Where has our German engineering gone…?

𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳 “𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴” 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗸𝘂𝗻𝘀𝘁, 𝗴𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗻𝗴, 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂̈𝗻𝗸𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿) 𝗨𝗺𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂̈𝗿 𝗟𝗼̈𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻, 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴 𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗵𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻.

I fear we have forgotten some of this….

In the AI sector, we are lagging behind the American private sector, our major projects are regularly delayed, many projects are limited to problem admiration and the courage to try new things has given way to the short-term (conservative) success goals of many companies. I think this is very worrying.

𝗪𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝘂̈𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗵𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗻, 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲- 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘂𝗿𝘀-𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗿𝗼ß 𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗿 𝗟𝗼̈𝘀𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗻, 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗡𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗸𝗲𝗶𝘁, 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗸𝗲𝗶𝘁, 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗨𝗺𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗼𝗺 𝗪𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗯𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗯 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻.

In software development, for example, this means:

– be guided by short-term milestones 𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗧 𝗶𝗻 “𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 & 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆” 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗸𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻 force
– demand time for 𝗔𝘂𝗳𝗿𝗮̈𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗸𝘁𝗲, for solid 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴
– go for 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗵𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗸𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻, which can still be used flexibly in 5, 10 or 15 years from now
– keep the 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄-𝗛𝗼𝘄 about your solutions in the company (nothing is more expensive than losing knowledge)
– qualify yourself and your 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿 in the use of sustainable solutions

𝗜𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝘂̈𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗿, 𝗱𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗮𝗺 “𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴” 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘇𝘂 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮̈𝘁𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗿!