Career Goals and Challenges

TECC 204: How to Show Your Company You Are Ready for Engineering Management

June 11, 2019 By Anthony Fasano

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In episode 204 of The Engineering Career Coach, I will be answering some questions that we received from our listeners about career development and goal setting, specifically on leveraging accomplishments and about how to show your company that you are ready for an engineering management position.

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Here Are the Questions and Related Answers Discussed in This Episode:

TECC 203: Where Will You Be Five Years from Now in Your Engineering Career?

May 29, 2019 By Anthony Fasano

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In this episode, I discuss a book I recently read entitled: “The 5 Book: Where Will You be Five Years from Today?” and more importantly pose a question to you which is, “Where will you be five years from today?” Well…where will you be?

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Here are some of the key points discussed about the Book, “Where Will You be Five Years from Today?”

TECC 196: Where Passion Meets Productivity: The Intersection Between People’s Careers and the Company Objective

February 20, 2019 By Anthony Fasano

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In this episode, I will be speaking to Jakob Heuser, an engineering leader, writer, speaker and entrepreneur about the intersection between people’s careers and the company objective.

For this episode we will have a guest co-host named Carolette Wright. Carolette is a mechanical engineer and she has been an avid listener of our show who has volunteered to help with this episode and some of the other content we produce in hopes of inspiring engineers.

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Here are some of the key points discussed about the intersection between people’s careers and the company objective:

TECC 193: What Prison Has Taught This Young Engineer and How it Can Help You

January 8, 2019 By Anthony Fasano

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In this episode, I talk with Jim (a false name used to keep our guest anonymous), a young engineer who had to spend some time in prison soon after he graduated college. We talk about everything he went through while in prison as well as the things he learned and how his experiences have contributed to his success in his career.

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Here are some of the key points discussed about Jim’s time spent in prison:

TECC 191: Hacking and How It Puts Our Engineering Systems at Risk

December 11, 2018 By Anthony Fasano

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In this episode, I talk with award-winning journalist and host of the Peggy Smedley show, Peggy Smedley about cyber-security and hacking and how it affects us as engineers in our work as well as in our personal lives.

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Here are some of the key points discussed about hacking and how it puts our engineering systems at risk:

TECC 187: Goal Setting for Engineers Based on One Engineer’s Proven Process

October 16, 2018 By Anthony Fasano

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In this episode, I talk with Adam Zach, PE, a project engineer at an environmental engineering firm in Grand Forks, North Dakota. We talk about the importance of goal setting for engineers and how setting goals has greatly contributed to his success in his career, but even better Adam shares his process in this episode, so you can use it too!

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Here are some of the key points discussed about goal setting for engineers:

TECC 184: Career Questions Answered Through a Peek Inside the Engineering Management Accelerator

September 4, 2018 By Anthony Fasano

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In this episode, I am going to answer some questions from some of the engineers who participated in our Engineering Management Accelerator Online Workshop. We had so many great questions during this course related to professional development, job promotions, communication, leadership and more, that I decided to share the answers here so that engineers all over the world can benefit from them.

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Here is the summary of questions and answers from a recent group coaching call during the Engineering Management Accelerator Online Workshop:

TECC 181: One Engineer’s Plan for Recovering from Burnout

August 7, 2018 By Anthony Fasano

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In this episode, I provide coaching and guidance to an engineer who is totally burnt out in his career. By the end of this episode, he is inspired and has a plan to change his career for the better. He then also adds a twist to this episode and starts asking me some career-related questions on the decisions I made in my career.

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Here are the key points discussed on recovering from burnout:

TECC 179: Practical Strategies You Can Use for Productively Dealing with Conflict

July 10, 2018 By Anthony Fasano

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In this episode I talk with Dana Caspersen, conflict specialist, speaker and author of the book: Changing the Conversation: the 17 Principles of Conflict Resolution. During the interview, Dana outlines very practical strategies that you can use when dealing with conflict.

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Here are the 3 principles that Dana Caspersen discusses in regards to dealing with conflict:

TECC 177: What Every Engineer Needs to Know When a Crisis Arises

June 12, 2018 By Anthony Fasano

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In this episode, I talk with two very successful women from The Mathews Group, Melissa Mathews and Tia Over. We talk about communication strategies that you can implement when a crisis arises whether it’s a project crisis, client crisis or career crisis.

Career Goals and Challenges

Engineering Quotes:

Here Are the Questions and Related Answers Discussed in This Episode:

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Here are some of the key points discussed about the Book, “Where Will You be Five Years from Today?”

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Here are some of the key points discussed about the intersection between people’s careers and the company objective:

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Here are some of the key points discussed about Jim’s time spent in prison:

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Here are some of the key points discussed about hacking and how it puts our engineering systems at risk:

Engineering Quotes:

Here are some of the key points discussed about goal setting for engineers:

Engineering Quotes:

Here is the summary of questions and answers from a recent group coaching call during the Engineering Management Accelerator Online Workshop:

Engineering Quotes:

Here are the key points discussed on recovering from burnout:

Engineering Quotes:

Here are the 3 principles that Dana Caspersen discusses in regards to dealing with conflict:

Engineering Quotes:

Here are some of the key points discussed in this episode on what engineers should do when a crisis arises: