Indeed I do know about that beautiful part of Poland. I started a company in Mielec, Poland 18 years ago--Kirkham Motorsports sp zo.o. We are still there today making cars :) We are at the old WSK facility. I hope to go back to Poland soon.
I understand conditions are challenging in...
I would advise you to answer honestly. If they don't want an honest answer I wouldn't work for them. Think about it.
I interview for welders all the time. Invariably, I sit them down at the welding table and ask them to weld. Very poor welds are common. Then I simply ask, "What happened?" I...
loki3000,
Thank you for your question.
I'll answer in the context of the original comment where LC stated his dream is to, "design and develop the world’s best cars."
In our experience, engineers with large OEM companies (I am speaking of our dealings with the heads of engineering, design...
LC,
Two things you said struck me--although in different ways. You mentioned, "I don't care about making anything happen for this particular company." I imagine your management knows this. Perhaps that is why you aren't happy.
Life is a marathon--that never ends (well, at least until you...
I am in the automotive industry. I think you may be a bit surprised at what ME's in the automotive industry actually do. We have worked with large manufacturers at the top levels. The field is brutal and 80 hour weeks are not uncommon. The competition is fierce throughout the career path...
Maui and Ed,
Thank you so very, very much. This is essentially what I told him. Slight changes in diameter and hand position will have a profound effect on the perceived and real flexibility of the bar.
To add to the confusion, I told him a coach could tell an athlete one bar was...
Mark any corrections you make in RED or some other way so he knows exactly what you did. Correct everything for him, spelling, grammer, etc. but MARK it so he knows. Everyone loves a second set of eyes. Remember, proof reading takes time and most bosses don't have a lot of time. He'd...
I would suggest you never lie to the boss. It will come back to haunt you. That is a one way ticket out. Tell them your frustrations, mistakes you have made, problems you see, and they will love you for it. They can't help you if they don't know what the problem is.
David
:):):)...
What I do is try to answer emails and phone calls immediately. Don't let them sit around. Don't get long winded--just answer them, quickly. This will relieve you of a ton of headaches that keep backing up. My next suggestion may sound crazy...work out. Do anything that you like. Walk, run...
Maui wrote:
"I think that a more definitive definition of "whippiness" might be needed in order to answer the original question. Are you referring to the dynamic elastic strain response of the barbell during the act of lifting, and how this response changes from one bar to the next while...
Ed,
Thank you for your reply. I had thought about spacing of the weights. I did not think about diameter of the bar under the sleeves (outside the grip area--under the plates). Good call. Those diameters are probably not held to a strict tolerance. Also, I did not think about differences...
Not many companies like to see huge gaps in employment.
In many companies it is a big red flag to complain about your current/old job/boss in an interview.
Difficult-to-get-along-with-employees are a huge headache for management.
David
:):):)
www.kirkhammotorsports.com
"Frusso110, You wrote, "When you disagree with someone, how do you respectfully disagree?"
I can share with you a bit from a business owner's point of view. Respectfully disagreeing with colleagues is critical to the overall functioning of a company. Getting along with the other workers is...
Barbell manufacturers claim that "whippiness" of their steel bars can be changed by varying tensile and alloy content. By "whippiness" they are referring to flexing. I didn't think Young's Modulus of elasticity changed with alloy content, tensile strength, or heat treat of the steel. (I am...
BigInch,
Thanks!
I can not stress this enough. Look at it from management's point of view.
I want someone who I won't have to babysit and who I can "let go" (not in the fire sense) and not think about. I want to be surprised by how innovative they are and how they solved problems. I am...
I don't know much about medical requirements, so my thoughts may not be applicable. We just work on cars.
In our world, we use silver plated nuts and bolts on the exhaust on our really expensive cars. They also work really well on axle CV's which are abused without end on a race car. The...
I will chip in my 2 cents from an employer point of view--I have interviewed more people than I can remember.
1. If a guy says he can weld, then I walk out in the shop with him and ask him to weld something. We have a really bad welding machine in the shop and I usually ask them to weld on...
patprimmer,
Yes, when we do use Lexan, we always use it with the scratch resistant coating. For our project (prototypes, etc.) they don't need to last long.
Thanks for the tip!
David
www.kirkhammotorsports.com
