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8 Personality Traits An Engineer Should Have

Update on: 23 Oct 2019, 12:45 PM

โ€œScience is about knowing, engineering is about doing.โ€

This quote is by Henry Petroski who was a renowned civil engineer professor. According to him Science is deep and rigour analysis whereas engineering is practically doing the things. In his word engineering is about trying, failing and re-trying.

Ever wondered what are those key characteristics a person should have in his personality to become a successful engineer. We will discuss all that in detail in this article. In the article โ€œ9 Personality Traits A Doctor Should Haveโ€ we have discussed the characteristics of a doctor. Do check that as well.

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Now, letโ€™s learn more about the personality traits an engineer reflects. You can check if you already have these traits or you need to develop them. Isnโ€™t it exciting?

  1. Curious Learner: An engineer always desires to figure out things. Their curiosity wings are wide open all the times. We can easily see a future engineer who works on home appliances and machinery during his childhood. Engineers always examine and invent to make things work better.ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย Read Also: 7 Habits Of Super Smart Students
  1. Creative: A competent engineer always thing out of the box and innovate ways to improve on things. Engineers are known to turn theoretical concept into real-world in most innovative ways. This characteristic is built in an engineer by developing skills using modern techniques. The most creative and innovative engineer is most successful.
  2. Logical Thinking: Thoughts and ideas of future engineers are based on facts and evidence. Children who put their ideas in most disciplined manner considering all the logics and reasoning of the available facts make a great future in engineering. Also, their ideas are summed up with effective solution. Logical thinking skill is a learned mental process. It can be developed and improved by solving math questions.
  3. Communication Skills: We must know that effective listening and problem solving go hand in hand. Just having knowledge of complexity of the machinery and technology is not enough for an engineer he must be able to interpret the same complexity for common manโ€™s understanding. A student who is good at interpreting complexity in simple language always prove to be a very good engineer.
  1. Attention to Details: It is imbibed in an engineerโ€™s personality that they give attention to the minutest of the thing while working on any project. It is demand of the profession as well because missing on even slightest of error can cost huge. Therefore, an engineer should be focused and attentive all the time.ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  ย  Does thinking about studies worries you too much? Or there are times you feel demotivated when you sit for studies? Must Read our blog- 5 Reasons Why You Feel Demotivated to Study and How to Overcome It.
  2. Problem Solver: The other name of an engineer is problem solver. Engineers make the complex into easy and simple. They take pride in solving the toughest to the easiest and making the life of others simple.
  3. Constant Learner: โ€œLife is a learningโ€, this phrase goes apt with the engineering profession. In the modern era new technologies are invented in fast pace. An engineer needs to be on his toes to grasp them and keep himself updated.ย 
  4. Technical knowledge: Having technical knowledge on his respective stream/ field is in DNA on an engineer. They donโ€™t only believe in theoretical understanding but more focused on practical and technical understanding of any concept. Such students love to learn with the help of experiments and practical projects.

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Above mentioned personality traits are key for an engineering professional. If you find these traces in a child, he can make a great future in engineering but need proper guidance. How many characteristics you can relate to? Check yourself and do tell us know in the comment section.

Also, it should be noted that having these traits does not mean you are an engineer. The journey to become an IITian – the best engineers of the country is one among the toughest. Every year, a million students appear for the two stages of JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) vis-a-vis JEE Main (Jan & Apr) & JEE Advanced. Over 10 lakh candidates register for JEE Main & top 2.5 lakh of these candidates in JEE Main qualify for JEE Advanced and compete for admission to IITs in the country. ย Proper preparation is extremely important to clear this exam! The great physicist Albert Einstein once rightly said: โ€œYou have to learn the rules of the game and then you have to play better than anyone else.โ€ So, in order to get success in this exam, an aspirant must be aware of the latest exam pattern, syllabus, preparation strategy, previous years questions and important books for JEE Main and Advanced. Here MTG can help you!

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