Personal Interpretations

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 “Without clear lines of communication, our ideas would stay within our own small

development teams instead of becoming mature products. While this is obvious to those

of us who have become experienced engineers, the real question is: Why is it lost to us

when we are engineering students?”

Akbar R Khan, Software Systems Engineer, USA,

“Good Communication Is Essential...” (2014)
I think... As engineering students, the quote really resonates with me really well. Akbar delivered a really short yet sharp and concise message with the quote. It shows the transition in communication ability from engineering students to experienced engineers. From this we can infer that communication skills amongst engineers is developed with time and experience. Based on our experiences, most of the lessons were theoretical. Although hard skills such as math and physics are beneficial to us during tests/work that requires calculations, not much calculations will be realistically conveyed via communication. Soft skills, such as interpersonal communication cannot be taught and must be cultivated through repeated practice.  We are thankful that in polytechnics (as well as in SIT) we were introduced to multiple interdisciplinary modules which shed some light on communication essentials. Having a blend of normal theoretical engineering modules and interdisciplinary modules enabled students to be able to better communicate their designs/proposals in projects. With a broadened perspective, engineers are able to convey their ideas and thoughts through different means of communication such as verbal, non-verbal and visual aids


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  1. Brad BlackstoneSeptember 7, 2024 at 10:22 PM

    Thank you for the detailed interpretation.

    Please check out this text. Do you see any language use issues?

    Although hard skills such as math and physics are beneficial to us during tests/work that requires calculations. Soft skills like interpersonal communication cannot be taught, as it must be cultivated through repeated practice.

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    1. Derius KhooSeptember 7, 2024 at 10:56 PM

      After reading it again, I found the issue with the sentence starting with 'Although'. There is a sentence fragment where I am supposed to end with a clause. Changes has been made, thank you Prof!

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    2. Brad BlackstoneSeptember 8, 2024 at 5:23 PM

      Thank you, Derius. :)

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