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  1. lonecrusader

    Choice between Chief Engineer or Project Manager (non Technical)

    Yes, the company seems to be pushing for technical role. I asked around within the company with few trusted sources. It appears, there is a dire need for few Chief Engineers / Systems Engineer and hence apparent push. It appears general perception is Project Managers come Dime a Dozen and one...
  2. lonecrusader

    Choice between Chief Engineer or Project Manager (non Technical)

    Thanks all for valuable advice, An update in my situatuion. Yesterday my manager (reports to Mr. X) called me to his office to pitch the Chief Engineer /Systems Engineer role. He said that there is shortage of such people in the company and due to hiring freeze we will try to fill internally...
  3. lonecrusader

    Choice between Chief Engineer or Project Manager (non Technical)

    Great Advice Vc66. Your boss gave a very good advice. Yes I do intend to run a company in future. I believe, this advice will go a long way.
  4. lonecrusader

    Choice between Chief Engineer or Project Manager (non Technical)

    vc66, Did you always remain in a technical role in some way or form as a Project Manager? Did you have a stint away from PM role before coming back to engineering? And yes I do want to run a company some day and I have been requesting (almost begging) my managers to provide me opportunities...
  5. lonecrusader

    Choice between Chief Engineer or Project Manager (non Technical)

    Mike and TruckandBus, These are some really good insights. Thanks a lot for your suggestions. It appears, its better to stick with engineering role for now rather than jump to PM role right away. I will be careful of intervening layers. It is rarely that I talk to Mr. X. So when he called me...
  6. lonecrusader

    Choice between Chief Engineer or Project Manager (non Technical)

    It is quite possible that Mr X knows something more than what meets my eyes. He is pretty high in corporate ladder. Between his position and my position there are 2 more layers. And thats why when he said something like chief engineer role, it got me thinking. Ofcourse he knows way more about...
  7. lonecrusader

    Choice between Chief Engineer or Project Manager (non Technical)

    Thanks Mike for your insight. It does appear that engineering roles are always needed. However, at the same time, it looks like engineers reach a certain level in career but find it difficult to reach the corner office. I may be completely wrong in that. Hence my dilemma. Stay with stability...
  8. lonecrusader

    Choice between Chief Engineer or Project Manager (non Technical)

    I apologize for a long winded post, but I wanted to provide as much information, I could. Your help will be greatly appreciated. All, I have personally benefited a lot from this forum in last 9-10 years of my engineering career. However, now I am at a cross road in my career. Your advice based...
  9. lonecrusader

    Technical Knowledge

    hi Guys, Off lately I have come to realize that I am learning more about practical work and job scenarios from this forum than real life. My company being a small manufacturing firm. Some times I really get frustrated as to the decisions made by the company and many a times without rationale...
  10. lonecrusader

    Technical Knowledge

    Hi guys, This thread is a great place to know what most of us think of project management and extent of technical skills required to perform well in a role of project manager/leader. What I am thinking about is, if one wishes to grow from a technical position into project management and likes...
  11. lonecrusader

    Advice for engineer in a technician Job

    Hi HVAC On a quick note I would like to add one more type of job which I guess apparently you missed out. So continuing on the list of types of job 4. Bad pay, and no job satisfaction, no enjoyment. and this can very well happen due to various constraints. And when somebody wants to get out...
  12. lonecrusader

    Spreadsheet for heat exchanger and Heat Sink Calculations

    Hi, Can any one please let me know any good website that has spreadsheets which can be used for calculation of heat exchangers or heat sinks. Thankyou for your help and cooperation, sincerely Lonecrusader
  13. lonecrusader

    How to advance in a career as mechanical engineer

    Thankyou all for your replies. I contacted the HR department of the company where I interviewed and got to know that I did not make it to the second round. I feel bad learning this, moreover because I got this interview through one of my contacts. Anyways, I believe it just means start a fresh...
  14. lonecrusader

    How to advance in a career as mechanical engineer

    Hi Ivymike, I am really happy that you have suggested two links to me for a possible job opening. From the first look I find the the first job posting http://www.ricardo.com/pages/jobresult.asp?jobID=229 to be something I would be keen on pursuing. It does align perfectly with what I wish to...
  15. lonecrusader

    How to advance in a career as mechanical engineer

    Guys, I do appreciate the good responses and suggestions everyone of you have contributed to my post and my problem. What CRG just said about MS and BS does make sense and I do agree with it may be not totally but still it does make sense. Moreover I dont want to loose focus of what my aim is...
  16. lonecrusader

    How to advance in a career as mechanical engineer

    HI jpankask Thanks for sharing your success story. and yea congratulations for pulling a new job. Now the thing is I had an interview with a company through one of my contacts and it has been more than 2 weeks since I have heard back from them. The thing is the job required about 3 years of exp...
  17. lonecrusader

    How to advance in a career as mechanical engineer

    Hi PauloRibeiro The web address u suggested looks promising tonight when I get back from work I will explore it further. I really appreciate you for sharing this info with me. I am truly thankful to you Thanks Lonecrusader
  18. lonecrusader

    How to advance in a career as mechanical engineer

    Hi I appreciate the responses given by you all. I am not dumb enough to use the chat lingo and grammar for my resume and cover letter. Anyways coming back to the valuable suggestion of networking. Some one posted the link for one of the sites. I will surely look into it and thanks a lot for the...
  19. lonecrusader

    How to advance in a career as mechanical engineer

    Hi Greg Locock, Thanks for pointing out some of the things probably wrong with me and I agree they can be main reasons. I have tried many ppl to go over my resume and they say its ok.. some suggest write experience on first page some say write skills on first page. some say dont write objective...
  20. lonecrusader

    How to advance in a career as mechanical engineer

    Hi guys! I am a mechanical engineer with a MS degree in mechanical engineering from a hign ranking university. When i graduated in 2003 the economy was bad and it took me 3-4 months to find a job after graduation. The work required a BS degree competence and I readily agreed to work for the...

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