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<blockquote data-quote="Howard Tomlinson" data-source="post: 125551" data-attributes="member: 6460">Re: X32 DiscussionI fell about laughing when i read this series of posts on my email catch up. seriously? someone is complaining about tech reducing employees needed in a tech industry? didn&#039;t we have this argument 30 odd years ago with the synthesizer making the orchestra redundant? and with computers? and before that with the motor vehicle? i&#039;m the owner operator of two engineering businesses in completely different areas of engineering (sound and construction) - as engineers we should be running towards the future, your client looks to you to be the smartest person in the room, the expert in your area - are you saying the expert didn&#039;t see this coming?&nbsp; people do not employ bodies or even engineers, they employ solutions to problems, problem solvers - as an engineer you should always be making yourself redundant to a certain extent, pushing the boundaries of what is possible, including what is possible on a budget by providing a solution to a problem. once that gets so routine that anyone can do it, then it ain&#039;t engineering - and as an engineer you should be elsewhere at the cutting edge solving the next problem - to do otherwise is to deny who we are as humans - evolution is part of our theme. the guy wondering where his investment and business went (whatever business) is like the guy in the cave who can&#039;t completely grasp why the other guys are banging rocks together.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Howard Tomlinson, post: 125551, member: 6460"] Re: X32 Discussion I fell about laughing when i read this series of posts on my email catch up. seriously? someone is complaining about tech reducing employees needed in a tech industry? didn't we have this argument 30 odd years ago with the synthesizer making the orchestra redundant? and with computers? and before that with the motor vehicle? i'm the owner operator of two engineering businesses in completely different areas of engineering (sound and construction) - as engineers we should be running towards the future, your client looks to you to be the smartest person in the room, the expert in your area - are you saying the expert didn't see this coming? people do not employ bodies or even engineers, they employ solutions to problems, problem solvers - as an engineer you should always be making yourself redundant to a certain extent, pushing the boundaries of what is possible, including what is possible on a budget by providing a solution to a problem. once that gets so routine that anyone can do it, then it ain't engineering - and as an engineer you should be elsewhere at the cutting edge solving the next problem - to do otherwise is to deny who we are as humans - evolution is part of our theme. the guy wondering where his investment and business went (whatever business) is like the guy in the cave who can't completely grasp why the other guys are banging rocks together. [/QUOTE]

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