Comments on: White Paper on Engineering Leadership Education

By: Haris Khan

Haris Khan — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:52:02 +0000

@Richard
I have faced a similar kind of experience from the surrounding regarding a computer science degree in Pakistan , in my experience it took me a little time to get good pay and by the time was able to start up with own business, (WebMarketerz). engineers are of the most respected professionals, the point is if you pursue just one engineering field the I am sure that you will have a market worth after some time. its just about comparing a guy with 5 years experiences in five different fields of engineering and the one with 5 years experience in just one thing.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:32:31 +0000

I'm a hands on sort of person, with a couple of degrees in Civil & Structural Engineering. Being based in the UK, I saw fit to leave the engineering profession, due to significant short-falls in the UK's Engineering jobs market. With the ability to manage significant construction projects and solve problems on the ground, I found most of my time spent on low pay as a number cruncher/ design engineer. Prospects for Graduate Engineers in the UK are poor at best, with most opting for the financial sector as a suitable and more gratifying alternative. There's a significant skills shortage in this country, simply due to a severe lack of structuring by relevant Chartered institutions and their associated employers. However, I now find myself in a position to use my skills to their fullest, unfortunately in a somewhat different professional- running my own business recycling business waste. Ironic that such a skillset would come in extremely useful in an emerging industry! Richard Tanfield-Johnson BEng (Hons), MSc (Eng)

By: dubli

dubli — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:04:26 +0000

That is encouraging to see that a major  current  trend  is the global  awareness  and  their  ability  to  work  on  complex cross‐national  projects.

By: Bruce Mendelsohn

Bruce Mendelsohn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:03:40 +0000

To further explain the goals of the Bernard M. Gordon-MIT Engineering Leadership Program: It isn’t about being an entrepreneur. We leave that to other qualified programs, both at MIT and elsewhere.

In some ways, the Gordon-MIT ELP responds to input from engineering industry professionals who–after having employed and worked with many MIT graduates–recommended that we teach real leadership: The kind that starts when students are first employed by a company and that is manifested by having the students learn to deliver a product on time, to budget and to spec… Not focused on how to *run* a company when they first graduate.