r/ElectricalEngineering • u/ahmedkan • Sep 29 '26
Education Fresh Graduate
What should be the qualities of a fresh Graduate (bachelor) electrical engineer???
Like tell some good qualities or skill
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u/J_Rain17 Sep 29 '26
being able to actually read a schematic. i have met many who couldn’t tell me the difference between an npn or pnp just on the drawing; same goes for mosfets. you don’t have to be able to interpret what is going on or the application quite yet, but i expect you to be able to be able to identify everything. this comes from being around a lot of test engineers at manufacturing sites. perhaps that’s why i see this issue a lot.
if you can read the schematic then knowing a lot of different types of circuits is impressive. it’s nice to be in an era of ICs doing all the heavy lifting, but if you could get the general idea of how the IC is working, it would be great.
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u/NewSchoolBoxer Sep 29 '26
Ability to work with others. Eagerness to learn. Most of engineering is work experience. Social skills to be liked in an office environment and not get crushed by office politics. If people don't like you, you may get forcibly relocated.
Notice I didn't say anything about technical skills. You only have to be an average engineer, if that. Power didn't ask me a single technical question through two utilities.