How To Become An Engineer: Crash Course Engineering #45

Hopefully this course has gotten you excited about all the things we can do with engineering. If so, today we’re going to try to help you answer a very important question: how do you become an engineer? What are the steps? What kinds of careers can you pursue?

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[zhubajie]

😭No not the end! As a retired engineer, I am jealous of the future young engineers will get to develop. Good luck to all. I was inspired by watching the Apollo rockets to the moon from my doorstep. I was a thermal/fluid engineer in a lot of different fields. I hope that your generation will go on to inspire others!

[BlueyMcPhluey]

how to become an engineer in 3 steps:

1) study maths
2) study maths
3) study maths

[Lukerson]

How to become an engineer: study. A lot. Like really.

[TheKukulkan]

As a structural engineer I keep telling my kids not to study engineering because of all the hard work and little said, they both are ignoring me. I can't be more proud.

[Sasa-lelo]

When I was in middle school I wanted to be an industrial engineer, things changed and even with my high grades I decided to be a translator.. I love science and literature and languages and philosophy so I chose translation to learn lots of things and educate myself first and my people.. I hope I’ll do amazing job and being grateful for this decision.

[gibranhenriquedesouza]

Before changing the world, I need to change myself.

[pascuionut]

I am a production engineer in a factory that manufactures unique pieces for big machines and I can safely say no day is the same. Also, half of my problems are solved by basic trigonometry and geometry, learn them..it really helps in engineering.

[davidrobinson]

9 minute video "How to Become an Engineer"
First 7:30 minutes: "here's some engineering jobs"
Last 1:30 minutes: "study math and computer programming, good luck"

[Lit-E]

To become an engineer, know your math and science, you can choose a theoretical approach to engineering or take a more hands on approach. Process of any engineering discipline is research (find new ways to improve and solve problems), design (focus on the core idea and details of product), analytical (analyze the design and use math to build model), experimental (develop prototypes to test in environment), testing (checks the final product) and manufacturing (uses techniques to develop an efficient product). Good stuff!

[alexp]

Recommendations for become a engineer from a chemical engineer at a fortune 500 company:

Get internships EVERY summer! Don't be afraid of co-ops, the experience you get is worth delaying graduation!

Learn to code in an engineering language and VBA for excel macros.

Learn how to work with diverse groups of people. This is most important for career advancement.

Study, practice, and teach others to cement understanding.

[criskity]

First learn math, physics, chemistry, and biology. Then study engineering.

[lucaslopez]

This is really cool, I really want to be a chemical engineer. Engineers are the ones who push us towards the future!

[BrainGainzOfficial]

At my University there are hundreds of freshman engineering majors, but only a few dozen seniors LOL. Same with computer science. So if you're a freshman engineering major and aren't willing to sacrifice sleep and social life, then go ahead and change your major now.

[jenna.livingston]

My personal method:
1. sleep
2. study
3.take exams
4.cry
5. eat my feelings
6. repeat
Works every time 👍

[noalear]

To all of the future engineers: Learn CAD. It will take you far in almost every field.

[steverocksyo]

Take calculus, physics, computers and chemistry.
If you are a fan of rinsing and repeating a few more times, then you can probably become an engineer.

[SanctuaryReintegrate]

Engineering is cool and all, but I like to get up close and very personal with the engineering I work on. That's why I'm a technician. I am the brawn to the engineers' brains. Not as well educated on paper, but nearly just as knowledgeable in a practical sense.

[alexfido]

Ah lovely to see you talking about CFD and FEA in such a jovial way, as if it's not a tedious nightmare which is the bane of my life.

[daniellaarroyo]

I am in Junior Highschool and i want to be an engineer someday but the problem is i am not good at math that much but i keep studying it for a successful future. Wish me luck haha

[engibear]

*So, to become an engineer, first you need to get a job in the oil fields of Alaska, putting pipelines together in the freezing cold with your bare hands while building robot mechs in your spare time. Then, you need to get into university using the prize money you won off your co-workers fighting in the robot mechs. After you get your degree, you must offer an antique slide rule as a burnt offering on your own handmade wooden altar atop the tallest building on the university's campus. Then, you need to build and program a robotic replica of yourself to take your place in society for a few years as you make a pilgrimage on foot to the birthplace of Archimedes.*

*Then you need to get some documented experience and pass some tests and fill out some forms and you're done!*