I endorse the last part of Alasdair's response completely - I realised after I posted my response that this was an element I'd left out - whether you're registered or not, the IET is an immensely valuable resource, and I always like to stress to people that the benefit of membership is a completely separate one to that of registration,  The more you join in, the more you will gain. It's especially true of the IET - I consider us to be lucky to be electrical engineers and so aligned with the IET rather than many of the other PEIs for all the reasons highlighted by Alasdair - there is a truly progressive ethos and a genuinely supportive approach that means it's anything but an old boys club, as could be perceived for some of the other PEIs.

I wish you the very best of luck with your developing career, but based on what I see already, I'm pretty convinced that you have the desire, the commitment and the dedication for that to occur naturally. 

Finally, I have to say that responding to this thread has been like a breath of fresh air, so much more positive and interesting than some of the jaded topics we often get involved in, and if we've helped point you in the right direction, that's immensely satisfying.

I endorse the last part of Alasdair's response completely - I realised after I posted my response that this was an element I'd left out - whether you're registered or not, the IET is an immensely valuable resource, and I always like to stress to people that the benefit of membership is a completely separate one to that of registration,  The more you join in, the more you will gain. It's especially true of the IET - I consider us to be lucky to be electrical engineers and so aligned with the IET rather than many of the other PEIs for all the reasons highlighted by Alasdair - there is a truly progressive ethos and a genuinely supportive approach that means it's anything but an old boys club, as could be perceived for some of the other PEIs.

I wish you the very best of luck with your developing career, but based on what I see already, I'm pretty convinced that you have the desire, the commitment and the dedication for that to occur naturally. 

Finally, I have to say that responding to this thread has been like a breath of fresh air, so much more positive and interesting than some of the jaded topics we often get involved in, and if we've helped point you in the right direction, that's immensely satisfying.