Vision, Vista, and Volume: A Better Approach to Thinking About Success
Discussions about achieving success are typically approached in one dimension. We talk about vision, breadth of experience and work/life balance in stovepipe segments as if one doesn’t influence the other. Much of the blogging and books on success I’ve read follow this track. They touch on the three dimensions, but only on that dimension. The […]
What to Do in Your Engineering Career When You Don’t Know What to Do
This post was inspired by a recent conversation that I had with one of our Institute for Engineering Career Development (IECD) members. She is a young engineer and not sure what direction to go in her engineering career. She is considering various questions, such as: What specific discipline in her engineering field should she go […]
Setting Big Picture Engineering Career Goals is the Most Important Thing You Can Do in Your Career and Life
Engineers like data because it provides facts that they can use to do analyses. Well, I have some data in this post that I believe can be extremely useful to you in your engineering career and life overall. I have provided career coaching and speaking services to hundreds of engineers in recent years, and my […]
The Perfect Engineering Job is out there for Every Engineer Even if it is not a Traditional Engineering Job
Many engineers join our Institute for Engineering Career Development to find the perfect engineering job or as I like to say it, create their ideal engineering career. My question to our members is always, “How do you define the best engineering job?” In my opinion, the best engineering job for each person is the job […]
Tips for a Successful Geographic Relocation in Your Engineering Career Part 2 of 2 – Financial Tips for Relocating
This is a guest post by Jason Kent, P.E. This is the second post of a two part series entitled Tips for a Successful Geographic Relocation in Your Engineering Career – Financial Tips for Relocating. To read the first post in the series. Being offered a position in a new location brings with it a […]
10 Recommendations for Creating Your Ideal Engineering Career from a Young Engineer in Alaska Who is Doing It
Designing your ideal engineering career…. This post is based on an interview I did with Jessica Smith, a younger engineer working as a transportation planner at the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) in Fairbanks, Alaska. In the interview we focused on the idea of creating the ideal engineering career. I have been trying to convince engineers […]
Early Financial Freedom: An Engineer’s Road to Early Retirement
Featured Guest Blogger: Author of the Early Financial Freedom blog When Anthony asked me to be a guest blogger, I jumped at the offer since I have so much in common with his distinguished audience. Anthony asked me to write this post sharing my story in hopes it would inspire engineers to follow their dreams […]
At The End of Your Engineering Career Will You Say I Wish I Hadn’t Worked so Hard
What do you usually think about how you would like to finish your engineering career? Would you like to finish your engineering career as an expert in your profession but without personal experience? Today we talk about what many people often regret at some point in their lives… An engineer that I met during one […]
Selecting an Engineering Company: Does Size Matter?
Last week I attended the 11th annual ASCE Younger Member CEO forum at Columbia University in New York City. The topic for the evening was: Selecting an Engineering Company: Does Size Matter? There was a panel consisting of high-level executives from some of the largest companies in the world as well as some smaller engineering […]
Transitioning from Engineer to Manager : How to Manage Engineering Professionals That Have More Experience Than You
The following is a brief summary of the 1-16-2012 session of the Engineer Your Own Success Radio Show for engineers. During the latest session of my Engineer Your Own Success radio show I had the opportunity to coach a younger engineer (Mary) who was facing the challenge of having to manage or oversee a group […]
