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Getting an Engineering Job after a Hiatus – Engineering Career TV Ep. 26

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Q: How can I get an engineering job after a hiatus?

Welcome to Episode #26 of Engineering Career TV. The topic for this episode is getting an engineering job after a hiatus. 

I spend most of the Engineering Career TV episodes answering questions that have been submitted from engineers around the world on how to rapidly advance their careers and live the lives they want to live.

You can submit questions for the show by clicking here.

Let’s jump into today’s topic: getting an engineering job after a hiatus, which is based on a question from Matt, who asks the following:
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What to do After you’ve Lost your Engineering Job – Engineering Career TV Ep. 22

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Q: What can I do after I’ve lost my Engineering Job?

Welcome to Episode #22 of Engineering Career TV. The topic for this episode is What to do after you’ve lost your Engineering Job. 

I will spend most of the Engineering Career TV episodes answering questions that have been submitted from engineers around the world on how to rapidly advance their careers and live the lives they want to live.

You can submit questions for the show by clicking here.

Let’s jump into today’s topic: What to do after you’ve lost your Engineering Job, which is based on a question from Christopher, who asks the following: [Read more…] about What to do After you’ve Lost your Engineering Job – Engineering Career TV Ep. 22

Transitioning from Engineer to Manager – Engineering Career TV Ep. 3

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Q: What does it take to be a manager besides having strong leadership skills?

Welcome to Episode #3 of Engineering Career TV. The topic for this episode is Transitioning from engineer to manager.

I will spend most of the Engineering Career TV episodes answering questions that have been submitted from engineers around the world on how to rapidly advance their careers and live the lives they want to live.

You can submit questions for the show by clicking here.

Let’s jump into today’s topic, Transitioning from engineer to manager, which is based on a question from Zach, where he asks the following: [Read more…] about Transitioning from Engineer to Manager – Engineering Career TV Ep. 3

Overcoming Friction

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Friction is the natural worlds way of holding back movement of an object or wearing that object down.   Whether it’s the viscous effects of oil in an engine or the drag over an aircraft’s wing, this natural force exists all around us to keep things from working effortlessly.   Sometimes it’s a force for good, for example when you apply the brakes in your car and the tires keep you from rear-ending the car in front of you.  But most often it simply wreaks havoc.

So to does friction create havoc in the mind.  I like to call it “friction of mind”, because it gives it a name.   For me it shows up often times just when the work towards a goal is at its hardest point or when I’m faced with a multitude of tasks.  My mind-friction begins dragging me towards less important tasks or rationalizing reasons why the work isn’t really worth doing.  It simply wreaks havoc.

Designing A Way Around Friction

Engineers spend a lot of time designing means to reduce, or even overcome, the effects of friction.   Thanks to this work, we get 10,000 miles between oil changes and the ability to fly non-stop between Denver and Munich.  Designing a way to reduce, or overcome, friction in the mind requires just as much R&D and effort. [Read more…] about Overcoming Friction