"I don’t go to conferences, I don’t network" I think this highlights a distinction between "the career engineer" and "the expert engineer". The former treats t

"I don’t go to conferences, I don’t network" I think this highlights a distinction between "the career engineer" and "the expert engineer". The former treats their career as a profession (invests in progression) while the latter masters their craft. Skill alone does not dictate trajectory; the career engineer intentionally charts their course forward.