Comments on: My thoughts on being a manager

By: Aamir

Aamir — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 07:08:39 +0000

I think management is something to keep things on their deserving positions and places. I feel this is something inside you which make you a good manager. Passion-dedication and commitments matters. Many fields make you active and many make make you lazy. It depends! what sort of work you are doing. Workers who change strings on Rig are much more active than a mud logger 😉 Similarly Structural Geologists are more active then Engineering Geologists 😉 because they have to walk a lot and planing a lot for their field tours & many faults are upto 700 Km long. Remaining active can enhance your management skills but other things also matters.
Remember its my own thinking- Aamir

By: Sandie Will

Sandie Will — Sat, 17 May 2014 13:03:55 +0000

In reply to Sarah Kruse.

Hi Sarah – thanks for the post. It would be interesting to know what year they graduated too because, like me, it may have been a while ago. Glad this gave you some insight! Take care – Sandie

By: Sarah Kruse

Sarah Kruse — Sat, 17 May 2014 12:34:59 +0000

Sandie – I thought this exchange was interesting, and passed it on to my husband Tom, who teaches Engineering Geology now. Tom wrote that “We actually spend a lot of time on Florida geology in engineers –a section on coasts (all about FL), a whole day on sinkholes, a whole day on soils that are mostly about FL. And in the past we’ve only had one day or at most two on earthquakes (some years it’s been skipped entirely) and one day on volcanoes.” But it would be interesting to get more feedback from engineers. We hear a lot from our alumni who are PGs, but less so from others.

By: Sandie Will

Sandie Will — Sat, 17 May 2014 00:54:30 +0000

In reply to Ray Cleaver.

Hi Ray! So good to hear from you! Thanks for the compliments and I’m glad you think highly on my management style. I’m really enjoying my job. That’s funny about the geology class. I had the same problem – learned about all the geology at every other place except FL in several. I think it’s because it’s way cooler everywhere else lol. Hope you find another Liz soon! Take care, Sandie

By: Ray Cleaver

Ray Cleaver — Fri, 16 May 2014 13:35:42 +0000

Thank you for the insight, Sandy. I wish many civil engineering managers held themselves to your standard. Sadly, many don’t and it shows, especially in private consulting. Your management style reminds me of my best boss ever, Liz. She was the assistant project engineer on the Suncoast Parkway project while I was a roadway inspector. She told me once that if I ever quit she would hunt me down and kill me. It was the best compliment I ever got in my working career. Enjoy your rock hunting. On a side note, I did take a geology class at USF. Geology for Engineers. It had a lab also. You know “what kind of mineral is this?” But all I remember is learning about volcanos and earthquake faults. Not much use for engineering in Florida.