by Tracy Thomason | Dec 26, 2018 | Career Advancement
This is Part 4 of a multi-article series on emotional intelligence in engineering. Part 1 is here: Engineering is More than IQ. As a child, when you took apart your parent’s VCR (or DVD player or maybe iPod) to see how it worked, you didn’t need a paycheck. You didn’t...
by Tracy Thomason | Dec 18, 2018 | Career Advancement
This is Part 3 of a multi-article series on emotional intelligence in engineering. Part 1 is here: Engineering is More than IQ. All things considered, the meeting went a lot better than it could have. Nelson, the project manager who had been given near carte blanche...
by Tracy Thomason | Dec 10, 2018 | Career Advancement
This is Part 2 of a multi-article series on emotional intelligence in engineering. Part 1 is here: Engineering is More than IQ. Yes, you’re right. This is going to be one of those touchy-feely articles. It kind of has to be, right? We’re going to talk about getting in...
by Tracy Thomason | Dec 3, 2018 | Career Advancement
The journey for most engineers often begins with a lot of good grades in math. That leads to the ability to comprehend and solve problems. And that leads to a lot of people looking at them and thinking, “Wow, they are smart.” Sometimes, though, a lot of people also...
