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3/4/15

Research To Do List

Recently, I came across this article about recommendations for the U.S. Census data. While I found the article interesting overall, I was really struck by this quote: “Meanwhile, the academy panel said, the job of producing more than 11 billion estimates a year from the survey is stretching the [U.S. Census] bureau’s capacity. The agency has […]

By Kate DarwentRead More

2/13/15

Is your Neighbor an Engineer?

While Kevin has an engineering degree, I do not—my degree is in social sciences.  After reading Kevin’s blogs about income patterns of folks with engineering degrees, I was inspired to take a fresh look at degrees from a spatial perspective. I wondered where engineers are most likely to live, where social scientists are likely to […]

By Matt BruceRead More

1/21/15

The Wages of Engineering Grads

In two previous blogs (Once an Engineer, Always an Engineer? & The Career Evolution of Engineers), we examined the long-term occupational patterns of people with engineering degrees, by looking at a sample of 1,250 Colorado residents who hold bachelor’s degrees in engineering. We saw that many people with engineering degrees do not actually become working engineers.  […]

By Kevin RainesRead More

1/14/15

The career evolution of engineers

In a previous blog, I examined the long-term occupational patterns of people with engineering degrees.  Looking at a sample of 1,250 Colorado residents who hold bachelor’s degrees in engineering, I examined their current occupations. Now, one might expect that career choices might grow more diverse with age.  My theory before examining the data was that younger […]

By Kevin RainesRead More

1/7/15

Once an engineer, always an engineer?

The two founding principals at Corona Insights began our careers as engineers.  We both worked in the aerospace industry for about five years before we met on a Top Secret military project.  We fell in love, got married, and together we left engineering as a profession.  We went in different professional directions for several years […]

By Kevin RainesRead More

12/31/14

Which Corona blog posts did you read this year? We have a guess.

It will be of little surprise that anyone who manages a blog keeps track of their website stats. It’s probably even less of a surprise that a research and strategy firm does so. So, what was our most popular content from our blog in 2014? Putting the Pieces Together: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods. […]

By David KennedyRead More