Engineering Without Regret
Engineering Without Regret
Tracy Brower speaks about happiness, work-life balance, and the future of work. Advisor and coach, the vice president of workplace insights for Steelcase offers advice for engineering without regret.
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When asked, if given the chance, would they choose a different field of study, engineers were the least likely to regret their decisions. The Federal Reserve System recently said that ”73 percent of those who studied engineering said the benefits of education exceeded the costs—the highest of any field of study.”
The report, “Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2023,” may have found that engineers thought the benefit of their education exceeded the cost, so there was little regret, but how about later on, when their engineering career was in full swing?
According to Tracy Brower, sociologist and author who speaks about happiness, work-life balance, and the future of work, “We all go through career regrets. And because we tend to feel really isolated when we're going through a period of regret, we don't realize that so many people go through the same thing.”
The report, “Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2023,” may have found that engineers thought the benefit of their education exceeded the cost, so there was little regret, but how about later on, when their engineering career was in full swing?
According to Tracy Brower, sociologist and author who speaks about happiness, work-life balance, and the future of work, “We all go through career regrets. And because we tend to feel really isolated when we're going through a period of regret, we don't realize that so many people go through the same thing.”