Not Much Of An Engineer:- An Autobiography

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He made it clear that the achievements in engine development made could in no way be attributable to any single person.

In fact the student life, with its long vacations during which I did no work but had a pleasant time with my friends in Kent, suited me very well.I was fortunate enough to play a small part in the design of the latest Trent engine design programme and saw the marvel and might of Rolls-Royce today. His most recent achievements include being awarded the Council of European Aerospace Societies Gold Medal, (CEAS) in 2019; and a Public Service Silver Medal by the Prime Minister's Office in Singapore in 2021. This inability to see the reality and to have been suckered into the fake image presented to him by Chinese officials is the one faux pas noted in the book. During checkout please make sure that all boxes marked with an asterix are filled in, if a box isn't relevant to you then please enter a dash or dot. He finally retired in 1978 and in 1984 just before his death, he published his autobiography “ Not much of an engineer” the title of which was a quip by the intimidating Hives at his lack of engineering qualifications during his interview at Rolls-Royce!

But your skill set needs to go much deeper than frameworks if you’re going to have success in your next job — the one where you get hired because you had 3–5 years of “engineering” experience on your resume.Under Levy’s guidance, I produced two papers — one published by the Philosophical Magazine and the other by the Royal Society — slightly extending von Kármán’s theory.

I, who had never seen an aero engine at close range, and who only had a schoolboy’s knowledge of its inside, did not even know the names of the engines Rolls-Royce was producing. Yes, okay, but this would be so much better written as "Frank Whittle was a tosser who missed some basic design features due to his inability to listen to anyone but himself. The book has a useful glossary and even covers some of the calculations used in determining engine efficiencies. Frameworks allow a Frameworker to build software products in a way similar to how IKEA allows me to build shelving units.One thing I did like about this book is that Mr Hooker does not have a bad word to say about any of the people he talks about (asside from Nicolae Ceaușescu).