Scavenging and Improvisation

Waste of things I could use bothers me in my soul, like lost potential. And I despise a messy work environment and go on cleaning cycles once the mess reaches a critical mass (usually well under that of most others).

Better or Worse Engineers

The Better...

Lead by example. Once, one of the oldest engineers in the building (a recognized expert in an obscure technology) for many weeks would come over to my distant cubicle and stay late into the evenings walking me through how it worked so I could write a tutorial. He wasn’t from my group, didn’t owe me any time, and I should have been met him whenever and wherever it was convenient for him. This was a profound example of both humility and kindness to a junior engineer. Thanks to this undeserved and unexpected help, I produced the first thing I was proud of there