• Question: What personal characteristics do you feel are necessary to be a successful engineer?

    Asked by footballchamps to Alex, Chris, Mohamed, Rik, Victoria on 16 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by itsabz.
    • Photo: Rik Allen

      Rik Allen answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Hi – I think a playful joy of discovery, and a sense of “wow – that’s cool” – but for other types of engineering it’s more important to be meticulous, patient, perhaps compassionate.
      Being stubborn so you don’t let yourself be beaten by a bug is also important sometimes. (This last week my whole team is chasing one last bug that we can’t get. Frustrating, but we know we will get it eventually)

    • Photo: Alex Shenfield

      Alex Shenfield answered on 17 Mar 2015:

      Definitely an incessant curiosity about the world and how things work!

      Enjoying problem solving also helps.

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