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> engineers disease

what do you mean by that?




> engineers disease

Just a guess:

> jumping straight to proposing solutions rather than working with people to understand the problem 1st. “You think you know enough to solve the problem”. [0]

[0] https://accessgranted.nz/episodes/2016/9/6/ep-98-engineers-d...


aahhhhh..... yes, they warned us about this so much in university that I've had "talk to stakeholders to really understand the nature of the problem, then keep observing" firmly lodged into my professional identity.




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