What do you feel the responsibilities and duties of an engineering manager should be to the people reporting to him, and to the company he works for, for that matter? It seem there are lots of people in engineering management who aren't engineers. How do you know if the people you manage are...
The mentoring thread got me thinking about this subject. What's the protocol for bring someone new, say coming from a different field: Automotive transitioning into the Medical field, up to speed on how things are done in the new job? How long would it be expected to take, and how many man...
Sitting for most of the day is apparently really not good for you. When we design assembly cells at my new place standing and moving is now to a requirement, regardless of necessity (this caused some grumbling from the floor). Now there's kind of a "suggestion" that you can have a "standing...
Hello all,
My company was bought out a few years ago, and it's been our practice to update the drawing title blocks to the new company name whenever a part is changed. According to our quality system, vendors have to re-certify the parts for the new rev level. This, of course, makes since...
I'm aware BSPP is a parallel thread and so won’t taper out as an BSPT or NPT would, but how many threads must be allowed for engagement for a proper connection? ISO 228-1:2003 doesn’t give this information that I saw. Length of threaded distance equal to OD of the pipe? Any direction is...
Hi all,
We are receiving forged 316SS parts that still have scale on them and, without much knowledge about the forging industry and it’s processes, trying to figure out the best way to specify they be cleaned to pass a B-117 salt spray test.
If you’d indulge me, I some really basic questions...
My company is having a Personal Development initiative, and paying for personal and professional improvement courses. I’m mostly interested in courses that can improve my salary bracket. What courses have you taken that you’d recommend? Extra points if I get a certificate at the end!
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The linked thread was the most definitive I could find on this subject, but I'm looking for more information, and opinions.
In your opinion is the practice of drawing within drawing as shown in the attachment acceptable (I know the object shown isn't fully dimensioned)? If...
I need to learn Wildfire 4 for a new position. This will be mostly on my own, I believe, though I did use Pro-E for a short time about 10 years ago. I'm interested in hearing which hard copy manuals, or tutorials, folks have found more helpful than others.
Thanks in advance!
While we got the Project Engineer thread going so well, what are peoples feeling on what constitutes a Project Manager?
I've always figured the defining issue is managing a project budget. I'm pretty sure it usually also involves managing other people working on the same project, but it...
If you were laid off for a while would you accept a job you didn't like just to have a job (in this economy)? How long would you stay with the employer for to make such a thing less "unethical"?
