The technical ladder gets harder to climb: lean times are affecting the corporate technical ladder, and engineers are learning to take personal initiative to make it work

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Many companies offer engineers two main career paths for advancement, either technical or managerial. With layoffs and corporate mergers being commonplace, it is important for engineers advancing on the technical ladder to understand its use for their career advancement and personal growth. A typical technical ladder consists of an entry level engineer moving up through the ranks to a group leader/project supervisor, member of technical staff, senior member of technical staff, engineering fellow and senior engineering fellow. Technical expertise, while very important, is not enough to ensure career advancement. In teamwork situations, effective communication and persuasion skills need to be developed along with the ability to cope with the pressure to complete more projects while keeping up with rapidly changing technical information. Engineers must take the initiative to create a successful career.

Engineering, Career development, Employment Opportunity

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Solar gets Googled

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Google has recently mounted more than 9,000 polysilicon panels on the rooftops of its complex in Mountain View California. The solar panels are expected to generate 1.6 megawatts of electricity, and the company is also planning to generate additional 50 megawatts of renewable energy by 2012. Google has partnered with other big companies with regard to their energy use to set new efficiency targets and pursue work in renewable sources.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Strategy & planning, PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS, Alliances, partnerships, Energy, Utilities, Use of energy, Standards, United States, Planning, Usage, Energy use, Information services, Alternative energy sources, Renewable energy, Alliances and partnerships, Company business planning, Google Inc., Solar energy, Energy efficiency, GOOG

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Yacht Gets Best Data

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Great Britain's America's Cup yacht team of 1983 used a microcomputer with graphics and statistical software to analyze their performance. The yacht, Victory, was the only entry in the competition to use a computer while at sea. Data about wind velocity, velocity of the yacht, and velocity of wind on the sails were fed into the computer.

Sports, Navigation, Microcomputer, United Kingdom

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