Tech Society 018 - The State of Engineering

What is an engineer?What does an engineer do?Confronting questions and more in an exposé on the state of engineering by James Trevelyan, Emeritus Professor at UWA in the discipline of mechatronics and mechanical engineer. Together with Alex and John from Ninja Software, James call for engineers to be taught the skill of collaboration, linguistics and core competency in understanding commercial values to remain relevant. Soft skills including active listening come up again in our podcast on a holistic approach in raising overall professional standards.“The Making of an Expert Engineer”, published in 2014 is a tome for all practitioners. With lean employment opportunities for many engineering graduates right now, the call to action is for his peers to pay it forward, set time aside in a coordinated strategy to help the next generation transitioning to the workplace.For more advice and insights on becoming an expert engineer, https://jamesptrevelyan.com/Tech Society podcasts are accessible across these platforms: Website:  http://www.techsociety.fm/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techsociety-fm/?viewAsMember=true Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/0STaLU0ATmS9dEyey4FwjviTunes:  https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tech-society/id1516405840Google:  https://podcasts.google.com/?q=tech%20societyTwitter:  https://twitter.com/TechSociety