YOUR ENGINEERING DEGREE IS USELESS

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Why is an engineering degree useless?

Have you ever thought if a degree is worth it?

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Totally agree with this! I just graduated with a first in aerospace engineering, and a lot of people in my class also got a 1st class. However, a lot of them can’t find jobs/internships at the moment as they didn’t do a placement, or participate in student led projects like formula student. The job market is really competitive nowadays, so gaining experience is crucial! I also graduated with a first, but I am going up to Sheffield to study my MSc in advanced mechanical engineering as I feel the course there is less about passing exams and more about how to be a professional engineer.

cboaitey

Computer engineering major here got a engineering job out of college, learned embedded on my freetime made cool projects, made my senior design a bit more ambitious than most, joined a cool club to work on satellites (they really cared about that) and got an internship my last summer of college. Also have 0 debt god luck everyone

TonyDaExpert

Yep, this video hits the nail on the head. When you get to that level, the degree is just the ticket to the show, the bit of paper that says "I can apply myself over a period of years and learn quickly". Everyone at that level has a degree, and companies value experience far more than a bit of paper that says you can complete set generic tasks. What will set candidates apart in my experience when interviewing job candidates (I've interviewed and hired people for jobs in the aerospace industry from graduate level to specialist management level) is deep and broad knowledge, not just technically, but also socially, empathically, and the ability to engage the conversation. Show you would be an asset to them and that you wouldn't cause friction. If you don't know an answer, don't try to wing it or BS it, because we know. Immediately. And above all else, ask questions at the end, lots of questions. Not meaningless rubbish about hours or pay, the deep stuff, the personal stuff. Ask the interviewers what they wish they'd known. Ask them about what their experiences are in the company, or ask them about development opportunities in the internship.

onetrickhorse

I feel like an industry ready engineer that can solve problems now, but over time school and university will take this out of me

martinsaviationlife

Im studying mechatronics engineering at university right now and I can honestly say that from my personal experiences I had more connections in college with employers than with my university. I’m literally at uni just so I can get a paper to prove to my employer I can show up consistently they don’t care and definitely look for people with experience. Like I can get a job without this paper right now in engineering but the main problem is becoming a manager as employers want people with degrees or HNDs.

IgorSuwalski

The problem is HR (human retards) and line managers (not circle managers who are smart) just wanting people to walk through the door and hit the ground running, it’s a systemic problem in the UK, although some decent companies do provide training schemes. After my degree I did a one-year workshop training course learning how to weld, use lathes, milling machines, this opened up opportunities for me, financially kinda hard mind. Employers liked the fact I had practical experience and I soon found myself in the design office doing what I wanted to do. I only did my masters in astronautics and space engineering after I’d been working for several years in robotics/automation design, but even then after my MSc stupid HR people kept turning me away because I was a student again, they wanted people with experience which you clearly automatically lose if you go back to university as a mature student. I literally had to set up my own company and provide consultancy services to get my career back, now I'm the senior mechanical engineer designing satellites.
Also engineering is not “solving problems”, engineering is creating, designing and inventing stuff and the problems we encounter on the way, they are just opportunities to learn as we say.
Plus just remember the degree is not useless, your knowledge is not useless, engineering is not useless, it's other people who are useless and generally stupid, you have to find a way around them, all of them, and that my friend might just be the most important leason in engineering, they should teach it at university for sure.

donaldduck

Hey, thanks for the change regarding the text on top!Great vid

impasta

Not really useless as you can apply the principles you learned in summer placements or industrial placements or student projects etc.

BMW

Where can I find reliable information on engineering.

nunyabeezwax

I disagree with your statement about university only teaching you how to answer exam questions. While this is kinda true I feel like thats only part of the picture. Imo uni equips you with the tools youll need to actually be an engineer

DavidSigbi

It's pretty much sums up any degree. I am an engineering graduate who is doing fine

David-wpiw

It kind of is useless, I have the same Aerospace Mechanical Engineer degree. It have served me for only one purpose . . . . . when I mention it ppl say ohh wow!

wigzzborz

I’m about to go into year 13 so once I’m done with what I’ll be at university. What’s the hotspot online for looking at these internships and when would you recommend looking at them to an a level student like me?

sadikurrahman