Be Thankful for Your Loved Ones and Cherish Every Minute With Them
Okay, so this post is not really related to engineering career development, but it’s Thanksgiving week and I wanted to write about something more family related. Work–life balance has been a major topic of discussion in much of my work with motivated engineers. The question of how to have a successful career in engineering but […]
The Only Stability You Have in Your Engineering Career Is You
[leadplayer_vid id=”52F7B4F2B74B7″] If you are reading this post, you’re most likely an engineer working for an engineering company. You get up each morning and go to work in what appears to be a ‘stable’ job. In reality, though, no matter how safe or stable your job appears to be, your employer can […]
The Emotionally Brilliant Engineer
This is a guest post by Patrick Sweet, P.Eng., MBA, PMP, CSEP Over at my Engineering and Leadership blog, I tend to talk quite a bit about how business skills can be applied to the daily work of an engineer so thatengineers can be more productive, more purpose-driven, and more satisfied in their roles. Today, […]
5 Recommendations for How to Become a Successful Engineering Manager for Young Engineers with No Managerial Experience
Through providing career-coaching services to engineers, I know that the most common problem that developing engineers are trying to solve is how to become a successful engineering manager. After spending the early part of their engineering career becoming confident in their technical skills, many engineers are ready to take the steps required to become an […]
Ambition is Good
Lay to rest the debate on whether ambition is good or bad. It’s good. If it take’s a motive force such as ambition to develop new technologies, advance science, or explore new forms of art or music then I say “bring it”. It’s very possible you were raised in an environment that shunned ambition or […]
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 […]
How is Technology Affecting Engineering Career Development and What Should We Do About It?
In one of my last posts I talked a lot about how everyone is in a rush these days between the technology and tight budgets; everyone wants everything to be done yesterday. The point of my post was that this fast-paced approach has placed an inordinate amount of stress on all engineers because they are […]
An Effective To-Do List Can Both Increase Productivity and Reduce Hours Worked in Your Engineering Career
Through our Institute for Engineering Career Development, I have worked with many engineers on a one-on-one basis providing Engineering Management Instituteing and guidance, and the two things that almost all of our members ask for help with are time management and work-family balance. Hence in this post I am going to share with you one […]
12 Rules of Zen Monks that may Help You Reduce Stress and Improve Quality in Your Engineering Career
Like many professions today, engineering can be a stressful profession due to the project deadlines, shrinking budgets, and client demands. In this post I want to provide some principles that Zen monks follow, and how you might apply them in your engineering career, to help you reduce some of the day-to-day stresses, and be more […]
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 […]