Why Technical Skills Alone Are Not Enough to Advance as an Engineer
Technical skill matters in engineering. It matters a lot. You need to understand the fundamentals. You need to know how to perform calculations, apply codes and standards, evaluate data, use...
The Mistakes Young Engineers Make When Communicating With Clients and Senior Engineers
Technical ability is important in engineering, but communication is often what determines whether people trust your work. Young engineers usually spend a lot of time developing calculations, design...
How Young Engineers Can Build Confidence Without Pretending to Know Everything
Confidence is one of the hardest things to build early in an engineering career. You may have a degree. You may have passed the FE exam. You may be working toward your PE license, or you may have...
What Young Engineers Should Ask Their Managers During Their First Five Years
The first five years of an engineering career are important. This is when young engineers build technical skills, learn how projects really work, develop professional habits, and begin to understand...
How to Become the Engineer People Trust with More Responsibility
Early in your engineering career, one of the biggest signs of growth is not your title. It is not how many years of experience you have. It is not even whether you have passed the PE exam. One of...
How Engineers Can Build a Simple Annual Professional Development Plan
Professional development is easy to postpone. Engineers are busy with projects, deadlines, clients, design reviews, reports, field work, meetings, and license renewal requirements. It is common for...
