Why engineers love engineering: admit wrong numbers on the spot
esrtweet · x · 2026-11-11
Quoting staysaasy's popular thread celebrating engineering culture: when the answer is 100 and it's actually 200, engineers just admit it and move on with the right information — no face-saving, unlike many other vocations where obvious errors go uncorrected or get deferred to 'circle back offline.'
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