Top Ten Financial Planning Steps For Engineers
Financial Planning is more crucial to our personal wealth then ever before. I mean, it was always important, but past
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Career
Skill Stacking
The work we do today and in the future is dramatically different from what we have done in the past.
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A Few Common Myths About Engineers
I thought I’d start out by addressing a few of the Engineering Myths / Stereotypes that I hear all the
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Let’s Help Women Help
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on the 18th of April that the median weekly earnings of the nation’s
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Top Ten Things You Learn In Engineering School
The longer I work in this career, the more I realize that engineering school actually was pretty great prep for
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Engineer Girl – A Great Resource For Aspiring Female Engineers!
This is a great resource site put together by the National Academy of Engineering. Fun, informative, and very professional. I
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Mathalicious – An Innovative Approach To Teaching Math
I am really curious how well the team at Mathalicious will do at integrating into the wider math curriculum. I
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Working As An Engineer
So, what does an engineer do all day anyway? Unlike other professions, where that question might be answered rather readily, engineering is a
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Engineering Fields With The Most Potential For Innovative Development
I recently received the following email (edited for clarity): Recently I came across your blog and I found it quite
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Do What You Are
Interesting article going against the perennial career advice of “doing what you love”. Instead, the author suggests that you “do what you
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Uh-Oh! Algebra Is Too Abstract To Bother Teaching Anymore.
At least according to this opinion piece in the NY Times. I’ve talked about it before, but it warrants repeating:
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Is Math Beautiful?
I get a lot of questions about “math being too difficult” (answer: the passion for a subject often overwhelms the
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What is the most difficult engineering discipline?
This is an interesting question and one that is surely on the mind of just about every student debating an
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Industrial Design
During one of the first classes of my undergrad tenure, our professor decided to give up the first 10 minutes
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