67 - Copying Manager on Emails; Fired Direct-Report Wants a Reference; Feeling Guilty About WFH
Listen to this episode if you: are an early career engineer, are contemplating a career change, or just like engineering career stories. This Week in LinkedIn Lunatics: 1. Ruin your marriage on day 1 College Questions 1. Pursuing a Minor 2. Question to all Civil Engineers? Career Questions 1. Internships 2. Is it normal for an intern to have to copy their manager on every email? 3. An old EIT reached out to use me as a reference. They were let go for not being very competent and being constantly late. I dont know how comfortable I am being their reference, but I also dont want to be an obstacle for them getting another job. 4. QA/QC Roles? 5. Woman at my work found out I’ve been talking to a coworker and is saying she’s gonna let my gf know? 6. Are senior engineers/large amounts of experience just not that valuable to employers? Does modern day mechanical engineering not require much depth? 7. How do you rebound after a bad week? 8. Guilty about working from home Don't miss a blog post or a podcast episode, subscribe to my newsletter on www.ENGRingSuccess.com Support the on podcast on Spotify or on Patreon: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/engineering-success (preferred) https://www.patreon.com/ENGRingSuccess Top tier supporters - shout out each episode of the month for $10 monthly donation. Follow along on all social medias: https://engringsuccess.com/link-in-bio/ To submit your question, email daniel@ENGRingSuccess.com Subscribe on YouTube to watch short excerpts of podcast episodes addressing specific topics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj86alc3a7_A_PibgYpkWFg Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Commercial Management in the Engineering and Construction Consulting Industry. All views expressed on this podcast are his own and do not reflect the opinions or views of his employer. Music by Maxgotthetracks: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Pclog68AY