Factors for a Successful Engineer

From my past 30 years of experience in engineering and in life, I found that the followings are the factors of success:
1. aims-set targets for short , medium and long terms
2. thinking-planning, reading and deep research in the methods to achieve the targets and focusing on it.
3. action-what you do for what you get
4. continuous improvement-the important tool for survival


BY the Chairman of the HK Institution of Chief Engineers (The HKICE=The Asia Pacific Facilities Engineers!)

Salary and academic qualificatons

I started my career in 1978 when I was a technician trainee. I have learned that to advance my career, I must have academic qualifications. To advance my salary, I must have more qualifications. So I took the academic route and become a Qualified Engineer in 1988 as a CEng. My first nomination institution was in fact the Institution of Energy as energy was very important in UK at that time.

Are you willing to invest in yourself and become an engineer as a career. It does not guarantee to be a well paid job but most of the time I am. It does not warrant to be an interesting job but it is always interesting to me. Now you have to think if you really want to pay for the price to become an engineer.

Dr. Peter Kwan