House What does it takes to be a good Engineer?

House I have found myself pondering over the above topic time and time again please I will entertain suggestions from you guys. :-[ :-\ ??? >:(

You have to be creative. You have to have the ability to see things the way they are suppose to be.

what it takes to be a good engineer? join politics! political engineers earns good money and only practice their profession on the pages of the newspapers!
cheers!

After careful consideration of your idea I see a sense in it afterall it is all about the money.We have countless professors in engineering whose salaries are paid by fools even to join any of there body na politics.Why haven't I taught of this before