Challenge Your Calculations

An engineer’s career experiences your life cycle of modifications in roles but I believe we have a responsibility to generations to come of engineers so we start this through our calculations. We must assume responsibility for that quality, not merely from the analysis but additionally from the calculations. Did you know that the financial costs of your making a calculation can readily come upon thousands of dollars, so have a bit respect for quality.
Try this quiz; it is like some glossy magazine pop quiz!
Humour me, ask yourself these questions;
1) Do you like doing calculations?
a. Hate it
b. Avoid it at all cost
c. Got to complete it
d. Love it
2) Are you happy with your calculations?
a. Didn’t comprehend the question
b. The bigger better, I target size!
c. Would like to be but got a chance to admit, there’s something wrong.
d. Definitely. It is planned, readable and pleasant.
3) Have you ever found a calculation that made you crunch and revel in?
a. What planet do you think you’re on? You don’t enjoy calculations!
b. Never, only my personal.
c. I read one in the past which was good
d. Keep hoping.
4) When do you last train on MS Word?
a. waste of your time, I am not a secretary.
b. Never, I hate it.
c. bought the reference, haven’t had time
d. My boss ‘s all over me to accomplish each of the training
5) When have you last train on MS Excel?
structural inspection perth of time, I use MathCAD
b. Never, I know how to use it well
c. Everybody loves my spreadsheets
d. I am into forums and group discussions for ideas
6) When was the past time you needed any formal PC training?
a. Don’t need it
b. Only lunch and learn sessions
c. Don’t know what I need to find out!
d. Looked up courses at college, went for Professional Development
How did you do?
Score as follows: a) zero, b) one, c) two, d) three
Imagine this. I asked these questions to groups of twenty, thirty or more engineers. 80% of the engineers admitted they spend 80% of their time doing calculations and 80% of people admitted they didn’t like what you were doing inside their calculations. Reveal Yourself.
0-6 points: Sometimes you wonder that are used for an engineer. People annoy you and you hate checking calculations. You are set in your ways and will resist change whatsoever costs. You spend time considering what else you will be doing. Fortunately, you don’t really exist!
6-12 points: You often work alone and don’t discuss your calculations. You like to spend more time the analysis and discover preparing the calculations are a tedious very last minute task. You don’t talk with other disciplines and spend very little time with the designers. The idea of trying to deadlines just isn’t terribly exciting.
12-18 points: You are an enthusiastic engineer open for change. You find yourself stuck in a rut wondering how to become an improved engineer. You want to satisfy the deadlines however, there is so much work to do and so little time. Under the pressure of a deadline, you also spend a lot of your energy checking calculations and wonder whether or not this they are adequate. You know calculations are essential tools from the trade. You look in bookshop for inspirations.
19-24 points: You are well on the best way to being a better engineer for looking for the ways to further improve your calculations. You know good calculations means good engineering. Confusion and miscommunications are avoided since you think about the reader, you and talk each of the time to all people who have an interest in your work. You are a clever engineer who learned being smart.
Let us discover how you’ve got on.