[TheCowboy]

> No-one really likes engineering war stories

Is that really true? I did keep reading the entire piece. I think they're often interesting and can contain nuggets of wisdom or insight. Or sometimes they're just funny. When I meet someone who worked on something interesting, I often start trying to pry stories like this post out of them.

[shermantanktop]

Everyone likes engineering war stories!!! Never heard of an engineer who didn’t.

[yk]

No, but it is amazing first sentence. Everybody goes, this story is specifically for me, I'm very special.

[eCa]

I read the piece (and enjoyed it) despite the first sentence. I’ve become increasingly sensitive to this kind of fluff.

It’s not a hook, it’s bad read-bait.

[derekcheng08]

LOL came here to say this exactly. Everyone LOVES war stories in my experience :)