Engineering your electrical engineering education

The expectation and reality of engineering as a profession is described in this paper. As a new graduate professionals logically expect the first job to be working on a design project with new technology and actually designing a product or system all of the time. The reality is a bit different. They find that they need input from other engineers; design reviews with the team are necessary. In the new job, professionals begin to understand just how challenging and rewarding is the engineering career. Developing technical innovation, practicing creative leadership, and building strategic alliances are the tasks that an engineer will encounter on a daily basis. Deployment of various research technologies and knowledge of international and business markets is an important area to master as an engineer. Thinking of engineering beyond pure technology and design, understanding that soft skills are in demand, taking responsibility for the career development and advancement, and most importantly building communication skills will have successful and rewarding career as an engineer