[Tax-chick]

My husband kept a lot of old engineering-school Stuff for a while, but I finally persuaded him to dump it.

Engineering is a lot like taxes, in that, by the time the printed materials reach the public, they’re already out of date.

[tuliptree76]

Engineering is a lot like taxes, in that, by the time the printed materials reach the public, they’re already out of date.

I know how that goes! A couple of semesters ago, shortly before my class went over a section in the textbook, a court handed down a ruling that changed a chunk of the chapter. I have to make sure I keep up with what's going on in the world.

And now I have to step away from the computer again and try to put more things away. Unfortunately, I seem to make an even bigger mess by the time I'm finished!

[sionnsar]

My husband kept a lot of old engineering-school Stuff for a while, but I finally persuaded him to dump it.
Engineering is a lot like taxes, in that, by the time the printed materials reach the public, they’re already out of date.

That's awful! You never know when you might have to design, say, a circuit using 12AX7 dual triodes, so I still have my trusty old 1960 Sylvania vacuum tube guide on the shelf.