We can have stuff done before your old fogey ass even has time to put your orthopedic shoes on. Matlab is just one of many tools at our disposal.
I am aware that matlab is one of many tools at my disposal.
One of the things I try to teach the young fellows is who the end user is and what do they need?
I try to get them to keep maintenance in mind in the field.
I think we build a better product that way for folks under fire.
I try to get the egghead in the foxhole.
That is why we old folks invented Matlab, Mathmatica, Excel, Lotus 123.
I tell my young coworkers that their calculations are wrong, and give them the left most two digits for the correct answer.
They say “If you know the answer, why did you ask me?” Of course I assigned the problem to them to get the third through 6th digits.
Really?
Do people drive Matlab cars or steel cars?
Do they fly in airplanes built by CAE or BAE?
The simulation isn't the reality...