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Hi Daniel, Interesting topic, as this is something that I think I've seen many struggle with. For myself, I knew why I wanted to become licensed. It always was for personal accomplishment, first. However, I do find that I have to motivate my young team in different ways. Here are things that I did ...

I am fortunate to work for a company that has multiple offices across the western half of the country. I have worked for our California, Washington (state), Hawaii, and Colorado offices. While travelling for a short period is exciting, I have thoroughly enjoyed living in different parts of the western ...

Heidi, I used to rely on my past experiences to dictate what I should learn more about. When I feel like I had to "learn on the fly," I tend to do some research afterwards to hopefully be more knowledgeable the next time around. I also relied on other people's experiences, in hopes that I would not ...

Alexander, As I was growing in my career, vague feedback often told me that the mentor or leader was either not comfortable with giving direct examples or the leader really didn't have a good examples. Sometimes, I felt that it was a way to "keep" me around for a potential larger role in the future ...

I think all courses should focus more on practicality and real-world problems. The theory is fine, but the theory alone is not what creates the best engineer, in my opinion. I feel that I learned more when the professor was able to explain how the theory (or formula) translates to the real world. For ...

Here are some indicators throughout my career where I felt that my career was progressing: - I was able to perform the same task that I previously did, with much more efficiency, speed, and accuracy - I was able to support multiple projects at a single time; this included helping others - I was assigned ...