I believe a well-connected team will almost always produce better results than a team that cannot communicate. When you have good communication, you know each other’s strengths and weaknesses, and how to support each other with your own skills. Good…   Read more»

I believe that communication is the most important of these features. You need to be able to hear and understand your team. Bad communication leads to misunderstandings and issues. I believe the next most important feature is coaching. Your team…   Read more»

During the planning phase, a healthy amount of cushioning should be added to the project budget, however, things never go exactly as planned. It is important to be able to understand that sometimes you will need to go over budget,…   Read more»

I believe that having past experience, especially internships/coops but also even academic research, has a huge impact on job outcomes. However, with the current market and how difficult it has been to land these opportunities, it is important to put…   Read more»

I feel like we need a lot more practical courses in our time here. In undergrad, I went out of my way to take extra courses like manual machining and CNC programming so I would be able to understand how…   Read more»

I have found that being underqualified for some positions may not be as bad as you think. You can always learn more skills as you work. Short-term cons is feeling like you are falling behind and drowning, but long term…   Read more»

I believe what motivates me the most is the impact of my projects. Thinking about who it will help and how it will help them. As biomeds we have a unique opportunity to touch so many lives with our work,…   Read more»

I was at first surprised how low meaningful work was in the list then thought about it. If your job has poor pay with a bad work environment and boring work, even if the work helps others, you are likely…   Read more»

I really enjoy making stuff. My heart lies with R&D, but I would like a managerial role as well. I believe my best path is learning as much as I can, as hands on as I can as an engineer…   Read more»

Sometimes you have to weight what yo love about the job and some other options that may be available to you. But if you are loving what yo do, and are ablet to support yourself and find it fulfilling, i…   Read more»

I think each point you listed has a strong effect on employee retention. Satisfaction is strong cause you need to be doing the work you want to be doing, but bad interpersonal relationships, problems with supervisors, and pay can be…   Read more»

I believe working to prevent demotivation within their current workforce is more important. Any self motivated individual will eventually get burnt out like the rest of the company’s workers if there is a problem. So, I believe it is more…   Read more»

As the sim stated that at first we were not even going to have a backup supplier in the first place, I thought one would be fine. I also only liked one of the available back up coatings, which pushed…   Read more»

From my experience, I have found that QC focuses on testing devices during the manufacturing and R&D process to ensure they meet expected standards. So things like measurement testing, material testing, etc. The QA members focuses more on matching those…   Read more»

For contracts I would focus more on the business end of things as well as quality. If both companies have equal products, I would look at how strict their codes are and how well they control their products. I would…   Read more»

I am in agreeance that for me right now understanding budgeting is the most difficult. I believe that once we are exposed to industry experience we will start to understanding pricing structures for materials and know what to expect when…   Read more»

 What are some reasons that increase the cost of the project, and how to avoid them? There are plenty of reasons that can increase the cost of a project. The main two that come to my mind are vendor pricing…   Read more»

@qbs2  Deciding priorates is a difficult task that may change job to job. We saw in one of the recent simulations how budget and quality can go head to head. Depending on which route you took, you either limited your…   Read more»

Firstly, thank you for making this post, I am really enjoying the responses and learning about personal experiences at companies nearby. I had worked an internship at Weiss-Aug in their surgical products division. They work to produce parts for laparoscopic…   Read more»

It causes a big ethical dilemma when trying to decide between getting a product out on the market to help patients as soon as possible and delaying the release for extra testing. It is best ethically to take the time…   Read more»