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Listen "66 - Why Engineers Hate Their Major; Egos and Memorization in College; Too Old for a Junior Role?"
Episode Synopsis
Listen to this episode if you: are an early career engineer, are contemplating a career change, or just like engineering career stories.
This Week in LinkedIn Lunatics:
1. How absurd is this? (entry level engineering salary of $35k)
College Questions
1. Why do so many engineers seem to hate their major?
2. Ego (in engineering students in college)
3. Today my pre-med friends argued that you can get through engineering through memory alone
4. What did you do to rectify the mistake of getting a BSME?
5. Do you think the average person could get through engineering school?
Career Questions
1. Is majoring in engineering a good investment right now?
2. Will I be too old to get a junior engineering role?
3. Help me understand T&M contracts
4. As a manager of a fully remote IT team what were your strategies on pushing out a team member under you?
5. How to not sound like a total idiot when hiring a civil engineering firm?
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Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Commercial Management in the Engineering and Construction Consulting Industry.
All views expressed on this podcast are his own and do not reflect the opinions or views of his employer.
Music by Maxgotthetracks: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Pclog68AY
This Week in LinkedIn Lunatics:
1. How absurd is this? (entry level engineering salary of $35k)
College Questions
1. Why do so many engineers seem to hate their major?
2. Ego (in engineering students in college)
3. Today my pre-med friends argued that you can get through engineering through memory alone
4. What did you do to rectify the mistake of getting a BSME?
5. Do you think the average person could get through engineering school?
Career Questions
1. Is majoring in engineering a good investment right now?
2. Will I be too old to get a junior engineering role?
3. Help me understand T&M contracts
4. As a manager of a fully remote IT team what were your strategies on pushing out a team member under you?
5. How to not sound like a total idiot when hiring a civil engineering firm?
Don't miss a blog post or a podcast episode, subscribe to my newsletter on www.ENGRingSuccess.com
Support the on podcast on Spotify or on Patreon:
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/engineering-success (preferred)
https://www.patreon.com/ENGRingSuccess
Top tier supporters - shout out each episode of the month for $10 monthly donation.
Follow along on all social medias: https://engringsuccess.com/link-in-bio/
To submit your question, email [email protected]
Subscribe on YouTube to watch short excerpts of podcast episodes addressing specific topics: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj86alc3a7_A_PibgYpkWFg
Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Commercial Management in the Engineering and Construction Consulting Industry.
All views expressed on this podcast are his own and do not reflect the opinions or views of his employer.
Music by Maxgotthetracks: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Pclog68AY
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