by John Macdonald | May 9, 2024 | The250
Engineers are famous for proclamations such as “You can’t make a baby in one month with nine women.” Reality, and such. There are laws of physics and biology, after all. But also, physics doesn’t control how much effort you put in or the...
by John Macdonald | May 8, 2024 | The250
As engineers, we have a love-hate relationship with cost. On the one hand, we like to start with a clean sheet of paper and dream. What if cost didn’t matter at all? What could we build? But also, cost is one of those existential variables that...
by John Macdonald | May 7, 2024 | The250
When Elon started SpaceX, he looked around at the history, players, and current state of rocket-making and believed it could be done better, faster, cheaper. He came up with a set of rules that engineers would live by in SpaceX: Question every cost. Have a...
by John Macdonald | May 6, 2024 | The250
Name it. Your project.Your book.Your song.Your app. Your company. You can change it later, but name it today. Once it has a name, it exists. Share this:FacebookLinkedInTwitterEmailPrintRedditPinterestLike this:Like...
by John Macdonald | May 5, 2024 | The250
It doesn’t have to be perfect. It doesn’t have to be special. It doesn’t have to be good enough for someone else. It doesn’t have to be your best, but it better be your best effort at the moment. But it has to be done. Share...
