Is anyone here not a software engineer? I feel like these posts are useful for any career. For instance, I used the direction document weeks ago (from his templates article) to outline the strategy for our small poetry press. It’s a completely different world, but the document was incredibly useful.
Glad to hear this Sam! I hadn't thought about general career advice but this makes sense that there's a lot of overlap. Thanks for sharing this feedback :)
You mentioned this briefly, but I think it should be emphasized more that using data to influence decisions is key. As an engineer, the more you can bring facts and hard numbers to back up your judgement, the more you will be taken seriously.
Judgement requires wisdom, and wisdom comes from experience and reflection on that experience - so that we make good sense of situations, and take good actions - as you say, not something that can be easily taught but very important to hone as an engineer progresses through their career.
Is anyone here not a software engineer? I feel like these posts are useful for any career. For instance, I used the direction document weeks ago (from his templates article) to outline the strategy for our small poetry press. It’s a completely different world, but the document was incredibly useful.
Glad to hear this Sam! I hadn't thought about general career advice but this makes sense that there's a lot of overlap. Thanks for sharing this feedback :)
You mentioned this briefly, but I think it should be emphasized more that using data to influence decisions is key. As an engineer, the more you can bring facts and hard numbers to back up your judgement, the more you will be taken seriously.
Thanks for the post!
Judgement requires wisdom, and wisdom comes from experience and reflection on that experience - so that we make good sense of situations, and take good actions - as you say, not something that can be easily taught but very important to hone as an engineer progresses through their career.
Thank you for this - you've given some insightful advice for us as we grow through our career.
Happy to share, thanks for reading Heather!