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    Best motivational quotes

    Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.
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    A coming engineering shortage ? ---- Who agrees ?

    I don't quite understand why there's going to be a shortage? Unless they refer to classic engineers (male with glasses)? There's a big push to get girls in STEM and even when I am going to school, the demog is definitely expanding to allow the fairer sex to participate. Conversely, though, a...
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    Annoyed client is a friend of my boss

    Sometimes you just got to roll with it - it doesn't sound like it's the end of the world yet. If you wish, one strategy I'd call is 'inoculation,' I'd drop by casually with my manager in a quieter day with advice as how to move a project forward. Frame the question in a way such that no one...
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    ME in need of Professional Development Advice

    Entrepreneurship + technical background, have you thought about applying for management and sales, or technical sales related positions? I know it's not as glamourous as the actual work, but I bet they pay just as well and have a good alignment with your current skill sets. and better than...
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    Starting new job mid-career - What advice to learn from my past?

    here's a thought that popped up as I read your post - did you ever find out why your position was terminated? If there were over 500 engineers that required support - why did they end the position? one quick learning would be to find out the why and prevent that from happening again? 1. was it...
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    Chemical Engineer - Fast-tracking to a better job. Advice Needed

    Most first level jobs for engineering are fairly mundane since the senior guys get all the strategy and fun stuff. I see no difference in this than other opportunities when it first presents itself. It appears that you are a fairly jr. engineer - have you considered some more proactive ways of...

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