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Human Beings Should Be Able To ROCK IT. Specialization is for Insects.

19 Nov, 2009 by Josh Mings in DESIGN
3D Human CAD Models

Out of the list of awesome things you’ve accomplished, including bathing a kitty, chopping celery and catching a pineapple in your mouth, there’s some other things as a human being, and even more, as a design engineer, you should be able to do. If not, you’re doomed.

In response to a guest post here on SolidSmack called Design Engineers, Look Out. You are becoming Extinct, by Matthew Loew, Stephanie Moore-Fuller wrote a rebuttal. It’s an extremely valid article.

The argument is great, but what I loved most was the quote she used from science fiction writer Robert Heinlein (Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land). It sums up and solves a lot of messes and arguments that plague our worries and inaction. Even better, if you said the same thing to anyone, you would likely just get a blank stare back. Here’s the quote…

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Design Engineers, Look Out. You are Becoming Extinct.

20 Aug, 2009 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

The extinction fo the design engineerGuest Post by Matthew Loew of DAXCON

I realize this will be a controversial subject, but I am compelled to raise awareness of how rare a breed the Design Engineer is in industry. The Design Engineer may be headed for extinction (at least in the US).

There is a HUGE difference between a design engineer and a CAD engineer. I feel strongly that the competent design engineer is one of the most critical roles in product development but there are fewer and fewer skilled engineers with these characteristics.

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