Having worked on teams that do it well, and on teams that don't, it's because people were never taught the right approach. They tend to write bad tests making the experience frustrating.
Definitely The Happiness Advantage. It’s about how we keep moving goalposts on what makes us happy and how to stop that.
TedTalk from a long time ago: https://youtu.be/GXy__kBVq1M
Midwest. Was hiring entry-level consultants from a reputable company for about $100/hr. Never saw rates for the lower-tier shops but I’d guess it’s about $70-80/hr for low quality engineer. This is how much we were paying companies, heard their engineers cut was about 25-50% of that.
The FAA is also maintaining a core set of ground navigational based stations (VOR) in case of GPS failures. It’s the COBOL of the aviation industry :) There are occasionally parts of the sky that have GPS outages due to military activity anyway.
CFI here. It’s not a big deal in most of the country but the Pacific Northwest does have variation of about 20 degrees. It can make a difference when calculating takeoff and landing data as winds are true but runways are magnetic.
I think it’s important to point out the nuance. Observational winds (eg METAR) are recorded in true. Reported winds (ATIS, ASOS, AWOS) are given in magnetic. [1]
The adage goes “If you read it, it’s true. If you heard it, it’s magnetic.”
airplane inbound to land: "KXYZ tower, N12345 at 3000'
tower: "N12345, KXYZ tower, confirm you have Romeo"
airplane: "KXYZ tower, N12345 has Romeo"
tower: "N12345, fine, but bravo is current, recommend you recheck atis"
When I was working on FMS, that's what we used to test our true north to mag conversions. Just fly across the Pacific Northwest and toggle the switch to verify that everything looks good.
Yes with a local bank. No fees for basic account services, mobile app is decent with remote deposit capability, local branches for the difficult things like cash deposit and the money stays in my community.
When a director pulled two engineers together, gave them the problem and told them they had until the end of the year to make it happen. Ended up hiring an external consultant to help get stuff done. Delivered 3 months early. Team was very small, 2 engineers dedicated 100%, one dedicated 50%, an intern, part-time product manager and part-time tester who knew the domain well. Most fun team I've ever been on. Interesting what happens when you give people a problem and get out of their way.
Being a new parent, I realized this is one thing I have failed at in my 20s with my parents. Should have definitely called them more often, even if it's just for a few minutes here and there.
