No Engineer Is an Island (The Butterfly Effect: Engineering Edition)

<img width="300" height="150" src="https://www.eejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/max-0527-image-for-home-page-e3-designers-300x150.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.eejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/max-0527-image-for-home-page-e3-designers-300x150.jpg 300w, https://www.eejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/max-0527-image-for-home-page-e3-designers-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https://www.eejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/max-0527-image-for-home-page-e3-designers-768x384.jpg 768w, https://www.eejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/max-0527-image-for-home-page-e3-designers.jpg 1280w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />I often hear (or read) someone saying something that really strikes a chord, like the lyric “I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then” from Toby Keith’s 1994 single Wish I Didn’t Know Now. Some of these turns of phrase, memorable observations, and pearls of wisdom really stick with me, often leaving [&#8230;]