Why I Studied Mechanical & Not Software Engineering

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My major when applying to universities was not Mechanical Engineering, so I want to share with all of you why, how, and when I switched. I know how hard and scary it can be to decide on a major when the future is full of uncertainty. My goal with this video is to help anyone of you struggling to pick the right engineering major or major in general better navigate the decision making process and pick a major you won't ever regret. Timestamps are provided below.

===Essential Books for Mechanical Engineers ===

===My Favorite CAD Books ===

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:24 My Major Before Switching
01:38 Why did I Choose Engineering
02:53 When, How, and Why I Switched to Mechanical Engineering
05:26 Ekster Wallets
06:51 Why was it So Hard for Me to Switch Majors?
08:00 Tips & Lessons that I Learned for Picking Major
08:18 Tip #1
09:18 Tip #2
09:41 Tip #3
10:15 Tip #4
10:37 Conclusion

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[lingyang_senpai]

It's like the youtube algorithm knows what I'm going through when it recommeded this video to me. Biomedical Engineering graduate here. I completed my bachelors last year and I've been working with an Agritech company for about a year now. The thing that's wrong in the engineering space is that most students fail to analyse the program they chose and the effects it has on job oppotunities and oulook. I'm a victim of this situation. I went into biomedical engineering because being able to design medical devices was the motivation but I later realised in my third year that mechatronics and mechanical engineers can do the same thing and they are not limited to the medical field. I'm planning on doing my masters in either mechanical engineering or mechatronics. Thanks for the awesome video❤

[plaidsnails]

After a whole year of graduating with a bachelor's in computer science and working for a small tech company, I never thought I'd want to go back to school for mechanical engineering... I hate sitting in a office all day typing away.

[actraveler]

I agree. CS is it’s own world which I do not consider engineer, however now I work as a firmware engineer-filling a position for our company. You can’t go wrong getting a ME degree

[LaCarteRouge]

i think the most important thing is realizing that you should have a job lined up upon graduating (or at least have some kind of career plan). i feel like many college freshmen, myself included, didn't realize this until junior year-ish. things go smoother the earlier you realize this imo.

[XXXI]

I like having full control over whatever it is I'm working on so I chose CS. I don't know how chemical plants, solar panels, or hvacr systems are designed, built or work on a practical level and frankly I don't care, but I know how the software that controls them works, so all the Chemical, Electrical and even Mechanical engineers are kinda stuck without me configuring and setting the software for them to use lol, which really surprised me cos I'd think given their "baseline knowledge" of every field and super high stem aptitudes they'd pickup programming like it's nothing, but no, they actually struggle a bit and are handicapped when it comes to code, they'd create weird and unnecessarily complex things to bypass the software designed to make their work easier, but it just goes to show that all stem fields are important, don't know why CS is looked down upon, especially by mechanical and electrical engineers even though we literally do the same introductory maths, physics and chemistry first year plus a number of other "weeding" out courses (must be the whole "board certification" thing), which is funny cos the entire world is owned and run by software engineers. Anyways my point is it all comes down to the role you want to play and how you wanna play it (I like showing up, getting the job done and showing out, leaving someone competent enough to keep things running in charge while I take on the next project).

[iequalasian]

Yeah, I did the same thing kinda. Instead of switching, I did the double major of biomedical and mechanical engineering. Comparing the two curriculums, the bme degree was so painfully general. You don’t develop the fundamentals you need to succeed in medical device engineering where I’m working in rn. If you’re bme, you gotta work so much harder. Most end up in quality or some other field that’s not R&D

[williez]

Just curious, what's wrong with computer engineering job security?

[miraihibinomasterred]

Any tips for people who want construction in mathes?

[mayonnaise-rffb]

here is the the thing
I'm a preparatory year student (engineering in my country has the first year to be just preparatory and we choose our major in the second which makes college a total of 5 years generally)
I joined the formula student racing team of my university and currently under an internship to be part of the team
I first joined engineering to be an electrical engineer but then found mechanical interesting
my knowledge in mechanical now is alot more than electrical but in a month I have to choose between them
the thing is electrical wasn't my dream I wanted to study CS but I couldn't take the right decision because my parents interfered in my decision
thinking again I prefer ME or EE cause I like materials and cads now
amd my knowledge in CS in sooo little comparing to the other two
I'm thinking of choosing mechanical but the field I want to work in is F1
I know I don't make any sense but I just can't choose
so I will take a course related to electrical and try to choose
but my head is romanticising mechanical right now

[giahuynguyen]

please talk about Difficulties when studying mechanical engineering

[exposedthat]

you work in boston or a college student there?

[josueclimaco]

I did Industrial Engineering. I seen this video too late 😅

[justatheory]

Computer engineering major with a minor in Mechanical. Still hope?

[moin]

Sir what's your opinion on Automotive Engineering degree? I mean it is basically mechanical engineering just with specialized focus on vehicles?

[world]

Can you please say how much you get paid annually, if your okay with saying 😊

[HouseTre]

This was our little dirty little secret!

[starthatflies]

(Please help, I don’t have much time)
Hello, I got Mechanical Engineering at the best University in our country. But my interest was always in CS. I lost the best option for Cs, now I can go for Software Engineering at a lower ranked University. What should I do?

[zweiwing]

My parent never wish me to major anything at all. My mother passed away due the Lung Cancer.

[perizydal]

Imagine if the Mech Eng faculty hired the uber driver to boost their enrolments lmao

[Diloshan]

Will choosing mechanical engineering over civil engineering be rewarding for me at Australia?😢😢