Expert Witness 2
I am now in the middle of the hearing I mentioned last time. I have not been called to the stand yet, but I can already see from watching the other witnesses that it's certainly going to be a brand new experience. Watching lawyers operate/think is really quite amazing. We engineers typically get the luxury of time between a question, the answer, and the next question. Although as a consultant we are required to "think on our feet" significantly more than a typical process/manufacturing engineer. This is because eventually we need to be able to answer general questions about regulations, permitting, etc. on the spot. Learning the regs, etc. to such an extent that it is second-nature is one of the steepest learning curves when beginning your career at Trinity.