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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 1006286" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>I am just an engineer. Did engineering mainly for 20 years or so. Have been doing more project management and people management for the last 10-12 years, and less and less engineering. No law degree, or legal training. Have been writing proposals for the last 12-15 years. Have been reviewing contracts and master services agreements for that length of time.</p><p></p><p>I think there are a lot of similarities between engineering and contract law. Both look at things without emotion and apply basic principles to whatever the situation is. Legal cases are exercises of basic logic. -- What happened in this instance, and what laws apply to such circumstances. -- My weakness in legal matters are things that I would have gotten in a legal education, which I lack. I don't have a good knowledge of the actual laws and precedents. I can search codes, but even when I find what I am looking for I don't know what else is out there. Just like similar things in engineering, you have to understand not only what this code says, but whether this code applies in this particular instance. Maybe more self-deprecating that I should be, but I realize that I have limitations. I think that too often people believe themselves to be more capable, or more knowledgeable than they actually are.</p><p></p><p>Maybe more than you asked for, but that is my background. Just an engineer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 1006286, member: 2426"] I am just an engineer. Did engineering mainly for 20 years or so. Have been doing more project management and people management for the last 10-12 years, and less and less engineering. No law degree, or legal training. Have been writing proposals for the last 12-15 years. Have been reviewing contracts and master services agreements for that length of time. I think there are a lot of similarities between engineering and contract law. Both look at things without emotion and apply basic principles to whatever the situation is. Legal cases are exercises of basic logic. -- What happened in this instance, and what laws apply to such circumstances. -- My weakness in legal matters are things that I would have gotten in a legal education, which I lack. I don't have a good knowledge of the actual laws and precedents. I can search codes, but even when I find what I am looking for I don't know what else is out there. Just like similar things in engineering, you have to understand not only what this code says, but whether this code applies in this particular instance. Maybe more self-deprecating that I should be, but I realize that I have limitations. I think that too often people believe themselves to be more capable, or more knowledgeable than they actually are. Maybe more than you asked for, but that is my background. Just an engineer. [/QUOTE]
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