Engineering: What You Don't Necessarily Learn in School

摘要

Although there are no magic recipes that will absolutely guarantee your success in an engineering career, I do think there are definitive actions you can take that will significantly increase your probability of succeeding. I have listed twelve of these actions in this paper and suggest that you study them, discuss them with your manager, teacher or senior engineer/mentor and put them into practice in your career. It is important to understand that when it comes to evaluating you, your managers will look for these three overarching attributes. 1. Technical knowledge and engineering skill. What is the level of breadth and depth of your technical knowledge and understanding and how well do you apply these to provide creative ideas and solutions in support of the business efforts? 2. Teamwork and leadership. How well do you maintain flexible and effective team relationships in accomplishing organizational objectives? How effectively do you communicate and lead? 3. Execution and Productivity. How well do you apply knowledge, understanding, judgment and initiative across multiple disciplines in planning and executing programs so that your customers get timely results in an efficient manner?