CTS 148: What Does It Mean To Be An Engineer

François goes into what it means to be an engineer.
Meet Daniel Cavazos
Daniel resides in San Antonio, Texas and is a Wireless Infrastructure Sales Engineer for Ventev.
Sorry, Daniel! We thought we had a photo of you but we must have missed it!
What Does It Mean To Be An Engineer
Definitions of an engineer:
A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or structures.
A person qualified in a branch of engineering, especially as a professional.

My Definition of an Engineer

* Finding solutions to complex problematics
* The goal of an Engineer is to solve a problem most of the time complex problem involving a high level of technical skills

* Designing a new solution, a new Wi-Fi network
* Updating and maintaining a Wi-Fi infrastructure
* Troubleshooting a Wi-Fi issues


* All these tasks require us to understand what we are doing

Embrace the challenge

* Once you understand this, you have to embrace it
* Problem solving
* Embrace problems
* See them as a challenge rather than something negative. I really started to appreciate that idea working with more experienced Engineer

Important Skills

* Be able to understand the WHY

* Planning / Research


* Be able to know HOW to

* Experiment


* Be thorough and methodical
* You need to be able to support the solution you are proposing

Not only the technical skills

* You need to be able to communicate

* With other Engineers
* With less technical persons


* Explain and sometimes sell your solution to management
* You need to be able to document your work

* In a very detailed way for your peers
* In a summarized way for management



What do you think? Is it how you see your job? What other aspects of working as an Engineer are important?