Top 5 Control Engineering articles May 14-20

Articles about the 2018 Salary and Career Survey, IIoT and sensor functionality, engineering advice, career ROI, and industrial analytics were Control Engineering’s five most clicked articles from May 14-20, 2018. Miss something? You can catch up here.

By Chris Vavra May 21, 2018

The top 5 most read articles online, from May 14-20 for Control Engineering, covered the 2018 Salary and Career Survey, IIoT and sensor functionality, engineering advice, career ROI, and industrial analytics. Links to each article below.

1. Control Engineering Salary and Career Survey, 2018

Career Update 2018: Engineers are getting paid more and a greater percentage expect to get increases in 2018, but the technical challenge and a general feeling of accomplishment remains the highest factors for job satisfaction.

2. How IIoT impacts tool and sensor functionality 

On the front lines of the cloud’s maintenance disruption.

3. Engineering advice: Education, workplace strategies, tips

Control Engineering career and salary survey advice is offered by those taking the 2018 survey and education and workplace strategies were the biggest topics, followed by engineering tips.

4. Career return on investment

Career update 2018: Engineer your career for maximum return. Engineers in automation-related professions need to review and implement these (sometimes painful) six best practice tips to achieve a satisfying and productive career return on investment (ROI).

5. Where to start with industrial analytics

What to do to create useful operations information and drive real results.

The list was developed using CFE Media’s web analytics for stories viewed on controleng.com, May 14-20, for articles published within the last two months.

Chris Vavra, production editor, CFE Media, cvavra@cfemedia.com.


Author Bio: Chris Vavra is web content manager for CFE Media and Technology.