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“Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School” gives immature engineers an easy-to-read “cribsheet” so they can absolutely face a formidable universe of traffic with people, processes, as well as yes, even meetings! Carl Selinger, an engineer with over twenty-five years of college training experience, has stretched from his renouned seminar, providing an moving guidebook the immature operative needs for a successful career, and a satisfying life…. More >>
Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School: Skills for Success in a Real World
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This book is a great toolbox to start my career. The examples and tips given in “Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School” are truly helpful. I plan on keeping it available for referencing at each and every profession that I explore in the future.
Rating: 5 / 5
Every engineering graduate should definitely read this book. It is concise, lucid, and to-the-point.
I do not quite agree with the title in its entirety. We do learn quite a few of these things at engineering schools. However, in our relentless pursuit of gaining technical knowledge, we keep learning these things at a much lower priority. Chapter 15, “Having Fun” describes something, which is actually quite real. I have personally experienced this, where our professors would sometimes force us to go ahead and have some fun. Carl Selinger mentions many such important things, which the engineer needs to be good at including writing and communication skills.
Carl Selinger starts by referring to Dale Carnegie’s famous book “How to make friends and influence people”. This makes the reader, develop very high expectations about the book. Despite his best effort, his style does not live up to the standards of Carnegie. Unlike Carnegie’s book, there are not many third-person examples or experiences, which have been discussed. This sometimes lends a preaching style to the writing, which can become annoying.
For someone who is inexperienced, freshly graduated and has never been taught any of the things which the book discusses about, will find it difficult to comprehend and realize the importance of learning these skills. This is primarily because Carl largely mentions personal experiences. A naïve reader might critique the book as being too one-sided. Overall, the book is very good as a reference.
Rating: 5 / 5
The book was very readable and filled with insights. I was particularly fond of the chapters on assertiveness and leadership. The book has an excellent combination of helpful business and social tips, reasons to learn them, and methods to gain these traits for yourself.
Rating: 5 / 5
It’s a quick read with nothing but the meat and potatoes as far as the relevant information is concerned. Perfect for most engineers looking for an informational source that helps explain typical scenarios at the workplace that “do not compute”.
Rating: 4 / 5
Selinger offers a condensed, easy to read synopsis of important skills engineers need to know to succeed in business, such as how to conduct meetings, time management, and decision making. The ideas are given in practical, easy to follow, guidelines, with examples. Good sourcebook for career development.
Rating: 5 / 5