This reminds me of when I was a junior engineer with Eyring Research in Provo, Utah.  I used to pepper my boss, Dennis Fairclough, with all sorts of questions.  One day when he was particularly exasperated with my frequent questions, he said, “Mark, I hired you to give me answers, not questions!”

The saving grace?  Dennis didn’t have pointy hair, and he said it with a smile on his face!  I’ll always be grateful for Dennis grounding me as an engineer.

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