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In this weekly episode, Daniel rambles about:
This week in: LinkedIn Lunatics
1. Every cliche LinkedIn post ever
2. LinkedIn Major poster bites the dust?
Original story
General
3. I am in a new position as a project manager for my company. What advice would you give to someone to quickly train themselves on a subject so they have a basic understanding of things?
4. Why do projects take so long IRL
5. What industrial engineer do in construction domain?
6. Unpopular opinion: Highly selective schools admit the best writers, not the best students.
7. Engineers Without a degree....I have some questions for you....
8. First job, should I negotiate the salary?
9. Denied job because I called myself an EIT, asked for feedback and was told "if you have all the requirements, that wouldn't be training anymore"
10. Is it appropriate to ask for a wage increase for an internship after the offer?
11. I’m at my wit’s end
12. People who went to mediocre or low rank school, were you successful after?
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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 Consulting and Construction 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/0Pclog68AY1ArXm5PiApCX?si=KbqFimdQT6iK3Os2G4Jnkg&utm_source=copy-link
To submit your question, email [email protected]
Support the podcast:
Top tier supporters - shout out each episode of the month for $10 monthly donation.
Monthly supporters - shout out first episode of each month with a $5 donation.
In this weekly episode, Daniel rambles about:
This week in: LinkedIn Lunatics
1. Every cliche LinkedIn post ever
2. LinkedIn Major poster bites the dust?
Original story
General
3. I am in a new position as a project manager for my company. What advice would you give to someone to quickly train themselves on a subject so they have a basic understanding of things?
4. Why do projects take so long IRL
5. What industrial engineer do in construction domain?
6. Unpopular opinion: Highly selective schools admit the best writers, not the best students.
7. Engineers Without a degree....I have some questions for you....
8. First job, should I negotiate the salary?
9. Denied job because I called myself an EIT, asked for feedback and was told "if you have all the requirements, that wouldn't be training anymore"
10. Is it appropriate to ask for a wage increase for an internship after the offer?
11. I’m at my wit’s end
12. People who went to mediocre or low rank school, were you successful after?
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 Consulting and Construction 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/0Pclog68AY1ArXm5PiApCX?si=KbqFimdQT6iK3Os2G4Jnkg&utm_source=copy-link
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