[justsomeuser]

I sometimes simplify social interactions by dividing them into two sets: friendly-social and engineering.

In friendly-social environments, it is all about avoiding overly negative topics. It is not lying, but just keeping the conversation track on things that are positive and interesting.

In engineering environments, logic is king. You need to be able to tell an engineer that their rocket designs will not fly and put ego's aside.

[super256]

> In engineering environments, logic is king. You need to be able to tell an engineer that their rocket designs will not fly and put ego's aside.

In software(!) engineering opinions are important though.

[justsomeuser]

Of course. This is just a simplification that I find useful.

Software is less like traditional engineering as there are no "right" ways to do things.