The Impactful Engineer - Mentorship, Career Growth, and Personal & Professional Excellence for Aspiring Engineers
Spreading awareness, success, and accessibility to the world of engineering to aspiring and early career engineers.
The Impactful Engineer - Mentorship, Career Growth, and Personal & Professional Excellence for Aspiring Engineers
Latest Episodes
Episode 166 - Your Work Is Invisible Because You Never Learned to Explain Its Value, with Vanessa Errecarte
Strong technical work does not automatically make you visible, memorable, or promotable. In this episode, Steve and Jake sit down with Vanessa Errecarte, author of Valuable and Visible and an instructor in digital marketing, corporate branding,...
Episode 165 - You Know the Answer, So Start Sounding Like It
You can know your project, understand the data, and have the right answer, yet still make leadership doubt you. In this episode, Steve and Jake break down how passive language, hedging, weak tone, and overexplaining destroy credibility. They sh...
Episode 164 - If the Expectations Are Unclear, Get the Answer
Confusion at work does not resolve itself. Unspoken expectations, poor meetings, unclear processes, and difficult leaders can leave engineers feeling powerless. In this episode, Steve and Jake explain how to stop accepting helplessness, ask bet...
Episode 163 - Nobody Cares Why You Didn’t Deliver
Your technical skill will not protect your reputation when you miss expectations, communicate late, or bury people in excuses. In this episode, Steve and Jake break down why reliable engineers focus on outcomes, anticipate problems, and communi...
Episode 162 - Your Talent Means Nothing If People Don’t Trust You
Confidence and trust are not personality traits. They are built through repeated behavior. In this episode, Steve and Jake break down why engineers do not fail because they lack technical skill. They fail when they cannot consistently follow th...
