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I am going back to school at 44. I am taking 13 credit hours this Spiring and that sounds like a lot.

I would say taking 18 college credit hours is insane. I know for me it is. I would be put into a straight jacket and in asylum if I even attempted it. This one complete lunatic that wrote on reddit took 28 credit hours. How in God's name he did it I have no clue. Type it in a Google search and will find it quickly.

In the fall of 2025 I am taking Data Structures I, Discrete Structures I, and Introduction to Advanced Mathematics. In the spring of 2026 I am taking Introduction to Digital Design, Advanced Calculus I, and Discrete Structures II. Both of those semesters are only 10 hours but them 3 classes are very challenging. In the Spring of 2025 I am taking Introduction to Programming, Linear Algebra, Art Appreciation, and Magic, Witchcraft and Religion. So 13 hours and 4 classes.

12 credit hours is also full-time and should be in the light load category.

LOL there's a think called syllabus there you can see all the courses you will take it's public god just check what you'll study

The audio echo sounds soooooo bad 😢

To finish this video's thought calculations on the 40 hour workweek and hourly wage: 52 week / 1 year x 40 hour / 1 week = 2160 hour / 1 year $35,000 / 1 year x 1 year / 2160 hour = $35,000 / 2160 hour = ~$16.20 / 1 hour But "Full-Time" is ambiguous as it is a Range. The absolute minimum hours to be considered full-time is outlined by the IRS which sets the standard at at least 130 hours per month (~30hrs 10min per week). The average full-time employee in the US works 1,892 hours per year (36hrs 24min per week). Of course, there is no upper limit to what a Full-time could entail only that anything over 44 hours a week is overtime. **1892 hour per year average:** 1892 hour / 1 year $35,000 / 1 year x 1 year / 1892 hour = $35,000 / 1892 hour = ~$18.50 / 1 hour **Best case with minimum hours as Full-Time:** 130 hour / 1 month x 12 month / 1 year = 1560 hour / 1 year $35,000 / 1 year x 1 year / 1560 hour = $35,000 / 1560 hour = ~$22.43 / 1 hour

Omw to EE now

That posting is likely a scam

If engineers understood what their drawings became i could respect this. I've been in engineering explaining why it can't happen the way they planned on the computer and it freezes their brain.

Everything that is of value, including degrees, are hard. So it is pointless to compare. hehe

Business major harder than both of them combined

Yes, fix your hair before the job fair, get the job, then see if your new company is woke enough to allow snowflakes with pink hair to work there. If so, great. If not, don't dye your hair stupid colors and keep your job.

The audio is awful. Crackling feedback sounds. Makes it hard to listen.

Why does this sound like garbage? Not sure how you expect anybody to sit through this. I lasted 30 seconds.

Wanted to listen but can't

Sounds like you may be feeding line-level audio into a mic-level input.

Fix your audio

Hey, can you post your full podcast episodes to youtube?

Dans doing great im sorry

Sweatshop not a company.

"Engineer - a person who gets excited about things that no one else cares about" - Interesting Engineering Engineers take the things that no one else cares about to solve the problems of the world and create things that people do care about. - Doug Hohulin "85% of economic growth was attributed to technological change in the period 1890 to 1950. ... almost all economic growth in the last 120-plus years was from technology." -Byron Reese "I think we're going to live in a world where there are going to be hundreds of millions, billions of different AI agents. Eventually probably more AI agents than there are people in the world" - Mark Zuckerberg It will be interesting to see what problems of the world can be solved by Engineers using AI to solve them.

I got a BSEE at Purdue and even though I had a 5.66 GPT (Purdue graded on a logarithmic 6 point scale - the logarithmic is a joke but the 6 point scale is not) there were many times I thought about switching majors before graduating. I was in a Co-op program that really helped me. After working for 7 years in engineering, I did a lot more bus dev and strategy work. I am now working on AI projects “When the AI System Has to Be Right" AI in Regulation/Governance/Policy, Healthcare, Road Safety/AV, Education and Energy. My recommendation to engineering students is to leverage AI to help with the theory, also find study groups to help you work together on tough problems.

Simple. Engineering school is very demanding.

My granddaughter is starting her senior year at UMich College of Engineering majoring in chemical engineering and is carrying a 3.875 GPA. So I guess she is doing really, really, really, Really good if a 3.75 GPA gets 3 really goods. BTW, her only non "A" grades were "B's" in organic chemistry. And she won a full ride tuition and all other costs scholarship. Will be laving Ann Arbor with no school debt.

Nice Video

The audio here is scratchy. Just a heads up.

The company should know this is going to eventually get out that the new guy is making more. It's not new guys fault, but the company is really opening up a can of worms with this.

Hey, whats your opinion on engineering technician programs, they are usually 2 year programs.

Great video

That’s a good idea, the only thing I would suggest is keep the intro call to 2-5 minutes. If your industry is that niche and you are a high demand professional, you could be spending hours completing these calls during, what sounds like, time outside of your current occupation. If you had 6 calls in a week or even 10 a month, that’s 5-10 hours in a month completing these calls and then having to serve as a consultant. However, if you’re just getting into consulting, I highly recommend this approach to attract new clients. Also, ensure that you have a good contract or terms for payment when you do ask for payment as a consultant.

I'm in Mechatronics and to advice a person not to do Mechatronic Engineering is an ignorance of the future industry.

i quit after 3 hours. nope.

Mechanic and mechanic

The problem is companies not keeping their promises!!!

I quit at day 2

Unfortunately most companies only stick to the pay structure that the BOD approves. So I’m in my 6th year and I just found out that a 1 year employee is making more than me. I have many years of experience before this job, and she is about 30 years younger than me. The company doesn’t really care how good you are at your job, only that your pay stays within the min and max. Good points made in the video as well.

Pros of electrician: 1 less time in school=less student debt 2 work outside jobs Cons of electrician 1 you must be flexible to work at ANYTIME (day or night/rain or shine) 2 VERY DANGEROUS (electrocuted) 3 cannot be afraid of heights Pros of electrical engineer 1 create new products using electricity components 2 structured work/life balance (40 hour work week with weekends off) 3 once you pass your NCEES FE and PE exams you can put "electrical engineer" on your resume for life 4 very good salary Cons of electrical engineer 1 rigorous courses (calculus, physics, engineering math) 2 little time enjoying college life due to courses (homework overload, group lab projects, networking, internships) 3 rigorous NCEES FE and PE exams 4 you MAY fail calculus series ONCE 5 Freshman and sophomore years are "weeder courses" to see who can handle rigorous engineering classes

Audio is cut for this one on RUclips! I've got to say I really appreciate all the information you've packed into these

Charlie kirk, swing and miss on this. He may have had a point with humanities and liberal arts degrees, however engineering is another level. Civil engineers need the full 3 years minimum and more industry experience to be effective, other engineering disciples like chemical and electronical more so.

"Blue collar to white collar... SOME ADVICE" is a good title as well. you want to make your titles a little more simple and clear to understand. it will help drive more traffic to the videos unfortunately, the titles matter just as much as the content, even if the content is really good and thought out. I only found this video because I searched up "things i wish i knew before my white collar job" which is more specific. then blue collar to white collar transition

I've been going through it lately. I have achieved transfer requirements to get into a University's EE program, but backed out of it because I don't feel ready. My calculus and physics skills are lackluster, and I don't love programming. A part of me thinks a trade with the hands-on nature of it may be better suited for me. However, this has been my goal for so long that I remain in this state of limbo.

When I was in college there were well known "gate courses" which were intended to weed out the weakest students. It was like an evolutionary survival of the fittest. But if you survived they did not try to fail you in senior year. You still had to work hard, but if you passed the gate courses you should be able to make it. - AE88, Georgia Tech.

i feel like i could have gotten through it in 3 yrs but long term retainage of material would be horrible. that being said, if we specialized the degrees further ie mechanical engineer only do structural or thermo then it’d be possible

Engineering is tough and not so well rewarded, you'll acheive little more than an average salary for great deal of hard work. ALSO, once graduated you really can't share your knowledge with friends & family because they don't understand what you know! ... unlike say philosophy, english, business studies which most people can identify with ... Engineering is a introvert's career, where personal satifaction is a lonely pursuit.

The audio is mono. :/

Howdy. Yes. I would like to mention another possibility. Somewhere along the line students may realise the job security is below average in engineering, though good engineers may make six figres. Regards.

I am a boomer now retired. In our day, we had much more job stability and layoffs were less common. I lasted 20 years at my 1st company. Nowadays, if the company has a bad quarter, and management is afraid of telling wall street for their own survival, they prepare a 'cost reduction plan' as a response. I agree with this young man. If the company cannot provide job stability, you have to provide your own stability...and that means taking risks and new opportunities when they become available to you. The company has gone 100% financial, so you should too.

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What?!?!