I'm a firm believer that engineers should spend some time as apprentices
making the things they aspire to design.


30 years ago, as a new engineer fresh out of school, I had coffee with the
shop foreman and mentioned to him I'd like to know more about he made
things. He set me up with a couple second shift fellas. I learned a ton AND
got a bunch of government projects done. Plus, making good friends in the
shop made all those rush jobs get done on time.

Any young engineer should do the same thing today.

Karl