It's likely that we became Engineers because we like some things more than others. We like order, process, and logic. We like solving hard problems. We like finding the answers.

Then, we got promoted.

As managers, we're going to have to deal with people. People aren't ordered, or even sometimes rational. They present problems that appear maddeningly easy but frustrating to solve. And worst of all, there might not be any answers.

Engineers have boatloads of brainpower to solve engineering problems, but management problems often require emotional intelligence to solve - the ability to understand our own emotions and those of others. Once we have that figured out, we can understand how to communicate well, and then larger problems like office politics and all of that nasty stuff we've avoided so far.

Here's a dirty secret - that stuff can all be learned. That's what this site is all about.

We're engineers. So, because of our training and the things we've gravitated naturally towards, we like some things more than others.