Tough question - never really considered it since engineering is not so much what I do as what I am.
If I had to work for money: stock analyst or spec ops sniper
If I had money working for me: treasure hunter (summer) mad scientist (winter)
"Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them." -- James A. Michener
Another version I've seen is that scientists are searching for the truth - engineers are searching for what works.
My personal favorite definition for an engineer is someone who will go through any amount of...
All good suggestions above - both if you decide to stay with the company or strike out on your own. One idea I didn't see would be to contact her dad. Depending on how long you've been at the company and if he knew you or not will determine whether this is possible. Or maybe he just gets an...
cadnutcase -
I had it built for me by one of my electrical engineering buddies. I had several offers to buy it before it ended up not surviving one of my moves. Maybe I'll get him to built a few more and put the extras up on eBay!
I'm one of those consultants with a critical focus on my billable hours being useful to my client. That said, I've developed two thoughts over the past years on various clients sites. (I'm usually assigned to a client on a long-term basis basically as a staff augmentation PM..)
1. Part of...
No idea on RFSU... Google turned up all kinds of interesting links... maybe 'radio frequency syncronization unit'? Or 'Swedish Association for Sexuality Education'? (No I'm not making that up.)
A/G stands for above-ground piping. This is usually connected to some U/G (under-ground)...
You'll need to do what IRStuff suggested first - add a new column with the formula YEAR(A1) in it. This will return the value of the year in the A1 cell. Copy that down the whole list.
Then write a SUMIF statement that uses this new column of years as the range while summing over the numbers...
To try and make a point back on the original thread, I honestly believe that we need to pursue space travel and exploration for one simple, selfish reason. At some point in time, we as humankind on Earth will go extinct. You can speculate about the reason behind it - several options are even...
If you want to see some examples of out-of-left-field type questions in a technical interview, google "microsoft interview questions" and take a read through those websites. Microsoft is famous for the all-day interview where you might meet eight or nine people, each with a designed set of...
As my department head told us when we graduated:
"Congratulations. You now have a piece of paper that entitles you to go out a learn how to be an engineer."
-Dr. Baldwin, CSM ChemEng Dept.
Even though I didn't stay in the design side of engineering, I still tell people "I'm an engineer" when...
My background:
BS in ChemEng
MS in Engineering Management (after working for 10 years)
Employed at a program and construction management company where my primary function is PM services to clients
I've been able to distinguish two distinct sets of skills required to be a project manager - I'll...
I work in the program management consulting world so this issue comes up all the time - both between competing firms and even with Owner's hiring away staff toward the end of projects.
In general, I think that if the potential recruit initiates the conversation (someone from your old company...
I quickly checked the pmi.org website but didn't see anything specifically about the exam cost. I did find an email address you might try: pmpquestions@pmi.org.
