“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Isaac Newton One of the first tasks that I handled as a Project Manager (versus... read more →
Someone once said: ”I like difficult people because that means they're perfectionists and they're passionate.” That is a nice turn of phrase and an interesting perspective on a potentially difficult... read more →
“What is not on paper has not been said.” Anonymous Let's talk about customer requirements. Sometimes I find myself in a social situation where I don’t know a bunch of... read more →
It’s easy to get excited about a project that you are working on – in fact, it happens to me all the time. I start working on something and as... read more →
Let me admit something up front: I didn’t start drinking coffee until I turned 40. In our current caffeinated society, where 32-ounce morning coffee thermoses are the norm, this must... read more →
“There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life” - Thomas Huxley [1890] (more…)
In my last post, I tried to describe how drawing comics taught me about applying discipline and the understanding of process to my engineering work – and actually to my life... read more →
My family immigrated to United States from the Soviet Union in 1978 when I was just 11 years old. I don’t know if my experiences are defined by being a first... read more →
When my first engineering internship turned into a full-time job after graduation, my supervisor called me in for a chat. He wanted to talk about possible opportunities in the company,... read more →
