Will Technology Ruin Your Career?

Featured Guest Blogger: William Merunka

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As time passes, new methods are developed and tasks that used to take up valuable time or would be tedious have become fast and simple.  One such item is the internet.  While it may have caught on [...]

Apathy, the Professional Disease

Apathy, is a killer disease that affect many professional engineers through circumstances, culture and their career. No one is immune to the shadows it can throw upon oneself. But how do we break the cycle? Speaking for myself, I have found my answers in my work environment and my passion for engineering respect.

The battle between Excel and MathCAD

What tools do you use to craft your calculations? Do you use MathCAD because it is precise? Or do you use Excel because you can? Is one faster than the other, or better? I am Excel user and a practising engineer. Whatever you use, is it appropriate? For most engineers, in the battle between Excel and MathCAD it is a blurry. In the hands of a master, Excel wins. Learn how you can do that.

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Featured Guest Blogger: Robert Mote
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A graduate engineer has been working for two years in the drawing office and has reached breaking point. Comes to you and ask for advice, should I stay or should I go?
What would you say?
This happened to me when I was a graduate engineer [...]

The Power of Great Calculations

Calculations are seen as a tedious task, a necessary evil to chain engineers. The power of calculations can reach far beyond the mundane tasks. From the days of learning the simple blocks to produce better calculations, you can find yourself designing spreadsheets, building database, traning teams, thinking of new processes and finding a passion for the future is within your grasp.

Have we been here before?

Have you upgraded to MS Office 2007? What does an upgrade really mean? I was fascinated by the effort and the development but it was not an improvement or the best strategy for capturing the ‘lost’ generation of engineers and many other professionals who do find a way to manage with 2003. Unless the Microsoft team listen to the users, it is another dwindling profit potential.

Are you Conventional?

There is a thin line between conventional and exceptional electronic-style calculations. It is the difference between cave painting and impressionism. A matter of techniques and sharing ideas. Even more remarkable is just how much you can achieve with so little knowledge of MS Word and Excel.

In this blog. I look at the traits between the two styles of calculations and invite you to download an example. I show also the first important trick you need to know.

Look in the Mirror

Many engineers perform calculations with defaulting habits rarely challenging themselves to look for new ways, and there is a good reason for it. Unfortunately, the engineering roles have not fared well on the storm-tossed seas of the last fifteen years but the humble calculations can make all the difference. This article looks at some of the hard lessons engineers have to recognize.

Open up Your Calculations

Featured Guest Blogger: Robert Mote
Motagg’s Blog by Robert Mote
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If you are like me, an engineer with some years’ experience working in a drawing office, then you know the value of what you do is often tied in the calculations. Many of us say how we specialize in certain types of designs [...]