CEA - Making Civil Engineering Practical for the World

13/11/2021 20 min Episodio 108

Listen "CEA - Making Civil Engineering Practical for the World"

Episode Synopsis

This week, YouTube superstar Grady Hillhouse from Practical Engineering jumps on the show! Grady is a geography college graduate, turned professional civil engineer, turned successful content creator with way more than 1+ million views per video. Yeah…what a journey! Tune in to learn about his engineering background, how he started the channel as a hobby, and much more!
What You’ll Learn:

From Geography to Civil Engineering: Grady’s Unusual Path into the Field
The Importance of Geotech Classes―Regardless of Your Area of Expertise
The Biggest Value of an Engineering Degree Most Engineers Don’t Recognize
Grady's Studying Habit on Sunday Mornings That Helped Him Pass the PE Exam
How His Desire to Learn Woodworking Skills Got His Channel Started
How He Scaled His Famous YouTube Channel as a Side Project After Work
The Power of Feedback to Improve Yourself in Whatever You Do
How to Balance Technical and Comprehensive Content for a Large Audience
Grady’s Top Tips for Those Who Also Want to Start Something of Their Own
Creative and Illustration Resources That Helped Him With His Channel
How the 100-Year-Old American Civil Engineer’s Handbook Can Help You Today
A Surprising Announcement by Grady for 2022

Our Partner:
School of PE - http://www.civilengineeringacademy.com/sope
Resources Mentioned:
CEA Facebook Community - https://ceacommunity.com
Engineer to Entrepreneur - https://engineer2entrepreneur.net
Practical Engineering Website - https://practical.engineering
Practical Engineering YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel
What Really Happened During the Texas Power Grid Outage? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08mwXICY4JM
How Do Sinkholes Form? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-DVIQPqS8E
Edward Tufte - https://www.edwardtufte.com
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Edward Tufte - amzn.to/3wACGh4
David Macaulay - https://davidmacaulay.com
Underground, by David Macaulay - amzn.to/3qqJ0Xz
CEA Website - https://civilengineeringacademy.com
The Ultimate Civil PE Review Course - https://civilpereviewcourse.com
CEA Newsletter - https://civilengineeringacademy.com/join-our-newsletter
Reach out to Isaac - [email protected]

More episodes of the podcast The Civil Engineering Academy Podcast