Sherlock Ohms: Case of the Slighted Newbie Engineer

Sherlock Ohms is a regular feature of the Design News website where readers submit anecdotes from their on-the-job experiences. There has been a tendency lately in this column and, to a lesser degree, in the similar Tales from the Cube column for situations involving newer, less experienced engineers being frustrated by the domineering attitudes of some senior engineers. In contrast, I cannot recall an instance of a story where the senior engineer dumps on stupid actions of a newbie. Maybe doing so is considered bullying or akin to a guy hitting a girl. Regardless, all the stories in both columns are good for instruction.

Posted October 10, 2013

Crane Aerospace & Electronics (RF & Microwave) - RF Cafe Website

RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...