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As someone who came to materials in a mid-life career transition, what are the best trainings and resources you would recommend to help someone accelerate a career working primarily with steels?

For a little context, my B.S. was in mathematics, and my M.S. was in mechanical engineering, though my thesis was in materials (but not specifically metals).  But I know that I am well behind someone that came up through a metallurgy and metals based program. I try to monitor Connect and the weekly updates are super helpful.  It is how I start my week.  But I am also looking for recommendations for classes (I'm slowly working my way through the ASM catalog) and publications that may be helpful.

I would recommend that you start with relevant volumes of Metals Handbook. They cover vast areas of metallurgical knowledge and easy to read. More in-depth understanding can be accessed via references in that particular topic. 

As someone who came to materials in a mid-life career transition, what are the best trainings and resources you would recommend to help someone accelerate a career working primarily with steels?

For a little context, my B.S. was in mathematics, and my M.S. was in mechanical engineering, though my thesis was in materials (but not specifically metals).  But I know that I am well behind someone that came up through a metallurgy and metals based program. I try to monitor Connect and the weekly updates are super helpful.  It is how I start my week.  But I am also looking for recommendations for classes (I'm slowly working my way through the ASM catalog) and publications that may be helpful.

As someone who came to materials in a mid-life career transition, what are the best trainings and resources you would recommend to help someone accelerate a career working primarily with steels?

For a little context, my B.S. was in mathematics, and my M.S. was in mechanical engineering, though my thesis was in materials (but not specifically metals).  But I know that I am well behind someone that came up through a metallurgy and metals based program. I try to monitor Connect and the weekly updates are super helpful.  It is how I start my week.  But I am also looking for recommendations for classes (I'm slowly working my way through the ASM catalog) and publications that may be helpful.

Dear Ashley,
There is a lot of material in metallurgy from Dr. Bhadeshia in Youtube, mostly related to steels. See for example the following course:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBVN2XQPLhk&list=PLj4YiOgq320onCH7PDcSX1ANV35QrU7LX

It is introductory material, but good enough for the basic concepts. 
Reading good Physical metallurgy books are the following steps to understand the area.
Regards.

As someone who came to materials in a mid-life career transition, what are the best trainings and resources you would recommend to help someone accelerate a career working primarily with steels?

For a little context, my B.S. was in mathematics, and my M.S. was in mechanical engineering, though my thesis was in materials (but not specifically metals).  But I know that I am well behind someone that came up through a metallurgy and metals based program. I try to monitor Connect and the weekly updates are super helpful.  It is how I start my week.  But I am also looking for recommendations for classes (I'm slowly working my way through the ASM catalog) and publications that may be helpful.

As someone who came to materials in a mid-life career transition, what are the best trainings and resources you would recommend to help someone accelerate a career working primarily with steels?

For a little context, my B.S. was in mathematics, and my M.S. was in mechanical engineering, though my thesis was in materials (but not specifically metals).  But I know that I am well behind someone that came up through a metallurgy and metals based program. I try to monitor Connect and the weekly updates are super helpful.  It is how I start my week.  But I am also looking for recommendations for classes (I'm slowly working my way through the ASM catalog) and publications that may be helpful.