Quotes About Engineering

There has been relatively little change in human DNA in the last 10,000 years. But it is likely that we will be able to redesign it completely in the next thousand. Of course, many people will say that genetic engineering on humans should be banned. But I rather doubt that they will be able to prevent it. Genetic engineering on plants and animals will be allowed for economic reasons, and someone is bound to try it on humans.

Beavers give a dam

I like engineering, but I love the creative input.

I love Alfa Romeos and that [Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio] was tremendous.

proved that technical problems can have artistic solutions

The purpose of software engineering is to control complexity, not to create it.

Those statues were exquisitely carved, without exception; that was what the Egyptians were really good at, along with organized religion and civil engineering.

A hosting platform was built first, which generated cash and we then used to cash to create the builder platform. ~ Engineer.ai CEO

Builder.ai, an AI-enabled platform that lets anyone build apps and software without knowing how to code.

How many genetic engineers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Eleven—one to do the work, and the other ten to figure out why it doesn't have a double helix." "What's the definition of a virgin genetic engineer? A nerd with too many pocket protectors.

Here's the short story: functions are objects in JavaScript. In

the constructor always has a prototype property. More

You see, now that we have a prototype, if we add any methods to that prototype, even after we've already created dog objects, all dogs inheriting from the prototype immediately and automatically get this new behavior.

After more than ten years as an entrepreneur, I came to reject that line of thinking. I have learned from both my own successes and failures and those of many others that it's the boring stuff that matters the most. Startup success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Startup success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught.

Startup success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Startup success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught.

There is a reason all past management revolutions have been led by engineers: management is human systems engineering.

Also, we were lucky to have Steve Blank as an investor and adviser. Back in 2004, Steve had just begun preaching a new idea: the business and marketing functions of a startup should be considered as important as engineering and product development and therefore deserve an equally rigorous methodology to guide them. He called that methodology Customer Development, and it offered insight and guidance to my daily work as an entrepreneur.

Startup success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught.

the business and marketing functions of a startup should be considered as important as engineering and product development and therefore deserve an equally rigorous methodology to guide them.

As an engineer and later as a manager, I was accustomed to measuring progress by making sure our work proceeded according to plan, was high quality, and cost about what we had projected.

Until we could figure out how to sell and make the product, it wasn't worth spending any engineering time on.

Any impatient student of mathematics or science or engineering who is irked by having algebraic symbolism thrust upon him should try to get along without it for a week.

Any impatient student of mathematics or science or engineering who is irked by having algebraic symbolism thrust on him should try to get on without it for a week.

example, Boeing is a manufacturer of airplanes, but it is also a user of machine tools. If we were examining innovations developed by Boeing for the airplanes it sells, we would consider Boeing a manufacturer-innovator