Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived

Advises worth sharing

Advises worth sharing, from Eng-Tips forum, published with approvals of author patprimmer.

original text is in this tread.

"As someone who worked in market development and business development for years, there are a few basic common sense rules and traps.

The Beginning (Mechanical) Engineer’s Checklist

1. NEVER loan out your copies of:
-Machinery’s Handbook
-Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design
-Making Things Move: DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists (okay this one is a shameless plug, but Dug North told me it’s “destined to be be a classic of sorts” so you can blame him)

2. Project planning follows the rule of pi. Take how much time you think you can complete something in, multiply it by pi, and that will be the actual length of time it takes.

Jokes about engineers

Water in the Glass

To the optimist, the glass is half full.
To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.

To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

Arguing with an Engineer

Arguing with an engineer is a lot like wrestling in the mud with a pig. After a few hours, you realize that he likes it