So the test that I wrote for our Shiny New Jet Engine? They’re flying it today. I’m psyched! This is the first test that I have written for flight, and it happened quite by accident – someone said “we need x, y, z data” but didn’t list 1) the conditions for data collection or 2) [...]
A little background info if you are new to my blog: I work for The Man & Big Brother, Inc. We have quite a few government contracts (which means we answer to DoD/FBI on stuff like export/etc.), and make jet engines for both commercial and military applications. I’m an engineer, and happen to be the [...]
I was supposed to help my good friend Laura move on Saturday, but in the wee hours of the morning I woke up coughing up all kinds of disgusting things. A quick trip to the Saturday clinic revealed bronchitis (I swear I’m going to be the youngest person diagnosed with COPD one of [...]
RTFQ – I sometimes finding myself wanting to type this out in response to notes I receive from people asking questions that were obviously and thoroughly covered in my original email, but rather than RTFQ, they just need to read the fucking email – AND the attachments – before making me waste time by repeating [...]
I don’t complain about work very often, and when I do it’s pretty much half-hearted; I consider myself one of the lucky ones who truly enjoy not only their job, but also [most of] the people they work with. Especially my boss, who I shall refer to as Awesome Boss for the purposes [...]
Sometimes, I really wish I was able to type out all the ridiculously funny stuff that goes on at the lunch table in the cafeteria here at The Man & Big Brother, Inc. However, the rule is, “what happens at the lunch table, stays at the lunch table.” That doesn’t mean I [...]