Last month, Part 1 of this two-part article demonstrated the engineer's learning curve as an analogy to a mathematical function and explored some thoughts and first impressions of the industry by engineers beginning their careers. This part of the discussion will suggest ways to get off to a good start or to refocus, depending on where you are on your learning curve.
A company might like to hire a new graduate engineer with the seasoned skills and abilities of a veteran in the industry so that the company would not have to invest any resources for training. Or a company might not want to invest any resources into its professional staff and simply replace the staff when "newer models" come along like it does with computers.