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

dychen
dychen over 3 years ago

e14 Question of the Month

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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  • michaelwylie
    michaelwylie over 3 years ago +4
    From what I have observed there are two types of electrical engineers. Those who are passionate about electrical engineering in general, and those who do it as a job only. In my experience, If someone…
  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 3 years ago +3
    My reply is complicated. I work for myself so my work lab is my own. It's in a factory unit 14 miles from home ( a bit far, 2 miles would be ideal). If I want to do my own stuff I can, but I don't…
  • dougw
    dougw over 3 years ago +2
    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…
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  • michaelkellett
    0 michaelkellett over 3 years ago

    My reply is complicated.

    I work for myself so my work lab is my own. It's in a factory unit 14 miles from home ( a bit far, 2 miles would be ideal).

    If I want to do my own stuff I can, but I don't want to take work home. It's good to keep them seperate. I don't see work emails at home (don't route them to my phone at all).

    It would be very expensive for companies to duplicate a good lab environment at every engineer's home.

    The main thing I miss about working on my own is the opportunity to bounce ideas or problems off other people, thats probably why I support E14.

    MK

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  • cstanton
    0 cstanton over 3 years ago in reply to michaelkellett
    michaelkellett said:
    bounce ideas or problems off other people

    I think there's a lot of unspoken value in this. Regardless of if the other person is even technical.

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  • wolfgangfriedrich
    0 wolfgangfriedrich over 3 years ago in reply to cstanton

    I think in this community it is called "Blue man debugging". Sometimes they respond with wild hand waving. 

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    0 wolfgangfriedrich over 3 years ago in reply to cstanton

    I think in this community it is called "Blue man debugging". Sometimes they respond with wild hand waving. 

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