Engineering Career

We evolved for a particular environment, but our rapid social advances and mushrooming populations have created a bewildering new world. On the timescale of this dizzying change, evolution has effectively stopped, and we must rely on what has gotten us this far. By retracing the path that our distant ancestors took to get here, we can understand the stunning abilities and glaring weaknesses which we have inherited.

50 Things to Know About Becoming an Engineer by author Arvindhra Rao Krishnamurthy offers an approach to how to deal with engineering life as an engineering student, as well as the working world of an engineer. Most books on things to know about becoming an engineer tell you about the personality traits that should be possessed by an engineer and, perhaps, a little bit of insight into the world of engineering.

Space exploration is as much a story of leadership and teamwork as it is a story of exploration and discovery. Leadership Moments from NASA delves into the organizational culture, leadership styles, and insights of NASA senior executives spanning five decades of human spaceflight, to share the lessons they learned from critical moments where they took on seemingly insurmountable challenges.

As human beings, we are fascinated by what makes us tick. We know that nature gave us certain biological appetites to ensure our survival, among those the need for water, food, sex, and love, but meeting these alone is not enough to ensure happiness. Scientists, and now managers, are realizing that people have a biological need to experience social rewards like praise, the thrill of innovation, and the satisfaction of acquiring new skills.

Have you ever wanted to know what you can do with excel? Did you know that you could use excel to learn more about trend lines? Did you know you could use excel to learn more about your data? Well, if you want the answers to these questions you have come to the right place. Excel is one of the most useful tools developed by Microsoft which can not only be used to store data, but also be used to analyze data. This book will shed some light on how you can use excel, and also share some tips on how you can become an expert.

Have you ever wished your website could do more than show visitors information about your company and its products or services? Or, do you have a great idea for a startup, but don't know how to turn your concept into a great website? In Building a Successful Web App, entrepreneur and veteran web developer Paul J. Scott walks you step-by-step through the process of coming up with a great web app concept, choosing the right programming team, and turning your vision into a reality.

Historically, IT in many companies has had a reputation for being slow, expensive, and risk-averse. With the pace of business today, these practices must change quickly if companies are to thrive. This audiobook contains fascinating stories from the author's years at Microsoft that will help you modernize and change your IT team to accelerate your business, plus 100 short, practical, specific ways to improve business velocity in today‘s IT culture.

Welcome to the SEO University, an online series of courses that have been prepared to help you hone your skills as a search engine mastermind. SEO Fundamentals, the first course in the SEO University, brings together a culmination of information across the field that will help you to lay the foundational framework for a successful career as a Search Engine Marketer.

What if saving the Earth were a game? Not just any game, but the greatest game we’ve ever played. This workbook helps social and environmental change professionals learn how to implement powerful techniques from the fields of game design, behavioral psychology, design, data science, and storytelling, that are not only proven to have impact, but also can make your project fun. In a 10-step framework of exercises, tutorials, and case studies, How to Save the World will teach you the art of changing the world — and it’s often not what you think.

Research shows that this analytical, skeptical buyer conducts a great deal of independent research before engaging with vendors. Companies that share expertise through high-quality content on a consistent basis are not only seen as trusted resources, they also spend less per lead and achieve greater pipeline efficiency.

Steered by Tom Szaky, recycling pioneer, eco-capitalist, and founder and CEO of TerraCycle, this audiobook explores current issues of production and consumption, practical steps for improving packaging and reducing waste today, and big ideas and concepts that can be carried forward. Intended to help every business from a small start-up to a large established consumer product company, this audiobook serves as a source of knowledge and inspiration. The message from these pioneers is not to scale back, but to innovate upward.

Be an instant expert on Science and Bluff Your Way with all those who profess to know about the subject. No experimenting required, just a sense of humour. From 'atoms' to 'ohms' and from 'the Standard Model' to 'the Twaddel', the Bluffer's Guide® to Science equips you to dazzle an audience with stunning results.

Artificial intelligence is driving workforce disruption on a scale not seen since the Industrial Revolution. Automation was once associated with mass layoffs in heavy industry like auto and steel, but computers are getting smarter and are beginning to replace traditionally 'white collar' roles like law, consulting, banking and finance. Yet some curious findings are emerging from the world's leading research labs.

Each business day, some 35,000 executives, scientists, consultants, and lawyers pass through the nation's airports to destinations across the globe. They carry, along with proprietary documents and computer files, the latest in personal electronic gear. However, carefully watching most of those travelers beginning the moment they arrive at the airport and often sooner are an uncounted number of espionage operatives. These individuals work for foreign intelligence services and economic concerns and seek to separate international business travelers from their trade secrets.

Na década de 1980, Vicente Falconi, então professor de Engenharia da UFMG, começou a cruzar o Brasil para apresentar a empresários conceitos inspirados na eficiência das companhias japonesas e que eram praticamente desconhecidos no país.

If you want to start making more money as a painter and decorator, improving your sales and marketing is the key. If you don’t take your sales and marketing seriously, you are leaving thousands of dollars per year on the table. Creating advertisements, crafting proposals, and selling your services at the highest level is the fastest way to increase your profits. This book will guide you through everything you need to know about sales and marketing for your decorating business.

Este audiolibro contiene una amplia y valiosa cantidad de información sobre la analítica de datos que le ayudará a comprender el concepto de data mining o minería de datos, recolección de datos, analíticas de big data para negocios y conceptos de inteligencia empresarial. Con este audiolibro, no solo comprenderá todo lo esencial relacionado con la analítica de datos, sino que también comprenderá por qué la analítica de datos está cambiando el ámbito empresarial.

If you want to avoid waste and create wealth in your business, then pay attention. Two comprehensive manuscripts in one audiobook: Lean: The Ultimate Guide to Lean Startup, Lean Six Sigma, Lean Analytics, Lean Enterprise, Lean Manufacturing, Scrum, Agile Project Management and Kanban and Lean Startup: How to Work Smarter and Not Harder While Innovating Faster and Satisfying Customers.

Excel VBA: A Comprehensive Beginner’s Guide to Learn Excel VBA Step by Step will take you from the basics of coding all the way to writing your own programs. You’ll learn to create dialog boxes and UserForms, install add-ins that make Excel VBA more powerful, and utilize the debug tool to find errors. You might be worried that you’ll be in over your head, but where this book differs from others is in the method of instruction. Instead of telling you about all the great features of VBA, this book will take you through each step and explain what to do, and why.

La travesía de Uber es la primera mirada al interior del imperio global de Uber. El periodista veterano Adam Lashinsky, autor del bestseller Inside Apple, rastrea los orígenes de las ambiciones masivas de Kalanick en sus raíces humildes, y explora los inicios oscuros de Uber y el paseo salvaje de su rápido crecimiento y expansión en diferentes industrias. A través de entrevistas exclusivas con Kalanick, el autor nos brinda una mirada única de esta polémica empresa multimillonaria.