As long i have been in college, I was really fascinated about Using tools from the Big Guns, starting from the VLSI tools to signal processing, circuit design tools. I was really thrilled to feel to be the master of the tool. I feel i was under the misconception that i'm the commander of the tool, and that tool is under my command.
Now i think i have realized the truth. The truth that i never thought about those guys who created these tools. If i thought i was the commander of the tool, then surely the creator of the tool must be its GOD, :-) . Now i really wonder are these guys really an genius, an ordinary software engineer, or an regular engineer with good programming skills.
After these many days of enjoying the mastery of tools, and after meeting people who can program without any intuitive thinking ,yet can produce very high class software with aesthetics that you would have never imagined i realized mastering these tools is just a skill. This skill is of course essential to any engineer. Mastering these Software tools is only gonna help the engineer in making his work faster, simpler, efficient and accurate.
After this learning, i think every engineer should prioritize learning the physics or the mechanism behind the phenomena(or whatever its is) rather than fancying learning these tools.
:-) In short i would say knowing Kun Fu doesnt mean that you can hit your opponenet. to hit your opponent you just need to hit him. :-))
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