-: I think engineering in general is
key in my role,
and more specifically chemical engineering,
we have a lot of chemical engineers in our roles,
and the second thing also is
having some production experience,
some operations experience,
so whether that be in a coop or an internship
or something like that,
having that experience on the floor is important
because our end customers or our internal customers
actually are the operations group.
They are the ones that are gonna receive the facilities
once we build them, once we create them,
and they're gonna run with it.
So having that experience in that area
where the customer is,
my internal customer is,
allows me to understand what's feasible
in terms of solutions,
and what's not,
so I can make recommendations
that are appropriate.
I think one of the soft skills
that you really need is communication.
A lot of times we focus a lot on the technical aspect,
and we get very good at a specific technical expertise,
and we forget that,
hey, there are soft skills that without it,
I actually will never drive this technology forward
or this expertise forward.
So it's very important to balance it
and have the technical knowledge
but also the ability to communicate that effectively
to leadership or to peers as well
and help them understand.