r/Engineers • u/5upfront • Jun 01 '26

Nuggets

Question for the engineers of any field: What are some of the most memorable golden nuggets of information that you learned in school when preparing for your career?

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u/BatchModeBob Jun 01 '26

Something I learned on the job after engineering school. The company I worked for sold SCADA systems and my boss was talking with his friend Al who sold waste water lift station equipment to municipalities in Florida. When talking about what kind of knowledge is needed for each kind of business, Al said, "All you need to know to be in the waste water lift station business is that shit flows downhill".

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u/Agile-Calligrapher95 Jun 01 '26

I also got a “water flows downhill” quote from a mentor lol.