This might come across as a very strange question but is it uncommon to find engineers who did not enjoy school or think highly of the schools that they attended? I have encountered numerous computing and IT types over the years who did not enjoy school or had bad experiences at school but very few electrical or mechanical engineers.
Absolutely really genuinely final P.S, for the moment (or one of my colleagues will start getting VERY stressed!): Of course, what a customer needs is very often not what they ask for - because they don't know what an engineer might be able to produce for them that they hadn't even considered possible yet. So, once again, excellent social skills are needed there to bridge that gap and achieve the extraordinary.
So, how do we develop those - whether in schools or elsewhere?
Absolutely really genuinely final P.S, for the moment (or one of my colleagues will start getting VERY stressed!): Of course, what a customer needs is very often not what they ask for - because they don't know what an engineer might be able to produce for them that they hadn't even considered possible yet. So, once again, excellent social skills are needed there to bridge that gap and achieve the extraordinary.
So, how do we develop those - whether in schools or elsewhere?
