The Ugly Truth behind the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FE Exam) and How You Can Finally Crush It in Less Time than You Think
This is a guest post by Joel Erway, EIT, author of 30-Minute EIT: How to beat the FE exam without beating your head. Here at Engineering Management Institute, we highly recommend our friend and sponsor, PPI, for your FE exam review. As an exclusive benefit to our supporters, PPI has extended a 20% discount on their exam […]
Learning Can Rapidly Advance Your Engineering Career – Here Are Four Steps for Learning and Implementation
I am a fast mover to say the least, and over the past few years, I think this has hurt me some. Don’t get me wrong, I get a lot of stuff done; however, I think at times I rush decisions just to keep a fast pace, and some of those decisions don’t best contribute […]
Keeping Your Body (and Mind) in Shape will contribute to Engineering Career Success – Engineer Your Own Success Book Excerpt
My book Engineer Your Own Success has been picked up by IEEE-Wiley Press and we will be publishing an Updated and Expanded Edition in the Fall of 2014. I have a lot of new information to this edition including an entirely new chapter entitled: Stay Focused, Organized, Productive, and Stress-Free. The following is an excerpt […]
How Five Rubber Bands Helped Me Achieve an Important Goal and Why Engineers Should Care
Recently I struggled with achieving an important personal goal, and in this post I want to share the strategy that helped me do so, and also give you a blueprint for achieving your own goals. My Challenge Drinking water is a critical part of maintaining an optimal level of health. However, many people, including myself, […]
Four Reasons You Must Seek Peer Support in Your Engineering Career and Where to Find It
I read a lot of blogs and books, and one of my favorite authors is Seth Godin. I particularly love his book Linchpin (affiliate link), where he discusses how to become indispensable in your career and why it is important. One of Godin’s recent posts, on July 21st, really hit home for me and is […]
PE Exam Prep Guide: How You Can Pass the PE Exam without Having to Study “Everything”
The following PE exam post is a guest post by TEM member Andy Lin, PE, SE. I was so blown away by its depth and detail that I have also added it to our Guides section on the website. Here at Engineering Management Institute, we highly recommend our friend and sponsor, PPI, for your PE exam […]
Are You Too Focused on the Wrong Thing in Your Engineering Career?
The following post is based on a true story of a walk my son and I took one evening a few weeks ago. It is meant to inspire you to focus more on the things that matter most to you in your career and your life. Not Your Average Walk My five-year-old son has a […]
The Best Way to Learn as an Engineer Is to Give Yourself No Other Option
When I left my engineering design career behind five years ago, I was forced to learn a lot of new things in a short period of time. I had to learn how to write and speak effectively, how to build and optimize websites, how to run a business, how to manage virtual employees, and more. […]
Five Strategies for Creating SPACE and Separating Yourself from the Field as an Engineer
It has only been in the last few years that I have become more interested in soccer or, as I guess it is better known around the world, Fùtbol. The sport, which features the very simple objective of putting a ball into a net, is actually much more complex than it seems on the surface, […]
Three Steps to Ensure that Your Engineering Salary is Higher than Most in Your Field
I have had a few questions from engineers lately concerning salaries in the engineering industry. The questions have been along the lines of, “Most engineering companies offer low salaries—what can I do to get a better salary in this industry?” First of all, I would say that not ALL engineering companies offer low salaries. Secondly, […]