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> [Don't bring on the design engineers too soon. One of the worst things you can do in the early phases of a project is to bring on a bunch of detailed design engineers and then not give them clear direction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-pittman/don-t-bring-on-the-design-engineers-too-soon-one-of-the-worst-things/)

[Bruce Pittman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-pittman/)

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> [ In the judgment of design engineers, the ordinary means of communicating with a computer are entirely inadequate. \[...\] Graphical communication in some form or other is of vital importance in engineering as that subject is now conducted; we must either… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-wilkes/in-the-judgment-of-design-engineers-the-ordinary-means-of/)

[Maurice Wilkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-wilkes/)

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