Early career
Your First 90 Days as an Engineer
A practical 90-day roadmap for a new engineer, a template for asking a clear technical question, and a checklist to run before you send work for review. The aim is work that another engineer can understand, check and continue.
Start the roadmapTemplates and checklists
How to Ask a Clear Technical Question at Work (with a Template)
A short template for asking a technical question so the reader can answer without a follow-up: context, observation, question, impact and timing.
Checklist: Before You Submit a Calculation or Drawing for Review
Eight checks to run before you send engineering work for review: scope, inputs and revisions, assumptions, formulas and units, open questions, consistency with related documents, and a revision record.
How these pages work
Days 1 to 30
Learn how work moves: files, revisions, reviewers, and where questions go.
Days 31 to 60
Prepare one small piece of work and get feedback on the result and on how clearly it is explained.
Days 61 to 90
Own a small deliverable from inputs to review comments to final.
Questions
Is this a company policy?
No. It is general guidance. Follow your employer's procedures and your supervisor's instructions.
Does it apply outside engineering firms?
The habits (state assumptions, show units, track revisions, ask clear questions) apply to most technical work.
Educational material. Examples use simplified, hypothetical inputs and are not a design, a construction document or professional engineering advice. Confirm requirements with the codes and standards adopted where the work is built and with a licensed engineer.
More: Worked Problems · Comparisons · Troubleshooting · Case Studies · Exam Study Plans