Things Engineers Like: Requirements and Specs
As a systems engineer, I know all about requirements and specifications. But those things are not just for system engineers, all engineers must develop and design products that abide them. What would be built in this world without requirements? There must be a goal, even if it's the most abstract specifications (But those are the worst!). Engineers do it to specifications right? (I think this is one of the reasons to date an engineer)
As an engineer, it's only natural to want to know exactly what the end result needs to be. Why do you think there are character, word, or page limits for some college essays and such? It eases the stress of future engineers that have to write them. Choosing the topic is abstract enough to cause pimples to arise. As engineers, requirements are just the bare minimum that has to be done. As a result, how far you want to exceed depends on the individual. The above picture accurately depicts what happens in the real world right?
When a friend gets a new little device, the immediate question is: What are the specs on that? Non-engineers will respond with nothing but the brand name (And maybe the model). Engineers will tell you everything from the dimensions (in mm), amount of RAM, storage space, and operating system version. Of course the specs are the first thing to be stated. Then millions upon millions of questions will follow, including experience and performance. A younger me would be annoyed by other people's devices if they had better specs but I have mature and realized that it takes tons of money to keep that up. It is not worth it to be jealous or envious about!
Engineers NEED to know everything about everything. Naturally, electronic specifications must be stated for me. But it's not just electronics that we must know about. Engineers must know everything about their car insurance (Everything including collision, liability, medical, etc.), functionality of every pocket in pants (including that coin holder aka the pocket within a pocket), and everything else. Then, engineers will continuously criticize and comment on how things can be improved! And that's why the world is such a great place! Everyone should thank engineers for such a wonderful world!