What A Technical Marketing Manager At Edmund Optics Wishes They Had Known Before Entering The Engineering Industry
Cory, a Technical Marketing Manager, wishes career education better highlighted the diverse paths available after earning a technical degree, stating "the role existed," referring to technical marketing. This lack of awareness limited initial understanding of alternative career options beyond traditional engineering roles.
Career Exploration, Career Development, Project Management, Communication, Technology
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Cory Boone
Technical Marketing Manager
Edmund Optics
University of Arizona, Graduated in 2016
M.B.A. from University of North Dakota
Biology & Related Sciences
Technology, Advertising, Communications & Marketing
Communication and Marketing
Honors Student, Scholarship Recipient
Video Highlights
1. There are many alternative career paths for engineering students beyond traditional engineering roles.
2. A technical degree can be a valuable asset in various fields like sales and marketing.
3. Career education and awareness of diverse career options are crucial for students to make informed decisions about their future paths.
Transcript
What have you learned about this role that you wish someone had told you before you entered the industry?
I guess the role existed. If you study engineering, you're never taught about sales, marketing, or all the other things that studying engineering can be a springboard into.
I think that would be really useful for technical degrees, and really any type of degree or education. You might assume there's a cookie-cutter box for what your degree can lead to.
But very often, there are branches coming from that. So it'd be really useful to have more of that career education. It's about making people aware of different careers.
I wish that going into engineering, I had a better understanding that yes, I could be an engineer in a lab. But also, I could leverage this degree to be good at sales, or to be really good at marketing for engineering, or project management for these technical things. That's what I wish I knew a little bit more of going into this.