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Question of Month: Advice for young engineers wanting to expand their knowledge?

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pchan over 1 year ago

e14 Question of the Month

New graduates, budding engineers or early career professionals can benefit from some sound career advice by experienced engineers. But what advice is the best to give them? Vote in this poll to tell the community what you think is the best advice to give young engineers.

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  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo over 1 year ago +3
    While we all want to say "All of the above", you don't know what you don't know - and the communities help address that.
  • dougw
    dougw over 1 year ago +2
    Doing projects at home allows you to keep to to date on useful industry trends, regardless of whether your company happens to need this for its product development. If you get too specialized, your career…
  • michaelkellett
    michaelkellett over 1 year ago +1
    I voted for 'Read electronics design publications' but really its all of them. Definitely you should spend as much time as you can picking the brains of other people. I think that one of the huge disadvantages…
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    michaelkellett over 1 year ago

    I voted for 'Read electronics design publications' but really its all of them.

    Definitely you should spend as much time as you can picking the brains of other people. I think that one of the huge disadvantages of working from home is that you miss out on opportunities to learn new stuff from colleagues. Almost everything I know about machining and mechanical design I picked up from  other people at work because it was never my actual job. But the knowledge I've gained has been very useful.

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    michaelkellett over 1 year ago

    I voted for 'Read electronics design publications' but really its all of them.

    Definitely you should spend as much time as you can picking the brains of other people. I think that one of the huge disadvantages of working from home is that you miss out on opportunities to learn new stuff from colleagues. Almost everything I know about machining and mechanical design I picked up from  other people at work because it was never my actual job. But the knowledge I've gained has been very useful.

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