The Traps All Engineering Students Fall Into
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- This video discusses the 8 traps that engineering students can fall into. Timestamps are as follows:
00:00 Intro
00:17 Applying to Jobs with Only a Resume
01:10 Sunk Cost Fallacy
03:01 The Textbook Trap
03:34 Not Making Cheat Sheets
04:03 The Problem Set Solution Trap
06:53 Boxing Yourself
08:29 Learning Only in Class
09:13 The Solo Trap
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My name is Tamer Shaheen and I am a recent mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo, currently working as a Mechanical Design Engineer. I like to make videos about university/college, engineering, and personal development. Thank you so much for watching!!
I’m so mad I didn’t watch these types of videos as a freshman but as a senior/junior.
This is literally most solid advise you can get in 10 min.
Appreciate it :)
Put the playback to 2x and you will twice the density!
I went from a 5% to nearly 20% call back ratio using his project portfolio idea and template, mechanical engineer graduating 25’ (originally 24’) so closer to a junior regarding technical skills.
Thanks for providing us aspiring engineers and even engineering students so much knowledge. Great video btw. Keep up the phenomenal work.
Appreciate it :)
Always appreciate the level-headed videos with no sugar coating.
I’m currently a dual-credit senior and I’m hoping to do Electrical Engineering. I’m so glad I found this channel!
I'm dual-credit as well 😔
Here is a pro tip. DONT
@@user-cy7ny4ou4s Well it's the 5th highest paying college degree, so if you're lucky enough to naturally find it fun then you should absolutely go for it
Why do you say don't? Did something happen?
@@good1742 well if you are really into engineering you might be fine but as soon as the first exams hit you will regret all your life decisions
Well, prepare yourself for pressures.
The problem set solution trap was insightful man, loved the explanation. Will try this with my next assignment !
That boxing yourself tip really is true. Recently I was taken on a trip external from my college (this is in the UK so America’s high school) to visit Oxford University. Once I was there and started speaking to people who were going to apply or who were already students, it made me feel a lot more confident and as though “hey, these people have a lot in common with me, I can probably do that too”. Basically, surround yourself with the type of people you want to become. If you’re smart, don’t sit with a group of idiots, sit with the even smarter people so that you’re the idiot, that’s the only way to improve efficiently, at least in my experience.
Always dropping quality content! Really helpful tips!
May god bless you brother, your content and experience is really valuable!
Man I love your content. You are one of the very few RUclipsrs if not the only youtuber that addresses hardcore engineering students when youtube is flooded with software developer videos. Keep these coming!
Haha appreciate that :)
What you were saying about expanding your box is hilarious cause that’s exactly why I’m watching your videos before I start my first semester this spring.
Your videos just popped up out of nowhere on my fyp and as a incoming college freshmen studying computer engineering, your videos surely did help sink in the fact that this is a field I'm happy with studying regardless of the workload, amazing advice; I'm glad I found your channel prior to entering college in a month, definitely going to keep looking around for any and all advice I can obtain.
These are some of the best videos I've ever watched!! Please keep up the content about how engineering students can succeed!! This is so awesome and inspiring as a high school student. Thank you so much = )
Glad you like it :)
Thanks for the video. First-year Aerospace Engineering. Definitely using your tips, especially the portfolio one
Happy to hear that :)
i don't know what I'd have done without this channel, thanks brother
I'm doing my first year in Electrical engineering. I'm so glad I found this channel. AWESOME CONTENT🔥
Appreciate it :)
Electrical engineering is definitely one of the best disciplines, with the demand for electrical technology. Maintain the pace.
Really great advice! Thanks for your insight
Thanks for making these videos 🤝
This is a really really good video. Thanks man
You inspire me so much. Keep it up with your great contents.
You do a great job on your videos. Keep it up.
keep the videos coming ya waled
Helpful video!👍
Love the recommendation to create your own projects even if you don't have ones from school or other work.
Love the emphasis on focusing on big picture, conceptual ideas too!
Trial and error is definitely your friend, especially if you don't sit in an error for too long.
Excellent piece of advice. Thanks.
Thank you for this! I start at umich next fall in aerospace engineering and I hope this helps!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YIUR VIDEOS
I’m going into meche next year at Cornell, this helps so much!!!
Congrats on your acceptance and I'm happy to help :)
THANKS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT
This is all really great advice nice video!
quality content. good stuff bro keep it up 👍👍👍
Hi, I'm an 13-year-old from Australia, I am truly inspired by your channel, I have always wanted to be a design engineer, and the videos you make really helped out.
Keep it up!
Awesome video thank you!
Good stuff... Keep it up
Respect from Sudan ✌️🇸🇩
Excellent!
I watched few videos and now I'm subscribed
Great video
thanks man this is road map for my future engineering life.
Thanks dude this was so helpful, you helped me realize that I was putting way too much on myself as a first year GOTTA PACE MYSELF LOL
I really enjoy your videos ..from Zambia Africa man 🇿🇲
World all over we have the same experiences
Thanks for this video man 🥺, so inspiring 🤗, and I really love the way you say peace ✌️ 😩🌝
haha thanks
Omg new video🔥🔥🔥
this video is helpful for those in their early years of engineering.
I really like the content you creat! your videos are really helpful!!! I could see an even brighter future for you channel. Please keep going :)
Thanks, I appreciate it :)
Thank you for this.
Great video👍
This is amazing advice
I love this channel, your videos are really helpful to students all over the world! Thank you so much for these amazing videos Tamer! Keep it up!
I’ve been working 3 years full time. This is a great video
I like your vids, thanks
I am about to start electrical engineering in a month so I am on a spree with all your videos.
Great advice
Its been so long since I saw YT video with legit college hacks. Kudos to good work, man!
I have just joined into Engineering (Undergrad). And you are making my beginning much interestingg.
Well said Tamer. A lot of students also forget about taking advantage of their studying institution to work on personal interests.. Instead they end up working on problems/subjects that are selected randomly and without a good criteria. A good home work when doing student projects is thinking of what could actually be beneficial on a personal level so that on the long run you still enjoy what you do while studying a degree.
I wanna be and Aerospace Engineer and this video was cool!!
Respect from Kenya🇰🇪
Great video! I'm currently a second year mechanical engineering student and found this video very helpful. I was wondering what website did you use to upload your portfolio to?
I usually create my portfolio on canva, then I turn it into a PDF. Afterward, I upload my portfolio with my resume when I was applying to jobs.
I'm interested in doing a dual major for mechanical engineering and civil engineering and I'll keep this advise in mind when preparing to enter university this year
As a first year Electronics engineering student, this channel is a gold mine😭🛐
Thank you for saying that :)
Just going back to college to finish my degree though I plan on starting an electrical engineering degree at another college or do an accelerated RN program.
The sunk cost fallacy hits me hard since my degree isn’t the best in terms of jobs prospects but I’m 2 semesters away from graduating, might as well get it done and leverage that degree to finish another agree much faster.
the video definitely brought more value
Kind of an unrelated question: what software or app do you use to write notes in the video- like those digital notes using an iPad…
Love the work you’re doing btw 🌟
I am probably going to med school but I think this info would help also regardless. It almost feels like a how to study for you r future.
Have you thought about biomedical engineering for undergrad? I think this is an incredible path for medical students that more should consider.
Hey tamer wanted to ask if there are any websites or resources you would recommend to work on mechanical design projects or if you can talk more about that in future videos. Love the vids keep it up !!!
Hmm that’s a good question. If you’re looking for mechanical design project ideas, then honestly doing a google search should give u a good starting point. But I’ll work on creating a comprehensive video for you!
Hey, I'm about to start my mech engineering in few months, I've fallen more in love with this field by the way you explain things :) btw..I'm taking an AI and ML course as minor too, I think it'd help in my mech course as nowadays machines involve some ai too. Whats your take on that?will it be doable?
im in grde 10 and started learning code to go into an engineering route. watching this content makes it more and more like a possibility to someday be working in a big company than before as a far off dream.
Yes!! It’s very attainable. Good job on learning how to code on ur own from such a young age. I’m guessing ur interesting in pursuing a career in software engineering?
@@TamerShaheen yeah. In the engineering field because I like to make things. Probably software because that is the future and I can make anything online
@@twangerrrrrr Computer science is such an enormous umbrella field, the demand will never fade. To be honest, the market is lacking a lot of cyber infrastructure.
computer engineering grad here. our primary problem was .. we hat 3 semesters which where so packed with stuff to learn .. we where busy 50-60h a week next to all the in place courses/lectures. which resulted in spreading it or sacrificing all free time for about one and a half years .. in other words .. i added a 9th to the 8 seemesters to get the diploma. (back then in 2008 where diplomas still where a thing)
if you're almost done .. finish it .. if you're in the first 3 semesters .. be sure wether or not it's right .. or totaly wrong for you and go on accordingly
Helpful video, thank you
Video on how to make a portfolio please!
With everything online now, it's very rare to just buy textbooks. Often times its a website that you pay to get both your homework assignments and textbook. So you still kinda have to pay unless you want to literally fail your class.
You're right! without companions it's impossible to achieve a degree in engineering... I am grateful to my comrades without they ... I wondn't be an Electrical engineer!
I'm mechanical engineer, love from India buddy
I'm an engineering student, and yep, everything is correct here.
Actually doable...
Or so you made me believe.
Great video.
6-step process 📝
PLEASE KEEP MAKING THESE ENGINEERING RUclips VIDS I WILL PAY TO LISTEN TO YOUR TIPS
Thanks
as an aerospace undergrad student, would you recommend going to graduate school for a master's?
The only youtube channel that i really hope i subscribed earlier.
Appreciate it :)
what are the projects you can do as an engineering student
I wish I got this video when I started studying
haha better late than never
Damn, I wish we were given problem sets in my uni. 70%+ of my course is done through self-learning with hardly any help. Welcome to UK university.
Do you use any specific website to host your project portfolio?
Hi Tamer,
I don't know which engineering branch I should take, my passion is engineering of cars and bikes, especially the design of the frames and chassis
Go for mechanical!
This video was very well explained, and even as a 8th grade student as of now, I am able to understand everything clearly and prepare for my future.
Happy to hear that :) you have a bright future ahead of you
Wow. I came here expecting things like studying wrong and left with a reflection on life
Im currently a sophomore in high school , should I already be learning the skills, and doing projects to build a good resume for university? Or is it too early
Yo nice vid man, I had a question, the first thing you talked about, making projects early on to add to your resume; so like I'm in first year mechanical, so I can literally like make random like things on solidworks and that can be counted as a project on my resume?
Yes, but it will obviously be better if your project seem useful/well tought/complete.
Just a random catia model without purpose won't help you much.
Yes, but try to design something that's useful. Also, if you can build it as well at your university's machine shop or 3D print it, then that would be great.
@@TamerShaheen Thanks alot for the reply, really appreciate it. So could you gimme a few examples of things I could design and also build in first year in my free time which would be useful in my resumé?
One of the common challenges in engineering is taking those dedicated engineering classes and lacking a few mathematical tools/skills, it's always important to continue learning and practicing math, even if you completed all the math required.
Besides, sometimes it's fun to jump into theoretical/pure mathematics, or learn, practice and review applied mathematics.
1. Not just resume, add project. No project? Look at the most required skills for jobs, learn the skill and do a project on it
2. Don't mind about your past investment. Make decision rationally base on the present moment.
3. Try to pirate as much as possible
4. Do cheat sheet (pretty self explanatory)
5. Learn to give up when you can't solve a problem and surrender yourself to using hint. Learn how to solve it.
6. Don't limit yourself
7. Learn outside of classes.
8. Networking and get some helpful friends
Thanks for the summary 😀
Hi I’m planning on doing mechanical engineering in college, but I was wondering if you think it’ll be beneficial to do a double degree like engineering and business together? Also can mechanical engineers get jobs in specific fields like aerospace or the environment? Thank you so much for creating this great channel, it’s helped me a lot :)
Hi current mech e major, it would be super helpful, lots of companies would appreciate the business aspect of engineering. Lots of skills like communication, project management and others. You can get specific jobs from that degree as it’s very versatile!
You can do a double degree if that’s something u want, but it can be hectic to handle that course load. I don’t see much of a benefit in it since no job requires both as they only require either an engineering degree or a business degree. So it might be better to pick one and focus on it. In addition, if u pursue engineering, u can pursue an MBA after to have some business background. And yes, mechanical engineers can get jobs in specific fields like aerospace and environmental.
Currently getting over the “problem set trap” smh.
From where I can find the projects to put into my resume, because generating new ideas will be difficult.
Just google "engineering projects" or something like that and you'll get ideas
What page can I use to start my portfolio. Can I get the link please. Thank you.
Im really early 😂
Tamer i have an instagram which has all kind of technical posts like: robot arms, programming projects, you know the drill. Instagram has dates on post. would this count as a portfolio or should i link it in my resume
Take the projects from your Instagram account and turn them into a PDF document or a nice website. That will make it way more professional than an Instagram account.
Hi man I In my fourth year in mechanical major and I have no internship experience except for one internship I had before covid but I have the skills like cad modeling and had a good course in hydraulic and pnumatics but lack of internship experience worries me ao much so i am asking you does that affect me getting a proper jop or the recruiter focuses only on the skills
I hope you reply to my comment😓
Having internships definitely helps, but if you don't, then it's okay. Just try to work on personal projects on your own time that you can include in your resume.
@@TamerShaheen so the preferences for the recruiter for the one having more internships?
Bro make videos on how to study calculus
Why this video pop up when im already my 6th semester now 😕 I can confirm this is exactly how i survive engineering until now 😂 For now, im more worried about future job
Better late than never haha 😅
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