed to be entering the workforce in a few weeks time. There’s a significant amount of anxiety, especially among those
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Reviewing one of our latest global reports was reminded of this short story.-1986 Brother develops a software vending machine called ‘Takeru’ (was ahead of its time).-Internet begins to take off
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I’ve done a story that is at once a local Dundee row about a single uni course being suspended, symptom of Scotland’s horrifying “cultural Brexit” and a big scary warning
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Titles matter. 10 years ago, when I was junior, I didn’t go for promo for a while. I accumulated more leadership over time. My perf said I’m splitting myself too
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Let’s talk for a moment about beg buttons…First: beg buttons are NOT there to serve pedestrians. They exist to serve people in cars. They exist so that car traffic signals
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Apple is back to dumb idea of locking iCloud accounts our software download backups from. And now it is f*cking insane (1/X) Some time ago, they just forced to change
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having the humility to admit you don't know something and the stamina to then figure it out is, in my opinion, one of the marks of an excellent engineerI do
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YUP - couldn’t agree more - this “research” is truly the ultimate case study for what happens when engineers don’t think they need to work with social scientists or the
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AAAAAHHHHH FUUUUUCCCCK! Seriously WTF is wrong with our federal government and their ability to manage construction projects on First Nations? I mean seriously, Canada, you have got no godamn idea
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As a bootcamp grad, I get the question: “is a coding bootcamp worth if?” a lot. My answer is “it depends”, which seems like a copout answer until you realize
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Every now and then, I’ll get a DM from a software engineer asking me how they can become senior engineers and generally grow their careers. I will try to answer
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Hadn’t realised this was a model we had left. . . . . #GTFC https://twitter.com/grimsbytownlive/status/1253369043769229312 Recently released Player Productivity data published by the PL/EFL ranks Clubs on the progression of
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1/ I'm frequently confounded by the fawning over Brunel. I don't deny he was an inspiration, and achieved many things. Yet, much of what he did lost money, his projects
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So let’s talk!!! If you are a doctor a teacher a business owner anything I’m sure You know what I’m about to say Cos I can’t be the only one
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