When should you begin to worry? Two articles ago, I dealt with the issue of sending out lots of resume and not hearing back. As I mentioned, if you send out a single resume and don’t hear back, that is nothing to be worried about. Similarly, if you interview for a job or two and don’t . . . click to continue reading
Communication skills
Your engineering internship is over, but your relationship with them shouldn’t be
The Elephant in the room . . . Who even had an internship this summer? Yes, I am fully aware of the fact that many of my readers had their internships cancelled due to the whole corona craziness. However, I decided to continue with this article for two reasons. First, many of you DID have . . . click to continue reading
Why Engineers Should Learn Public Speaking; EVEN IF You Don’t Want To Talk To Groups
How did an undergraduate engineer end up in a public speaking class? “Trust me, it’s an easy A” was all I needed to hear. As all engineers know, if you are going to take a non-technical elective class, it is nice plus for it to be relatively easy in juxtaposition to the brutal engineering classes . . . click to continue reading
Imposter Syndrome . . . aka “I feel like a moron”
My first year in engineering school was really tough as I struggled with the pace and level of the coursework. There were many occasions where I wondered how I ended up in a top tier engineering school. I would look around at my classmates and it seemed like they were breezing through the class with . . . click to continue reading
Why using non-engineering interests is key to building your engineering network
The Situation . . . The day has ended and you are going out with your work buddies. Are you going to continue to talk about the details of a work project? You might complain about your boss. Or you might complain about office environment in general. You might even talk about the girl in . . . click to continue reading
Why (many) engineers suck at writing and what can we do about it . . .
Have you heard ever the phrase that someone “writes like an engineer”? If you have, you’ll know that this is never meant as a compliment. It is used to disparage the writing skills of engineers who supposedly only care about math and science. While they are usually blown out of proportion, most stereotypes begin with at least . . . click to continue reading