Perhaps we are introverts who are too shy to self promote. The reality is that we don't have superstar engineers. Well, maybe nothing or maybe everything. Superstar professionals do a lot. Professional recognition, remuneration, and career development have a lot to do with public recognition and appreciation of the value we bring to society, our organization, customers, and other stakeholders.
Superstar professionals transcend their profession and speak to the masses.
For example, much of what we know about medicine comes from the television program ER . In other words, a leading and visible professional image enhances all of us. I call it the rising tide effect. A superstar engineering professional raises the profile of all engineering professionals. In the 1800's, engineers truly were heroes.