why engineers have good communication skills?

Answer 1

who said that?

I am an engineer and personally I think just some of the engineers I know have the ability to tell their ideas on an outstanding way and most of them are really pitiful in terms of writing skills.

Answer 2

Engineers, for the most part, have very good written and verbal communication skills because these skills are important to their jobs and get used quite a bit.

P.S. I is an engineer.

P.S.S. Many here are confusing social skills with communication skills. Sure, many engineers are introverted and not that interesting to talk to in a social setting. But if you ask them to write a paper, or to give a presentation, they are quite effective.

Answer 3

I'm married to an engineer and he has many admirable qualities. Good communication skills are not among them. As a matter of fact, he's the LAST person that I EVER want to explain something to me. I come away much more confused than I began.

I'll give the fellow ahead of me a nod. I think engineers can communicate very well amongst themselves. LOL.

Answer 4

I assume you mean "Why don't engineers have good communication skills", as that's the stereotype.

Sadly, it's also true in my experience, generally speaking. As an engineer myself, I have achieved great success in my career by bucking that trend; my ability to communicate technical things to non-technical people -- and non-technical things to technical people -- has gotten me farther (employment-wise) than anything else I've ever done.

Now, to the question: why are engineers generally poor communicators? Well, it's mostly a matter of temperment.

Engineering is a domain in which logic and reason dominate, and one must comprehend large amounts of data before making critical decisions. The type of personality that is attracted to such a domain is likely to be one that thrives in such conditions; presumably someone who doesn't like working that way would either find a new career or not go down the engineering path in the first place.

Meanwhile, the softer careers -- ones in which people skills, schmoozing, and making key decisions in a hurry based on hunches are critical to success -- attract the kinds of people who thrive well under those conditions. This kind of temperament is commonly found in people who are better communicators, since communication in general is a matter of people skills, schmoozing, and making key decisions in a hurry based on hunches.

So, are all engineers poor communicators? No, of course not; on one end of the spectrum you'll find engineers who are high-functioning autistic (and so fantastic engineers and purely awful communicators), and on the other end you'll find engineers who are social and have people skills. Often (not always) those engineers will not be quite as good at engineering from a technical perspective, but they'll be fantastic at getting buy-in from key stakeholders, getting people to work together and focus on the goal, and similar "softer" things. Since these can be as critical to a successful engineering project as the raw engineering, engineers like this (like me) are in high demand.

If you're an engineer, and you believe your communication skills are terrible, all you can do it work at it; take acting and improvisation classes, pay more attention to trends and fashion, and learn to be diplomatic. An incredible engineer who also has diplomacy and tact would be a godsend; odds are, howver, most successful teams have at least one unstoppable engineer who communicates poorly, and one mediocre engineer who can communicate well with the unstoppable engineer and everyone else to make the project a success.

Answer 5

they do? of the dozen or so people that i know who have engineering degrees, only one is someone i'd consider as having good communication skills~ and she isn't even working in her field as an engineer!

while in a job skills search it may be seen as an asset, it doesn't necessarily hold true in real life. that being said, perhaps verbal and written communications abilities are being lumped together in this case? depending on the type of job, written skills~ the ability to convey a message effectively in writing~ may be more important than verbal ability.

Answer 6

On the contrary, I've found that many engineers do not have good communication skills. There are exceptions, of course, but often their brains are more mathematically and less language-inclined / oriented. They'll answer direct questions but often exclude other pieces of valuable information unless you specifically ask.

Answer 7

A engineer who can not communicate, enormously to different engineers, is easily not paid what they're nicely worth. regrettably, maximum training books are written by way of engineers, so we've an exceedingly undesirable acceptance.

Answer 8

Why did you say that?Can you cite a specific research proving that?
I know a number of engineers who are good in their trades but are not good speakers, or can't express themselves effectively other than when doing their jobs.
I also know engineers who are good lecturers, good motivators and very articulate conversationalist.
I believe the same thing applies in any other professions or careers.
One thing is for sure generally speaking engineers are keen on dimensions and parameters, doctors are very knowledgeable in medicine, lawyers are adept in laws, and carpenters are good in carpentry.

Answer 9

Do they?!

(The correct way to ask this is:'Why do engineers have good communication skills?')

Answer 10

They do?....I have never met an engineer who had even decent communication skills...that is a shocker to me.!!!!