On this episode, I speak with Jeff Perry, founder of More Than Engineering. Jeff graduated from the Hybrid MBA program at Foster in 2020. Originally trained as a mechanical engineer, Jeff has worked in software, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering. But now, he works as career coach Helping Engineers and Technology Professionals unleash their potential and take their careers and lives to the next level. He is also the host of the Engineering Career Coach podcast. Jeff has some great insights based on his own career switch as well as his work with engineers on their careers.
Jeff and I talk about the importance of mindset and personal reflection when career planning, using design thinking and Designing Your Life tools and strategies. Jeff shared the impact that learning about genius zones had on him and how he works with clients to identify their genius zones.
Other books and resources we talked about:
- The Two Hour Job Search (and the Job Closer) by Steve Dalton (who appeared on this podcast in 2020)
- The LinkedIn Guys/Job Search Guys and their book Linked (Jeremy Schifeling appeared on this podcast in 2022)
- The book Range, by David Epstein, which coincidentally was referenced by Jeana Jorgensen of Google during a keynote delivered to our incoming class of 2024.
- The Arbinger institute, Leadership and Self-deception
Find additional resources from Jeff at https://www.engineeringcareeraccelerator.com/uw, and find Jeff on LinkedIn and the Engineering Career Coach Podcast that he hosts wherever you listen to podcasts.