“I started out in engineering. I was a geophysical engineer. Throughout the course of my life I've done a lot of strange jobs, and the effect has been to make me think a little more skeptically about our capitalist society.” ThinkingLittlesHas BeensDoneJobsCoursesEffectsStrangeCapitalistEngineeringEngineers Author:George Saunders
“In the last 17 years of his working life, my father was finally rewarded with having landed a great job as first, a maintenance engineer, and then a senior locksmith with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.” YearsFirstsJobsLastsFatherNew YorkEngineersReservesSeniorMaintenanceGreat JobFederal ReserveWorking Life Author:Tony Visconti
“We're in an era where the demand is for immediate hits that are destined to become obsolescent. Six months later, everyone forgets the artist and the tune. It's become like a con job. Producers, engineers, lawyers and accountants all make money, but the artists don't.” JobsArtistForgetMoneyMonthsDemandSixLawyerProducersErasMaking MoneyTunesEngineersDestinedSix MonthsAccountants Author:Tony Bennett
“Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.” GivingMayImportantJobsCompanyManagementTargetEngineersImportant JobsDealing With It Author:Akio Morita
“It struck me that Steve Jobs, known to be such a brilliant speaker, had a very difficult time explaining things when he was younger. He was describing technology that didn't exist. He had MIT engineers, and he was trying to tell them what he wanted; but there were no terms for what he wanted yet. I think a lot of his early frustration was trying to quickly get his vision to the finish line.” ThinkingTryingWantedJobsDifficultTermLinesKnownVisionTechnologyBrilliantFrustrationSpeakersEngineersExplainingDifficult TimesDescribingFinish LineMitExplaining Things Author:Joshua Michael Stern