Ugh. A quintessential engineering mind is always curious, critiquing and questioning everything and will always want to know the why of the what and ask why not an alternate what. Such a mind be motivated by a higher purpose – finding meaning in larger impact of their work. Only such minds can be creative and persistent to solve the hardest problems to create outstanding product experiences. All it takes to destroy such a mindset is to tell them to shut-up, not to ask so many questions, and to do as they are told.