The compendium, grouped by “life stage” or other category:

Early Career

Factors in Considering Postgraduate Degree Timing – is it time to get the MSc?

Factors in Considering Thesis Topics in Renewable Energy – too many choices!

Strategies in Securing Thesis Advisors in Renewable Energy – closely tied to topics. 

Pink on Four Tips for Making a Fast Start in a New (Engineering) Job – extracting a few snippets from a great book specifically as they apply to fresh starts.

Six Months as a New Engineer: Are you on the right Track? – what do you do if your entry-level role feels a bit off track? How and when do you act?

Lyn Alden, Energy and You – some life considerations from a talented young engineer.

The Mystery of Verkfraedi and Taeknifraedi – are there really two engineering “breeds?” There are in Iceland.

Live in Istanbul – everyone should.

Why Young Engineers Don’t Deserve New Cars – be careful with what you deserve.

Visualizing Next Steps – what sorts of choices will you face over the next forty years?

Middle Game

Five Concepts Site Work Reinforces – traveling a certain way delivers lessons.

Support Your Folks in the Field; You Might Be One – it’s rough out there.

Minimising Interfaces – how do you choose your parking space?

Badger Football and Your Engineering Career – take pride in flannel.

Can an Engineer be Worth $40,000 a Day? – does this seem improbable?

Late Career

Engineering Your Financial Assault Vehicle – enter the Landmaster.

Approaching Donor-Advised Funds: Change Your Perspective – develop a new superpower.

Approaching Donor-Advised Funds: Tuning the Engineering – always room for improvement.

Engineering Tools

Plant Layout and Piping Design: Old School – a useful and semi-archaic reference for new engineers and designers.

Bob Ross: Report Mastermind – don’t underestimate the influence of happy trees.

Citation Utilization – the tool everyone hates.

How EES Changes Your Perception of Systems – my not so secret weapon.

On Notebooks and Journals – another superpower.

How the Ketogenic Diet Might Intrigue Engineers – well suited for this profession.

Write in a Universal Language – engineering variations on Newspeak.

The Five-Tool Engineer – don’t leave home without yours.

Renewable Energy

Our Home Electrification Program – our slow and steady journey towards decarbonization.

Find Yourself in the Sankey Diagram – looking for projects? They are in here somewhere.

The Grand Alliance – join it.

IRENA LCOEs – such encouraging trends for the cost of electricity from renewable sources in the past decade.

Geothermal Heritage Series – what can geothermal plants express about a nation’s character?

Geothermal Insight Series – perspectives on a particular renewable energy sector.

H.P. Lovecraft and Your Energy Career – battling these monsters will take you decades.

Virtuous LCOE Harvesting: Bitcoin? – how can we make best use of intermittent, low-cost renewables in chaotic markets?

The Alpha Strategy: Energy Psychology – what is more important to you: ownership or impact?

Considerations for Renewable Energy Career Trajectories – descriptive not prescriptive.

Visions and Iceland – a society with inspiring features.

Energy Futures, Fears, Hopes, and the Invisible Hand – can we rely on the Hand to save us?

General Life Stuff

The 100 Greatest Books – somewhat dated but an interesting list.

How to Develop Your Executive Ability: A Review – a rare book but interesting aspects if you can find it.

How Engineers Have More Effective Incomes – it’s more about who you are than what you earn.