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!
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!
Good points. Bouncing ideas could be, should be, would be a useful activity, but even in a building full of staff it can be rare. You have need-to-know directives, silo mentality, turf protection, idea hoarding, IP paranoia, personality conflicts, fear of ridicule, image protection, credit competition, introversion and fear of negative criticism that can all effectively torpedo any hope of decent interaction. It would be nice to be able to combat these road blocks, but it can be a full on war zone, complete with land mines, snipers, mortars, drones, cruise missiles and IEDs. Maybe even chemical warfare. 
Sometimes being a one man operation isn't so bad.
Good points. Bouncing ideas could be, should be, would be a useful activity, but even in a building full of staff it can be rare. You have need-to-know directives, silo mentality, turf protection, idea hoarding, IP paranoia, personality conflicts, fear of ridicule, image protection, credit competition, introversion and fear of negative criticism that can all effectively torpedo any hope of decent interaction. It would be nice to be able to combat these road blocks, but it can be a full on war zone, complete with land mines, snipers, mortars, drones, cruise missiles and IEDs. Maybe even chemical warfare.
Sometimes being a one man operation isn't so bad.
