Abstract :
Many engineers are thinking about becoming independent consultants. However, the skills required to go out on your own are not taught in engineering schools, writes William Kassebaum, PE, in the introduction to The Best of IEEE-USA Today s Engineer: On Consulting, Volume 2. “Many engineers are apprehensive about making the transition from a salaried position with predictable weekly or monthly earnings, to a situation where the perception is that income would be uncertain and irregular,” said Kassebaum, Chair of the IEEE Alliance of Consultants Networks Coordinating Committee. “Almost all experienced consultants were once company employees. They made the change, and most of them will say it was the wisest career and business decision they ever made.”
