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>Date:Fri, Jun 2 2006 2:06 pm
>
>Hello, I recently posted a list of Best Practices for Hardware
>Engineers on another newsgroup. My intention was to learn what are the
>key elements or habits that successful engineers do. I am a new
>engineer and I do not claim to be an expert on anything. I only have a
>desire to learn from the best. Here is my list:
>
>1. Always have a top block diagram, in your schematics and in your FPGA
>code
>2. Follow the System Engineering Design Process Model
>3. Document, Document, Document your work
>4. Modularize your work
>5. Try a Top Down design approach instead of Bottom Up
>6. Ask for Peer Reviews and code walk throughs
>7. If a standard exits then follow it.
>8. Manage time, don't let time manage you.
>
>Furthermore, in my post I asked people to add anything they wish to the
>list, so I wasn't limiting it to 8 items. I received many responses to
>my post and I felt from many of the respond ring where irritated at the
>very mention of Best Practices. That surprised me and I cannot
>understand why. I had a similar experience with the topic of System
>Engineering Practices in the workplace. Many responders were just
>angered by the topic. Can anyone comment on why people would get
>annoyed?
>
>Thanks,
>joe
Obviously Guy(??) has explained things.
So, do we need a 'Best Practices for Management'?
1) Don't shit on your employees behind their backs.
20) There are at least ten different types of capacitors. Learn the differences.
21) Emitter followers just can't oscillate, but they do.
22) If you can't get the part from at least three independent sources, consider carefully if you can't do it another way.
23) Annual vacation is meant to restore your mind -- annually, not saved up for twenty years. Go where noone can find you. Do not use vacation to paint the house.
24) Dilbert is a documentary (stolen, but I can't remember where).
25) Engineering is an early morning pop quiz and late afternoon lab every day for the rest of your life.
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