The Right Tool

I had a realization the other day while searching for my ½ to ⅜ socket adapter. I had lost it somewhere on my bench top in the ever growing pile of tools that I tend to accumulate during a project rather than just putting each tool away once I’m done with it. Unfortunately, the realization was not that I should just keep my workspace clean while I’m working (still waiting for that one). The reason I was looking for my adapter is because most of my sockets are ⅜ drive, but I have at some point in time long forgotten lost my ⅜ socket wrench, so I end up using my ½ wrench instead, thus requiring the adapter. My first thought (also not the realization) was that I should really keep a spare adapter handy just in case. I pretty quickly realized that wouldn’t actually solve the real problem and that what I really needed to do was just buy a new ⅜ drive socket wrench (that is actually a lie, I had another idea prior that I should buy a whole new set of ½ sockets).

A Note on Values

 In my last post I made a comment about engineers '[placing] value in being technically competent'. In the interest of keeping these posts digestible I glossed over this idea to focus on my core point, but I wanted to take a moment now to expand on this idea of 'values'.

A Well Rounded Engineer

It is that time of year once again where everyone's favorite question - "Do you have any New Years Resolutions?" - is being asked around the dinner table, at social gatherings, and even at the workplace. Whether you are someone who spends time developing a thorough list of goals and strategies, or have given up on the idea of resolutions altogether, I think the underlying question is probably still at the forefront of our minds - "How can I become more like the person I want to be?"