A case for engineering beyond specialization

摘要

Over our years of working as engineers, we have seen many engineering graduates who have specialized so severely that they have proven to be unable to adapt for success in some very challenging opportunities. One case in point was a young engineer trained in electronics but unable to handle testing of printers. Why? The testing involved primarily mechanical components, although much of the printer itself contained electronics for paper advance, hammer firing, data transfer, and so forth, but he couldn''t adapt to the system aspects of the job.