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From Dr. Tom – What’s Your Dream?
Dreams are our most powerful motivators, and I contend that engineering is the profession of dreams. The standards set to become a licensed professional engineer are high, as they should be, and as they have been for over a hundred years. Passing the PE exam, along with other educational and experience credentials, are the standards by which every state in the Union certifies engineers to practice legally in that state.
Being able to legally approve work is the fundamental reason engineers put in the serious effort required to become a PE, but I believe the future holds a much greater motivation within the practice of engineering. I believe the dreams of engineers will be realized by coming together with other engineers, of all disciplines, to work on projects they feel passionate about. Not in traditional brick and mortar corporate entities, but as independent engineers with entrepreneurial and business skills forming alliances, each alliance directed at a single project.
An engineer with a passion to solve a particular problem would recruit engineers from around the globe, with just the right talents and resources for that project. Micro-companies could be formed for a specific project. When the project is completed, the alliance would be dissolved and everyone who had been involved would move on to other projects. An engineer might be part of only one alliance at a time, or more likely a part of many alliances. However, none of that can happen unless the members of those alliances are licensed.
Now more than ever, engineers want their work to matter; they deeply care about the human condition, and they certainly want to be innovative, to be leaders in their particular area of expertise. They want to make a difference, and in greater numbers, many engineers are ready to break out of the current corporate boundaries and go their own way. For those wanting to strike out on their own, being a PE is mandatory. So to all those professional engineers out there or those wanting to become a professional engineer, I say, “What’s your dream?” – Dr. Tom
