At one point in my career, I was very interested in getting into management consulting. That has various pros and cons, but it was very good for getting lots of practice at Fermi estimates and mental arithmetic. My dad was also an old-school structural engineer who had me check all of our restaurant receipts when I was a kid by adding the numbers in my head, more or less. Also pretty good practice.
At one point in my career, I was very interested in getting into management consulting. That has various pros and cons, but it was very good for getting lots of practice at Fermi estimates and mental arithmetic. My dad was also an old-school structural engineer who had me check all of our restaurant receipts when I was a kid by adding the numbers in my head, more or less. Also pretty good practice.