• Question: what has been the hardest thing to do in this job so far

    Asked by bill to Agata, Chris, John, Kirstin, Michael on 21 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: John Allport

      John Allport answered on 21 Jun 2016:

      It may seem a strange answer, but it’s not the technical part of the job that’s hardest, it’s managing people. Some engineers try to avoid that by staying in the technical side, but at some point, you usually have to take on management responsibility to progress any higher. That’s the most difficult transition to make, as it’s a completely different skill set. Engineering is based on the laws of physics, which don’t change. People change all the time which is what makes them difficult to understand.

    • Photo: Chris Hackett

      Chris Hackett answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      I am working on some kit which no one has used before and has no good documentation so it has been frustrating to work with and difficult but persistence has prevailed and now I am the self proclaimed expert because no one else knows how to use it 🙂

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