After lunch I return to work. On the days I’m in the office I make the most of my trip and pop into the labs with my line manager to get a look at some of the components I’m working on.
One of the main benefits of working from home, aside from the 5-metre commute, is that I have access to my full pantry and aren’t limited to what I bring in my lunch box to the office.
Critical thinking, problem-solving and having an open-minded approach to problems will certainly help build on the technical knowledge in a work environment.
The great thing about working at Rheinmetall as a mechanical engineer is you can only learn so much from a CAD model... you can always get a firsthand look at the vehicles you are working on.
Recently we had a new intern join the team, as part of onboarding we do some pair programming - I found pair programming invaluable when I started my graduate program and it's something we do often.