by Pat Sweet | Mar 11, 2014 | Article, Careers, Professional Development
This is the second instalment in a two-part series on using business strategy theory to get ahead in your engineering career. In the first part in the series, I wrote about the basics of business strategy and how they apply to engineers. Today, I’ll teach you...
by Pat Sweet | Feb 15, 2014 | Article, Professional Development
When I left undergrad, I discovered something terrible: my education left me woefully unprepared for real engineering work. I remember arriving at work my first week and being asked to “spec’ a cable”. I literally had no idea what that meant....
by Pat Sweet | Jan 19, 2014 | Article, Careers, Professional Development
[Note from Pat: This is the first instalment of a two-part series. For your reference, the second part is here. PS 03/11/2014] Strategy is absolutely critical for a company. A business that doesn’t have a strategy for how it’s going to compete in the...
by Pat Sweet | Jul 8, 2013 | Article, Careers, Professional Development
My wife is a medical resident. In the US, she’d be called an intern. Basically what that means is that she graduated med school, and is now doing her practical training to specialize. In her case, she’s becoming an anesthesiologist. Part of her training...
by Pat Sweet | Jun 22, 2013 | Article, Careers, Leadership, Productivity, Professional Development
Are you the kind of engineer who isn’t satisfied just cruising along? Are you looking to be one of your company’s best? Here are 67 things that you can do today to become your company’s top engineer. Start today by choosing just five and putting them...
by Pat Sweet | Jun 12, 2013 | Article, Careers, Professional Development
My dad used to coach my younger brother and I in soccer when we were kids. One of my dad’s soccer proverbs was that it was important to pass the ball not to where your team mates were, but to where they were going to be. Every play, in other words, should set...
