A software developer, a hardware engineer and a mid-level manager were on their way to a conference center located near the top of a mountain. After the conference they were driving down the steep mountain road and suddenly the brakes on their car failed. The car careened almost out of control down the road, bouncing off the crash barriers, until it miraculously ground to a halt scraping along the mountainside. The car's occupants, shaken but unhurt, now had a problem: they were stuck halfway down a mountain in a car with no brakes. What were they to do?
"I know," said the manager, "Let's have a meeting, propose a Vision, formulate a Mission Statement, define some Goals, and by a process of Continuous Improvement find a solution to the Critical Problems, and we can be on our way."No, no," said the hardware engineer, "That will take far too long, and besides, that method has never worked before. I've got my Swiss Army knife with me, and in no time at all I can strip down the car's braking system, isolate the fault, fix it, and we can be on our way". "Well," said the software developer, "Before we do anything, I think we should push the car back to the top of the mountain and see if it happens again."
mechanical, electrical, and software engineers
Three engineers (mechanical, electrical, and software) were in a car driving to the local TED conference together.
The car brakes down, and they pull over.
The mechanical engineer says, "Pop the hood and hand me the tools. I'm sure I heard something that sounded like a rod being thrown, and I can fix it with my mechanical skills!"
The electrical engineer says, "No, No, No! The engine died all at once, which indicates an electrical problem! I have my oscilloscope with me, and I can figure out what happened to the electrical system."
The software engineer says, "First everybody get out of the car then get back in and it will probably start up again."
mechanical, electrical, and software engineers
> The software engineer says, "First everybody get out of the car then get back in and it will probably start up again."
I like this where he is a Microsoft engineer and says, "First we should close all the windows and then reopen them"
