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Career Fear (And How to Overcome It)

December 28, 2021 By EMI

This is a guest post by Dr. Rae Taylor

In an earlier blog, I alluded to the vicious cycle of thinking you can’t study, which will guarantee that you actually can’t study. Some people messaged me about this and it got me thinking about the games our minds play on us.

A few years back, I made the decision to leave my job and start on a new path. Initially, I was over-excited by all the opportunities out there. At one point I turned down exciting new possibilities simply because I had committed to too many currently exciting possibilities. But then over time, having had to pick a path and stick to it, I froze. It didn’t matter what new opportunity came along — I assumed I would fail at it, so what was the point in trying?

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Filed Under: Civil Engineering Tagged With: Ask for Help, career coach, Career Fear, fail from time to time, fear control you, Fear of failure, Goals/Goal Setting, imposter syndrome, make a plan, new opportunity, new possibilities, next step in your career, Peter Pan Syndrome, Rae Taylor

5 Pieces of Advice Every Engineering Professional Should Know

November 22, 2021 By EMI

This is a guest blog by Leanna Michniuk from BigTime Software

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Advice from people who’ve walked in your shoes is invaluable. This year, we set out with a goal to help build a community for industry leaders on how to successfully scale their business. We were fortunate to partner with EMI, and specifically its The Civil Engineering Podcast, to bring listeners a new series — The Civil Engineering Entrepreneurs. The host and founder of EMI, Anthony Fasano, sat down with experienced and skillful engineering leaders to have compelling conversations about what it takes to build and grow a firm.

As the series comes to a close, we’ve gathered five of our favorite tidbits of advice straight from guests of the podcast. Keep reading to learn more about growing a successful engineering business from pros who have been there, done that.

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Filed Under: Blog, Business/Entrepreneurship Tagged With: 5 Pieces of Advice, a community for industry leaders, Ask for Help, building your dream team, company and its processes, Engineering Professional, find the right candidate, founding partners, help build a community, how to successfully scale a business, It’s OK to be different, Leanna Michniuk, meet with a purpose, Meetings are necessary, Onboard for success, success through proper onboarding processes, Your firm’s success, Zoom fatigue

TECC 245: The Three C’s to Working Through Difficult Life Events as an Engineer

April 27, 2021 By EMI

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TECC 245: The Three C’s to Working Through Difficult Life Events as an Engineer

In this episode, I talk to Michael Tranmer, PEng, MSc, PMP, a bestselling author, professional engineer, and TEDx speaker talks about how he worked through difficult life events and how those events led to opening some great opportunities in his engineering career.

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Filed Under: Personal Development and Professionalism, TECC Podcast-The Engineering Career Coach Podcast Tagged With: Ask for Help, clarity, commitment, courage, Difficult Life Events, engineer, fulfilled life, Michael Tranmer, opportunities, Satori Ananda, stuck in a rut, try new things, Working Through Difficult Life Events

Early Life as an Engineer and my path to Entrepreneurship

September 20, 2017 By EMI

This is a guest blog post by Hamed Layssi, P.Eng, PhD

Early Life as an Engineer I started my bachelor’s in civil engineering in 2001, more than 15 years ago. I wanted to become a civil engineer, design new roads, buildings, power plants, and fancy high-rise buildings. “Design” is a core concept in the civil engineering curriculum, where students learn to calculate loads, predict capacities, and optimize their precise solutions in very specific cases. In doing so, they become familiar with another concept, “risk”.  In school, engineering students learn how to identify risk, quantify it, and attempt to minimize it within their design.

As for precision, it is an important aspect of every engineering solution. Every great design, whether it is a high-rise building, a modern vehicle, or a personal computer is built with precision in mind. A perfect design has precision in every detail, from aesthetics to core functions.

Early Life as an Engineer

Another aspect of life as a civil engineer is learning to work as a team member. Visit any engineering office or construction site, and you will realize how important effective teamwork is in engineering. I remember that during the second year of my studies, I teamed up with three of my classmates to enter into a concrete cube competition, organized by the American Concrete Institute (ACI). We spent the entire summer of 2003 working on our concrete cube samples in a materials laboratory. Working with my friends helped me to develop strong teamwork, and project management skills. [Read more…] about Early Life as an Engineer and my path to Entrepreneurship

Filed Under: Blog, Career Goals and Challenges Tagged With: Ask for Help, Being passionate, Civil Engineering, Early Life as an Engineer, Experiencing Entrepreneurship, Hamed Layssi, Listening carefully, P.Eng, PhD

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