The following is a summary of Session 15 of my podcast, The Engineering Career Coach (TECC) Podcast with Anthony Fasano, PE. I will summarize the main points in this post here; however, you can also listen to the show through the player below or by subscribing on iTunes. I offer a career-changing tip at the end of each podcast session.
In this session of the TECC Podcast, I interview Dr. Leidy Klotz from Clemson University and ask him to discuss the field of sustainability and how engineers can break into it.
- You don’t have to be a pure design engineer just because you have an engineering degree – Dr. Klotz describes his journey away from that traditional path.
- Try out one online course before committing to a full-fledged master’s degree program to confirm that the topics and content are a good fit for you.
- When you take the time to seek out a job that you love, weekdays can be just as fun as weekends.
- The definition of sustainability: meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same thing.
- The field of sustainability is so new that engineers can actually create their own jobs in it and become experts relatively quickly – he gives two examples.
Please comment below and share any experiences you might have in the field of sustainability, or feel free to visit my show on iTunes and leave an honest review.
This is a guest post by Anthony Fasano, PE, author of Engineer Your Own Success. Anthony found success as an engineer at a very early age and now writes and podcasts to help other engineers do the same. Visit Anthony’s website at EngineeringCareerCoach.com for free engineering career advice and other resources.