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Amateurs believing they can use the latest thing to be just as good as the best professionals without putting in the time and graft to actually be as good as said professional is a story as old as time.
Otherwise fat sweaty sunday league footballer would be Cristiano Ronaldo.
Iโm a problem solver, a communicator, a planner, an analyst, and a prover.
Iโm the glue that binds projects and programs together. Iโm the guy you ask how something works or how itโs supposed to work, and how to fix whatโs broken.
Iโm a #systemsengineer
My Saturday morning errand run as a Systems Engineer :
๐ตโ๐ซ
1. Tire pressures checked.
2. Traffic contingencies mapped.
3. Weather radar audited.
4. Two backup phone cables packed.
Flawless! What a safety-critical execution for a 10 mins trip to Wickes.
BUT then ๐
Arrive at the till. Reaching into my pocket ...
๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐! ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ. ๐ข๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ .. ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
Turns out two decades of risk-mitigation planning canโt fix zero pre-coffee โ brainpower!
Technical Breadth vs Depth
Systems engineers struggle with the need to have:
โข Broad technical knowledge across many domains
โข Sufficient depth to make informed decisions
No, you don't need the "the safest car brands or car models".
You just need not be an idiot!
300 km/h ?? ...
what a surprise
If you never take any risk you will never lose. But you wonโt win either!
Calculated Risk is the Ticket.
๐ข๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ: Chartered Engineer (CEng), INCOSE CSEP certified, trusted with state of the art and safety-critical systems development and high-stakes projects.
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The review board spent months assessing my high-level technical judgement and work experience. Good thing they didn't watch me try to function before my first morning coffee ...
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ; ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ!
Officially a Chartered Engineer now! with the @incoseuk (Institute for Systems Engineering (IfSE).
No generic "๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ" templates here. Just a genuine sense of pride for a milestone that represents years of getting my hands dirty ... ๐
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A huge thank you to the mentors, colleagues and IfSE peers who supported me through the rigorous application and review process.
Shout-out to those who worked with me to deliver and put up with my questions. The list could go on, but then I'll never finish this post.