Episode 6 - Be Curious. Keep Learning.
- Jul 14, 2020
- 2 min read
We were off for a few weeks for the holiday and then had some scheduling issues. But now we are back with another engineer. This week’s guest is my friend Kevin Froehlich. He is a licensed civil engineer in the state of California and works for the County of Orange. In his current role, he works at a landfill overseeing the intake of waste, projects regarding site maintenance, and environmental compliance.
If you’re in school or thinking about going to school for engineering, this episode has some useful information about what to expect and challenges that may arise. There is also great information about finding your first job, even if it’s not initially what you thought it might be.
As it turns out, while it’s important to be good at math as an engineer, you also need to be able to effectively communicate, both electronically and verbally, to both individuals and teams. Perhaps more importantly, and this goes for all the non-engineers out there too, you need to be a lifelong learner, being curious about solutions to problems not just in theory, but in practice.
If you like the show and want to support it, please subscribe and rate wherever you get your podcasts, and visit the support section on achor.fm/thejobindetail or at the top of the page. Thank you to Kevin for joining me – if you’re interested in seeing the documentary we referenced, I have linked to it below. I am lining up a few more episodes, but if you or someone you know would like to be interviewed, send an email to Nick@thejobindetail.com or through the contact form on the home page.
Thank you again for listening. Stay safe everyone and see you on the next show.
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