Importance of communication skills for engineers

Quotation 1

 "I contend that we (engineers) are undervalued because of our widespread inability to explain what we do to the general public (and why it is so important). It is one of the hardest goals to accomplish, to be able to boil down difficult concepts into a short and easily understood presentation or elevator pitch."

Marybeth Miceli, President, Miceli Infrastructure Consulting, USA (2011)

Explanation

In aspect, engineers are underappreciated due to their inability to generalize complex and technical concepts into laymen term of understanding for the general public. To the engineers, every step they take requires complex and precise understanding which is why, they are unable to explain in simpler terms cause there is just so much information required for all pieces to fall in place.