As an engineer I can say it can be a "hurry up and wait" kind of job. Around the 20% mark of a project timeline I'm 80% finished but then have to rely on a non-responsive authority to answer me back over some obscure part of the project. After that I just nag them and the project manager about it in email to cover my ass then do fuck all until they respond. At the 95% mark they answer back and I have to hurry up to finish. It can be stressful at times but it's not bad otherwise.
Ah, Pareto
I'm a designer that works with a bunch of engineers and yeah. I've got two projects that we had to rush in a two week deadline. Now we've been waiting for months on a reply about something. Just waiting.
As an engineer I can say it can be a "hurry up and wait" kind of job. Around the 20% mark of a project timeline I'm 80% finished but then have to rely on a non-responsive authority to answer me back over some obscure part of the project. After that I just nag them and the project manager about it in email to cover my ass then do fuck all until they respond. At the 95% mark they answer back and I have to hurry up to finish. It can be stressful at times but it's not bad otherwise.
Ah, Pareto
I'm a designer that works with a bunch of engineers and yeah. I've got two projects that we had to rush in a two week deadline. Now we've been waiting for months on a reply about something. Just waiting.
Solution: give employee 7 projects