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      Why Engineers Say “Soft Skills Are Hard!”
      
      Soft skills. The phrase gets the cold shoulder from many engineers and engineering managers questioning the value of anything that can be called “soft.” “There’s nothing ‘soft’ about my job! We only do hard stuff […]
      
      Why You Should Never Have “Any Questions?” As Your Last Slide
      
      We’ve all seen it happen. It’s the last slide of a presentation and those two words are emblazoned across the screen. Yep, I used to do this, too. In fact, I formerly had “Any Questions?” as the final slide for all my […]
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      IEEE-USA InSight Podcast is a monthly podcast featuring news, information and updates from IEEE-USA headquarters in Washington, D.C. This month's podcast includes: National Engineers Week, Family Day, Future Cities Career Connection - The Non-Linear […]
      
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      Kathy Herring Hayashi, chair of the IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference (WIE ILC), has been involved in semiconductor software her entire career and currently works at Qualcomm Inc., analyzing and optimizing semiconductor […]
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      Calling all engineering students and recent graduates: If there is one thing that veteran educator Harry T. Roman wants you to know, it’s that 15 percent of your career will require technical skills--while 85 percent of it will demand […]
      
      John Meredith Memorial Giving: Honoring a Lifetime of Service
      
      John Meredith, IEEE Life Fellow, director emeritus of the IEEE Foundation, former Region 5 director, and 2007 IEEE-USA President, passed away in September after a brief illness. John gave decades of service as a volunteer, with a list of […]
      
      The Driverless Car Rumbles Toward the City
      
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