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Posted by: draconmythica ® 11/05/2006, 18:52:24 Author Profile eMail author Edit

I'm an engineering student at Oregon State and I'm doing a project that requires some input from an engineer. I've been working on it for a while but still haven't found anyone to answer my questions. If any of you could spare a minute to answer as many of them as you like I would be forever grateful. Thanks in advance. Heres the questions: 1. what field are you in? 2. write a brief career and education biography about yourself 3. what are you tasks on a daily basis? 4. What company do you work for and what is your role in the company? 5. what skills and tools do you use regularly, what have you used unexpectedly? 6. what was your most recent project? describe. 7. what project do you remember most and why?

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Posted by: randykimball ® 11/06/2006, 21:39:07 Author Profile eMail author Edit

These days engineers often can not talk about their current projects for many reasons: legal, patents not yet pending, sensitive information, items not yet on the market, (even) to keep marketing from selling a incomplete item, ... the list is very long. If they can't talk about the project.. the aren't likely willing to open up about the other questions during the involved employment. Information about the company they work for, daily tasks, and most recent projects can be ripped off by competitors or job jumpers. A statement about education and career history can start a land slide of job offers after a few searches discover the identiy of the person being interviewed. Such can then be learned about by their current employer who may then think they are looking to leave. So realize that these simple interviews tend to make engineers nervous. However, there are surely some out there that may be willing to answer if you can offer some security that you are not a spamer or recruiter and will not share the information. The worst suggestion of your lifetime may be the catalyst to the grandest idea of the century, never let suggestions go unsaid nor fail to listen to them.

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Posted by: draconmythica ® 11/06/2006, 21:49:16 Author Profile eMail author Edit

Thanks for the advice. Anyone who wants to answer any of these can feel free to just email me personally at xxxxxxxxxxxx. I offer my word that the only other person to see this will be my prof. Don't worry about including anything that could be confidential even answering just one or two of the questions would be great! Thanks again. ******* Please e-mail the poster through this site by clicking "eMail author" at left of this post. E-mail address removed by moderator to protect the poster from smammers. ******* Modified by randykimball at Mon, Nov 06, 2006, 23:44:27

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Posted by: draconmythica ® 11/06/2006, 21:29:17 Author Profile eMail author Edit

Pleassseee reply! I emailed like a dozen people and posted this on a total of ten different forums but nobody's helping me out and this is due soon. I could really use any answers so I at least have something to turn in. Could somebody please spare just a minute or two.

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Posted by: blakes30 ® 11/10/2006, 13:45:17 Author Profile eMail author Edit

College Kid--- You are much more likely to get these things from an engineer by calling one and setting up an appointment to go see him/her. You will probably NOT get the engineer to write a short biography or anything for that matter--this is your job to do the work. I would simply cold-call and engineering firm, introduce yourself and why you are calling, and ask if you could have 15 minutes of their time to come in for career-related questions.

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