This is a guest blog by Nick Heim, P.E.
I recently had the pleasure of appearing on The Concrete Conversations Podcast with Hosts Arian & Forrest Sim on the recent episode titled “Engineering: A Successful Career in AEC with Nick Heim, Structural Engineer & VDC Engineer.”
Today, I would like to summarize the top lessons that I took away from the interview. For more detail, listen to the full episode!
The Resilience of Traditional Engineering Methods
- Enduring Importance: Even in the age of technology, skills like manual calculations and hand sketches are still very useful and are not going away.
- Real-World Applications: Examples from my career where traditional methods can simplify complex problems and are just as valuable as advanced software.
- Back to Basics: “You need to crawl before you can walk and walk before you run” — the same idea applies in engineering. Basics first.
