Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Design Softwares II

so much for the rain since Sunday, they shut down the smart tunnel for flood mitigation. causing the whole KLCC area to jam like disable traffic. My... it must be such a failure for a tunnel which is supposed to function to relieve BOTH the traffic as well as the flooding at the same time. but heck, regardless whether it is raining heavily or not, it has been treated as major storms.

back to the topic... if you are still not convinced that most of the design engineering softwares are evil, then you should reconsider again. well, it is also not true that you should take no action to the trend of the popularity of the design engineering softwares nowadays. but let me tell you one thing, mastering any of the softwares will NOT make you A GREAT ENGINEER, or will make you go far. instead, you will be more and more relying on the softwares until one day it will kill all your knowledge in your brain.

i want to considered myself a lucky person. my first job, and the one i'm still with it now, is a place where all engineers are so very familiar to these softwares, because it is only a new trend for the recent 10 years. it is quite hard to find a person who is smart BOTH in the knowledge as well as someone who master the software. but i can tell you straight, knowing the software is NOTHING to be excited about. Since the older engineers survived without the computer, so what is really exciting about the "click a button and get everything out" aka garbage in garbage out function if you do not know what you are doing? Smart engineers will know whether you have done it correctly with the software or not, even though they don't know how to use it. believe me or not, i've really encounter these circumstances before, and it doesn't happen just once!!!

but the good thing about softwares are, they are capable of delivering your job fast. and with the help of the software and an experienced superior (or if you are capable to stand up yourself), you will be the king of the industry!

So young engineers, be prepared to meet more and more challenges to stand up yourself. By doing so, you will excel!



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