Several years ago, there was a fellow about my age that I worked with named "Tom". Tom didn't have an engineering degree, yet he was placed in an engineering position because management needed a body to fill that spot, and he had a degree... in something. I thought he did well, especially given his lack of formal training.
Management, however, did not.
They were on him constantly to perform, produce, and have expertise in many things an engineer should know. At some point early within his tenure, he got a prestigious job at a government entity. Once he left, the finger-pointing began... the name-calling, and why he didn't get this done, or that done, and how he wasn't a "good" engineer, which always bothered me because at that point, he'd never asked to be an engineer.
Recently, I had the opportunity to touch base with him. Tom, it seems, had been busy after he left us.
Management, however, did not.
They were on him constantly to perform, produce, and have expertise in many things an engineer should know. At some point early within his tenure, he got a prestigious job at a government entity. Once he left, the finger-pointing began... the name-calling, and why he didn't get this done, or that done, and how he wasn't a "good" engineer, which always bothered me because at that point, he'd never asked to be an engineer.
Recently, I had the opportunity to touch base with him. Tom, it seems, had been busy after he left us.
