by Pat Sweet | Jan 27, 2018 | Article, Professional Development
A while back, I got an email from a junior engineer asking whether it was “his job” to address some concerns about a design he had worked on. Admittedly, I was a bit torn with respect to how I should answer. My gut reaction was that this engineer was...
by Pat Sweet | Jan 6, 2018 | Article, Professional Development
A few weeks ago, I started a new job as a senior systems engineer. I’m incredibly excited to be taking on a new challenge, and I’m sure there will be lots to share in the future as I settle into the new role. Today, I want to tell you about how I...
by Pat Sweet | Oct 16, 2017 | Article, Productivity, Professional Development
[Editor’s Note: This is another guest post from the excellent Tyler Watkins. You can check out his work on how to live a better life at tylerjwatkins.com.] In the late 1960s, psychologist Walter Mischel at Stanford University conducted a series of experiments on...
by Pat Sweet | Apr 12, 2017 | Article, Professional Development
What do you value? This is a question that I’ve been thinking a lot about lately. It’s something I’m betting is both very easy and very difficult for most of us to answer. It’s easy because we know ourselves. It’s difficult because we...
by Timon Klip | Mar 3, 2017 | Article, Professional Development
[Note from Pat: This is a guest post from the excellent Timon Klip of Techlecticism.com] Have you ever heard of the the brain in a vat theory? It’s a philosophical thought experiment. In short, it asks; how do you know if you are not just a brain plugged into the...
by Pat Sweet | Nov 24, 2016 | Article, Professional Development
[Note from Pat: This is a guest post from my friend Zubin Ajmera from the blog Industrial Inside. There he shares career tips and strategies for industrial engineers who want to get ahead and thrive in their careers.] How many times have you seen the same old boring...
