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Question of the Month: Should professional engineers have home labs?

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As WFH/Hybrid work has become more common, engineer workspaces are changing. Should professional engineers have test equipment at home? Take the poll and let us know, and if you have a lab at home, please tell us about it!

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    My company is not structured to do much lab work at home. There are lots of classified projects, equipment needs to be properly calibrated, most equipment is shared amongst staff, (there is not enough for everyone to have a full set), lots of collaborative hands-on work and we use third party test facilities to certify products.

    We can take equipment home if needed and we sometimes do, but it doesn't stay at home. I have my own lab at home, so I don't need to use company equipment.

    Most engineers I know don't like to do lab work at home and don't do it as a hobby.

    I think there is always a lot to learn and the more time spent on it the more beneficial it will be to an individual's career, but it is more about the number of hours than the location.

    I do not like to "contaminate" my home computing systems with corporate security crippleware. I carry a corporate phone, but barely use it.

    Throughout my career it would have been useful for me to have a company sponsored home lab, but I think this is the exception rather than the rule.

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    My company is not structured to do much lab work at home. There are lots of classified projects, equipment needs to be properly calibrated, most equipment is shared amongst staff, (there is not enough for everyone to have a full set), lots of collaborative hands-on work and we use third party test facilities to certify products.

    We can take equipment home if needed and we sometimes do, but it doesn't stay at home. I have my own lab at home, so I don't need to use company equipment.

    Most engineers I know don't like to do lab work at home and don't do it as a hobby.

    I think there is always a lot to learn and the more time spent on it the more beneficial it will be to an individual's career, but it is more about the number of hours than the location.

    I do not like to "contaminate" my home computing systems with corporate security crippleware. I carry a corporate phone, but barely use it.

    Throughout my career it would have been useful for me to have a company sponsored home lab, but I think this is the exception rather than the rule.

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