An Engineer at Home

An Engineer turned Home Maker

Owing to relocation and wanting to explore other things, I took a break from work for a few years. And on one such Engineer’s Day, all the Engineer’s except for me were wished. Pat comes my reply.. Did I just loose my Engineering mindset? :)

Engineering is a mindset, an attitude cultured over years of experience. It is about problem-solving, collaboration, and solution enablement. It is about being bold, extending one's territory and bringing in innovation.. It is about being smart, checking reuse, following best practices, and providing practical solutions.. It is about being objective and believing in critical thinking… predictability, scalability, and sustainability.. about implementing resource and cost optimization..

At school, we learn a lot of theory.. The basics latch on, while most of it sublime due to non-application, and not-so-interesting teaching methods.. At work too, we add overdose of engineering practices. Sometimes an overdose can mute creativity too..

As professionals, we garb different roles like job seekers, job providers, leaders, managers, validation, quality assurance, product management, and marketing in the ecosystem of an industry and contribute to our economy.

My engineering challenges at Home? Best reuse patterns for predictability in setting curd.. Increase batter scale and shelf life from 4 to 10 days.. Week stock of Papad roasting pipeline.. Poori and Paratha pipeline.. How to prevent dough oxidation.. Increase the shelf life of greens and chilies.. Optimisation of time, resources, carbon footprint, non-GMO, organic foods and so many variables.

Once an engineer, Always an engineer :)