Summary: You have to know yourself before you can be yourself.<br> For Clint Martin, that meant taking on the Appalachian Trail thru-hike for nearly six months in the woods before starting his first full-time civil engineering job. He talks about how the experience helped make him a better civil engineer (1:20).<br> We hear an Origin Story from Vanessa Eslava, a civil engineer in San Diego who gives back to the students of her community (14:45).<br> And Member Memos asks what civil engineers do to “find themselves” in the right frame of mind for a big project (18:36).<br> Listen to the episode below, and subscribe to the show wherever you listen to podcasts.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1441824662" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS</a><br> * <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/I46kwkz6iqxfri2vpd6yw44zmey" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SUBSCRIBE IN GOOGLE PLAY</a><br> * <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/62xibwsvBKxFieLJIIAWBB" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SUBSCRIBE IN SPOTIFY</a><br> * <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/american-society-of-civil-engineers/asce-plot-points" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">SUBSCRIBE IN STITCHER</a><br>
