 In this week's Engineering Manager 80-20 Shorts video, we're lucky to catch up with young successful geotechnical engineer, Joanna Smith. Joanna has been very successful at such a young age, so we asked her, what is one thing that has jumped out at you through your progression that has contributed greatly to where you are today? You're about to hear that answer from Joanna, but before we turn it over to her, I want to remind you that there's a link in the comments of this episode to a full podcast episode with her on our geotechnical engineering podcast. Joanna, take it away. Being on the construction field was definitely a space that positively impacted my career. It allowed me to recognize the strength that it takes in order to be a dynamic leader. The person I was working under at the time was the youngest person on the board for construction within the executive space that he was in, and he was bilingual. I remember he used to be on site every day at five o'clock, and I thought I had to be there at five two, but he said, no, you can come at six thirty. I felt bad, I really did. But I said five thirty is strong, man, five thirty every morning, but it really spoke to the strength that he had. It spoke to the strength that it took to be a leader, and I think that really allowed me to have a love for engineering, have a love for leading, a passion to keep people happy, to keep people moving, and excited about their work in a multi-faceted role, not necessarily only in geotech, but also in management, but also in the office side, but also with the client, and really be able to see the wholesomeness of engineering, and of working, and of leading. I say the construction field, I would definitely have to attribute that to how excited I've been, even working on the Hunts Point project, and condensing the days. I remember I had to get someone else to be a part of the project, and I had to get them approved, and it was definitely work of keeping everyone excited, and still driven, keeping us on time, and schedule. I remember everyone was saying, man, the work is over, it was such a great job. And that was definitely something that fortified me in what I'm doing now, and where I'm headed. So I think it's very important to look at the wholesome aspect, but I would say the construction side, and also leading out on projects, so definitely then, if you will, corn and storm for me within my practice, those two is how to go and share.