Panel Discussion: What Can You Expect for Your Engineering Career: Engineering or Management?

Wednesday, August 20, 2008; 6:30pm-9:00pm
Michaels at Shoreline, Mountain View

What does a career for the engineer look like in the long run? Do we stay engineers? Do we become managers? Do we become entrepreneurs? What does the market expect?

Join us for a lively discussion with a panel of experts; engineers and managers who will answer these questions and more. Our panel is made up of engineers, managers, and business people who have:

• Remained engineers throughout their career.
  
• Made the transition from engineer to manager.
  
• Managed engineer.
  
• Been engineers, managers, and returned to engineering.
  
• Consulted to startups and large corporations alike regarding team-building, conflict resolution, and strategic planning.
  

In this lively panel discussion you will hear the answers to questions such as:

• What will help me remain an engineer throughout my career?
  
• What is the easiest way to make the transition from engineer to manager?
• What does it really like to be an engineering manager?
  
• How important are people skills in my engineering career?
  
• What do managers want from me?
  
• What is it like to be in charge of my own team, my own department, my own company?
  
• How different is management from engineering?
  
• Do I have to become an engineering manager to “be successful”?
• What's the best timetable for advancing my career?
  

The goal of this panel discussion is to bring together three major philosophies:

• What does it take and what's it like to be an engineer for most of your career?
  
• What's it like to make the transition from engineer to manger?
• What are the issues facing engineers who become managers in running a company or organization?
  

More information and registration for this program at: http://www.aiaa-sf.org/dmtg/08-08.html