Engineers Beware the Ultimate Productivity Killer: Nerd Sniping – EngineerDog.com
Comic from XKCD It’s mid-lunchtime on Tuesday and I’m trying to sneak in 30 minutes of design work on a personal project when my coworker leans over and says, “I wonder if you can attach a Dremel…
March 15, 2015 November 26, 2016 EngineerDog.com Engineers Beware the Ultimate Productivity Killer: Nerd Sniping Comic from XKCD It’s mid-lunchtime on Tuesday and I’m trying to sneak in 30 minutes of design work on a personal project when my coworker leans over and says, “I wonder if you can attach a Dremel tool to your Printrbot to make it into a CNC PCB mill? I know you’ve been wanting one of those.” 1 And just like that, FOOOM! All forward progress on my project is halted because I have to google this awesome new idea immediately . Add one point to the scoreboard, jerk. While it sounds like
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