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Engineer like a Motherf#cker

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Klik hier voor Nederlands. Recently I was listening to the Tim Ferris show. He was interviewing Cheryl Strayed who explains how to write like a motherf#cker. Despite the foul language, her explanation struck me and applies to engineering as well.   In this article I am giving you Cheryl’s tips (read her column) and my…

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4 tips on how to deal with an embarrassing mistake

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Voor Nederlands, klik hier. It was a Friday afternoon. I was sitting with my manager, another colleague and a client in the small meeting room of the office. We had been working hard to meet a deadline and one hour before the meeting, we realized that a terrible mistake had been made…. The project was…

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