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...
by Tracy Thomason | Nov 13, 2018 | Career Advancement
Is your To Do pile growing faster than your To Done pile? Yeah, mine is, too. And if you’re like me, you’re scrambling to cut anything out of your calendar just to put out the latest fire. The first cut many people make is personal development time....
