I love engineering. What I don't love is spending half my time writing reports to justify my work to people who don't understand the basics of what I do. Feels like other departments are just clueless and giving me more stress than I need.

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To mitigate that, everytime I get a new project, I start recording all activity in a PowerPoint presentation. For every issue/problem, I list all the possible solutions and how I chose with one is the best solution and why. For decision, I list all the options and how and why I made the decision. It help me remember, like an engineering log book. When the project is complete, I save it into the project files. Other can refer to it as a guide for similar projects types or use it to learn. And everytime an executive questions my decision or choices, I just send them the link to the presentation. Since my boss is up to date with how I work and a lot of my choice and decision include his guidance, it easy for him to defend me during inquisitions.

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