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Podcast Creator Ignores Cries that Engineers Won’t Listen to Podcast Making Forbes Citation Even More Validating

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Anthony Fasano, PE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 12/30/17
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Podcast Creator Ignores Cries that Engineers Won’t Listen to Podcast Making Forbes Citation Even More Validating

Easily Accessible Podcast for Engineers Thrives in the Face of Naysayers

RIDGEWOOD, New Jersey – December 30, 2017 – Forbes recently recognized The Engineering Career Coach Podcast as one of the 15 most inspiring podcasts for professionals.  For the podcast host and creator, Anthony Fasano, PE, this was a major validation, after building this podcast for the last four years in the face doubt.

“When I launched this podcast focused on helping engineers and technical professionals develop both professionally and personally, many people told me that engineers wouldn’t listen to a career focused podcast, “said Anthony Fasano, PE, President of Engineering Management Institute and author of Engineer Your Own Success. “I knew though, as an engineer myself, that engineers needed both career guidance and inspiration and was determined to deliver it to them in a format that they could easily digest on the go.”

Since the first episode published in late 2011, the podcast has been downloaded over 1.5 million times in over 150 countries worldwide.  “The success of the podcast should be a lesson to all professionals that you can accomplish whatever you set out to do, regardless of what people tell you,” said Fasano. [Read more…]

An Engineer that will be remembered for much more than engineering – and some lessons she left for us.

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An Engineer that will be remembered

Reference: http://journalforsuzy.blogspot.com/

The engineering industry lost a dynamite engineer and person last month.  Suzanne Audra (Muzzey) Seminara, 39, passed away June 16, 2017 after a courageous battle with cancer.

Suzy was my classmate in undergraduate engineering school, and my wife’s college roommate.  The three of us spent a lot of time together in college, mostly doing engineering homework or assignments, but always laughing.

Suzy was always one of the happiest, most positive people I remember from my four years in college.  It was like a smile was cemented onto her face, because no matter what had happened to her, no matter how many assignments she had, she was smiling.

After graduation, my wife and I moved to northern New Jersey, took engineering jobs, and eventually had kids while Suzy took a great job with Lockheed Martin for which she eventually moved to Texas.  We kept in touch sporadically and would see each other once a year or so.

Suzy really advanced at Lockheed, and she would always tell us about the amazing projects she was leading within the company including being a project manager on Lockheed’s F35 Program.

There was so much more to Suzy than engineering though, and unfortunately, it was through her death that my wife and I were reminded of this, specifically at her funeral service, where the room was packed to capacity and one person after the next talked about how amazing of a person she was.

Suzy would marry another Lockheed Martin engineer Gary (on a ski slope in New Hampshire) and together they were blessed with two beautiful boys over the past five years.

Suzy lived life to the fullest every day….

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Lessons Learned from Two Days with Engineering Leaders, and Laws on Life’s Outcomes

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IECD Meetup post PhotoA few days ago, we put on our annual Institute for Engineering Career Development (IECD) meetup in Austin, Texas.

The event consisted of three days of intensive learning sessions from over 15 accomplished speakers, several social outings, and interesting tours. Of course, I can’t forget to mention the more than 50 motivated engineers who attended the event from all over the US—all of whom walked away with career- and life-changing information and friendships.

This post will provide some lessons from this event in hopes that you can utilize the information to better your performance and results, both personally and professionally.

Lessons from Engineering Leaders

During the event, attendees had the opportunity to ask questions of some of the most successful engineering presidents and CEOs, and here are some key takeaways.

In order to become a partner in an engineering firm or an engineering leader, consider doing the following: [Read more…]