Me who got into engineering because I thought the Jobs were easy to get : 👁️👄👁️

My software year I couldn’t get an internship so I started a company (like $20 to register a company) and worked on a personal project the whole summer. That “internship experience” helped me land my next internship the following summer. Best way to get a job is to have hands on experience. Do whatever you have to to get some

@sugoi9680

Жыл бұрын

AY YO. You're smart. I'm taking that.

@ethanwild3301

Жыл бұрын

Could you elaborate on how you started your company?

@edwardrhodes4403

Жыл бұрын

Would love to hear a break down of how you started your company and what you did?

@ethanwild3301

Жыл бұрын

But then again he did say software instead of sophomore so it shouldn't be that hard

@Dariusissocool

Жыл бұрын

@@ethanwild3301 lmaoooooo

In my experience the people who struggled the most in finding jobs were engineers who didn’t know what they truly wanted to do with their degree, so they apply to any and all positions available but with no motivation. People who knew field they wanted to go in , typically got a job. Best advice. Figure out specifically what you want to do and aim in that direction.

@nafeeztanveenchowdhury359

10 ай бұрын

Hey mate. How do you decide on that?

I graduated in 2020 with a mechanical engineering degree but it was so hard to get a good job, so I joined the police instead. Now I make more than my engineer friends, work less and can retire in 20 years

@sv-xi6oq

8 ай бұрын

Interesting

@theunderdogmagazine

6 ай бұрын

You make more than your engineer friends now*

Great video once again. Really digged the style of walking through the river valley. Look forward to seeing more of these!

just wanted to say that i love your style of video, informative and engaging!

It was super hard looking for my first internship, but once I got one, there was a snowball effect for me. I’ve completed 3 internships now, and getting job offers is actually pretty easy, even with the terrible economy right now.

@nafeeztanveenchowdhury359

10 ай бұрын

Which country do you live btw?

Excellent video! Many of the points you mentioned also apply to employment in other fields!👍 🥇

The attitude part is spot on. Many employers just want to know whether they'll feel secure putting you in front of a customer after a month+, especially considering that our economy is heavily service-based. As far as taking "some" job (not that it's advised in the video), IMHO, I believe graduates should be ready for that too, OR certify under new skills & re-direct - business/finance, web-development, IT, technician jobs... all are better options than being out of a job for a year+. It's brutal out there NGL.

Excellent video man and you really hit the mark on the types of engineering. I'm in the civil engineering industry and we're in a weird time that we have so many openings at the moment and not enough people to fill these roles , both public and private sectors (in Ontario).

@MannyRataul

Жыл бұрын

@@WissamSeif pay is definitely a big one, an entry level position in civil/transportation is relatively low compared to electrical and mechanical. From the public sector perspective the Government (Federal and Provincial) has a number of outstanding projects that need to be completed within a certain timeframe in order for municipalities and regions obtain grant funding, so there is a major push to get these projects finished. Fiscally, whenever there is an economic downturn or recession, the government invests heavily in infrastructure to create jobs, that was also the case last year.

I was kind of expecting this video to be an outlook of what the current job market is looking like with all the recent layoffs but this was kind of motivating. Thank you

Just finished watching a six minute long video that taught me so much about how the world works. I find the work ethic part to be most helpful. Honestly never heard anyone put it quite like you did, especially about bringing it up to an employer. Also getting a resume professionally done is a huge time saver - thank you so much! One thing I wish you elaborated on (not that it would make sense for this video) would be the path of taking both internships and education at the same time. How does this work? I only know people who do school for 4 years, with internships over summer vacation.

@Ivan-se5ge

Жыл бұрын

@@WissamSeif Gotchu, thanks!

Thx 🙏 for this amazing video

I just wanted to say that I love your whole thought process on engineering and your overwhelming positivity. Best engineering channel on youtube by far!

@WissamSeif

Жыл бұрын

thanks man

@uranjakupi1460

Жыл бұрын

@@WissamSeif no problem!

Hey bruh Love your information.. This is 1st video I watched & subscribed just after

Thank you!!

Wow. I got turned on to your channel from another video that was recommended by the algo. I subbed and we had some dialog in the comments over there. Now I'm checking out your catalog of videos, that I see from this video, I can see were are totally in agreement with the points you made here. Finally someone on youtube, who isn't just talking out their ass. Spending 5 years at google or something and think they know everything. This is very correct and solid, what you are saying in this video. Shows a lot of real experience, in my opinion.

Thanks for your advice! Love your videos. 🇮🇳

MORE SUCH VIDEOS PLEASE!

Thanks man

A lot of places are interested in free interns. If you are about to graduate within a year it can help to intern at a company for a few months for free and if you perform well they will more than likely hire you. When it comes to engineering, free interns are not normal and usually they get paid like 75% of the normal wage. Also it is important to talk to people in college that know people or even get on campus internships. I am blown away by how many people I meet in classes that have 0 attachments to their resume for future jobs.

@pharynx007

Жыл бұрын

i made 26/hr at my internship over the summer, which was the highest paid internship in my cohort (people graduating the same year as i am) at school. some made as little as 18/hr, for engineering internships. in the US, unpaid internships are illegal, unless they are a direct benefit to the intern as more than just job experience. if the internship is to just get job experience they have to pay you, or they're breaking the law. though, i bet a lot of places try to spin their internships as a direct benefit to get out of paying their workers.

@pneumantic6297

Жыл бұрын

@@pharynx007 there are things within law that are allowed. An unpaid internship is considered a volunteer op, which is legal in a good amount of states. They are not considered employees. Why someone may want it is if they are getting absolutely 0 bites. Sometimes people take a break for some time after college and are put in an odd spot or the location they are at expects higher standards. Yes you could move but people working like 10 hours a week at a volunteer op shouldn't be shunned. Now if they are exploiting you and making you do heavier loads, thats dangerous on the business because they can't hold a volunteer liable like they can an employee.

Greating from Brazil! That part when you talk about India, I can fell it here in Brazil too. I went to the best university in country, and see my colleges working as IT developers or administrative jobs (I'm not a Computer Engineer). I include myself, cause I work as engineer, but I'm not registrated as one. I try to apply for Engineer careers in industry, but I get no answer at all. Thinking about opnening my own business.

i had an internship last summer, and i'm graduating this year, so unlikely that i'll be getting another internship opportunity (though there is a place that does internship to direct hire that i'll probably be applying for... they *claim* that they only give you an internship if they're going to hire you) i'm pretty sure i could get a job at my internship if they had an opening, i think they liked me well enough, it is just too much out of the way for where i live, so i would definitely have to move, and i don't really want to do that. one more piece of advice i got though, is consider other fields, like you mostly need a STEM undergrad degree to get into a niche field like patent attorney. yeah, it is 2-3 more years of schooling, and 2 more big tests to pass. but it could be good money.

ehh. i have friends who are honestly very unskilled (they cant program, work with cad bad and etc.), but they landed the same jobs that we together applied for multiple times even though they lacked more skills, i dont know why. Good for them, but damn i am angry at this corperate structure. Like what else one must do, dance like a jester to be a good peasent? My whole life i study, learn knowledge in my field, even through other means because of interest, but no, it cant just be straight up like that, they need to play with your feelings.

Hey Wissam, love your stuff, especially as a current uAlberta engineering student. I was wondering if you have any advice on how to succeed at an engineering internship? It might make for a good video for students like me who just landed their first internship, but aren't sure what will be expected of them/how to make the most of the oppruntunity.

Weather looks nice, perfect for a coffee and some donuts ☕️ 🍩

Great video! You from Edmonton? So cool didn't know we lived in the same city. What do you think about engineering job market (outside oil) in Canada?

Hey is it better to find internships throughout all of the semesters or should I do them in the summer P.S I'm a Mechanical Engineering student in Florida I'm currently attending a community college and then I'm going to transfer over to usf what do you guys think would be the best plan of action?

There are tons of internships jobs at my campus of OSU

I want to ask this question because no one has replied to my Reddit questions, but “ what’s more valuable a PE or FE ? Or am I good with just my EIT when get my bachelors and what’s difference between a PE and FE ?

@pharynx007

Жыл бұрын

i'm yet to graduate, but i will be shortly. from what i've seen/heard, if you aren't going to go for your PE, it is largely a waste to be an EIT. but also, at least for mechanical engineers, it is less needed generally. if you're working for the government, they want you to be an EIT at least. and if you're going to start your own business, it would be advised to be a PE. i will be getting it, because i don't want my options curtailed. also, it may be worth looking into different state requirements for maintaining licensure. i know some states require like 30 hours a year of continuing education to maintain it, others do not. i'm lucky the state i'm in does not require it, so i can maintain it indefinitely here, and transfer it to any state i need if i move.

Hey man great channel, you really helped me through a time when I was struggling with unemployment during covid. BTW I think an interesting subject to talk about for engineers would be meeting girls lol.

Just graduated with 3.52 cgpa and struggling to land a job. Hopefully I can find job which I like.

@pharynx007

Жыл бұрын

see, i don't care about finding a job i like. i want to find a job with good enough pay, heh. the best i'm looking for is: a job i can tolerate i'll be graduating this year, with ***hopefully*** a 3.7 cGPA... i have 4 classes left.

what jobs and employment opportunities can you explore with a mechanical engineering degree?

@pharynx007

Жыл бұрын

i'm about to graduate as a mechanical engineer, in the US, there are three different professional engineering certificates you can get, you can also go into law and be a patent attorney, but most jobs don't require professional licensure. mechanical engineering has one of the broadest scopes available for engineers, for types of jobs you could get into. from construction, to designing spacecraft. there are a lot of more niche engineering degrees that kind of fall under the mechanical engineer scope, that you could potentially get a job as, without the niche degree. i did a project management internship, which is basically just doing excel and word documents, and finding contractors to do the work. but you could also be directly involved in the manufacturing of parts, or just doing the design for them. so, mechanical engineers i feel, have a vast array of opportunities, but we're also one of the more common engineers, heh.

Hello Brasil 🇧🇷

I wish I could go back and change my profession 😢😢

Do you think it's worth putting a Barista job in a resume? (3rd yr Mechanical Aerospace double major)

@jakob.conrad

Жыл бұрын

As a 3rd year, I wouldn’t unless you don’t have other, more relevant things to put on. It’s sort of a low-priority inclusion, but fill up your page with it if you have to

@kushidnani9599

Жыл бұрын

@@jakob.conrad thanks for the info. I am able to cover my page without it, but was just wondering if it'd add a lot of value or something idk

@JP-fv1id

Жыл бұрын

That doesn't make any sense

What to do if I am not fast learner?

@fenrir834

Жыл бұрын

trust me you can change that, i used to be a slow learner, but practice has made me a medium paced learner

Another thing I really wanted to add because I think you have a great crowd and I love watching your videos, but seriously I went to university was taught thermodynamics and measurements & instrumentation… learn that professors are horrible don’t teach at all literally didn’t learn had to be up all night and took an online class next semester and realized that professors who teach online are better off due to fact that even if you get bad professor online they still have to meet the criteria of teaching so I think the in person thing isn’t working for some people. Every since Covid. So I did my research because I really don’t see myself going back to get my degree in person I rather go to ASU or alabama where mechanical engineering is taught fully online and it just works better for me do to the fact that I can work full time as well and not be stuck at some dumb university not being taught. It really does suck that we pay all this money and show up to class and the professors show up and just read off PowerPoints and don’t answer question for students and don’t really help you when you ask for help rather than online they have to meet a criteria of providing more material to really teach you.

I am not from India

what happened to your channel ?

@WissamSeif

Жыл бұрын

It's back!!

Click link below

I was kind of expecting this video to be an outlook of what the current job market is looking like with all the recent layoffs but this was kind of motivating. Thank you