Why I Left Engineering

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[Navvye]

This is actually pretty common in India as well, some people ik go to IIT ( which is ridiculously hard to get into) and then pursue an MBA from other universities such as IIM

[stellarsunny]

I love the honesty in your videos. I think our personalities are pretty similar and so feel your "I love people". I think I would do better in the business approach as well and while I am still thinking of attending Caltech for CS, I think I might be better off at a more practical uni.

[olivertu]

Happy for you. I went to med school after getting my ChemE degree in the 90s. No regret. You will do well anywhere.

[mrbzliteyear]

At USC, we called the engineering students - “pre-business” majors & they usually don’t get it at first, but then eventually learn why it’s true.

[live-xdhv]

I totally agree with you on this one, you made a good choice and put yourself first in this world on superficial matters. Personal values comes first, mindset is everything that makes your foundations.

[briantliao]

Thank you for sharing. Internships are a good way to find out what you like and dislike so it helpful you found out early in your career! Your plan seems solid and best of luck!

[pranavangadi]

This is so cool! I have been watching your videos and I had this exact question on why you took on consulting after going through such a difficult degree like ChemE. Now it makes sense. Fulfillment is key.

[ChemEngWeekly]

A very honest video, but it definitely shows the versatility of the ChemEng degree! Good job 👏

[angelphalane]

Hey wAmy!
If hadn't come across your video about what a consultant really does I honestly wouldn't have thought of it as a possible career option.
I'm currently a junior doing ChemE.
I have now joined my university's consulting club so that I can learn more about it.

Thank you so much!

[LearningAndGrowingInLife]

Another role I see trending among consultants is the Product Manager role. Entrepreneurial, engaging, making impact, no very repetitive, good work life balance.

[SubjectivelyTrue]

What got you interested in ChemE? Was there a certain industry that appealed to you?

-chem major who thought they were going into the cannabis industry, but ended up doing medical diagnostics

[ShoTime]

All these insanely smart people who have an engineering degree are leaving. And here I am just starting my journey into engineering but couldn't pass Calc 2... hahah

[anshdeep]

This was really nice video❤, I would say you basically trying to collaborated your science knowledge and your people skills .
This kinda clear my doubt about MBA, I always thought that MBA was completely unrelated to Engineering, it's nice to see this perspective.

[chukchee]

The heisenberg uncertainty principle applied to real life. The more you try to predict and establish your future, the less likely you will do so.

[junkurera]

Oh my goodness. Thank you so so much for this video. U have no idea how wide u have opened my eyes haha. Really helped me alot!

[salapao]

Hi Amy, thank you sm for this video! I resonate with you a lot. My bachelors degree is in biology and my work experiences has only been lab and research based. I just started a full time job in the lab and because of the same reasons as you (i feel like my impact easily goes unnoticeable even though it is important; the work is repetitive; i don’t know if i want to investigate one thing super deeply for years and years), now im wondering what other careers or jobs are out there. I’m kind of scared that if I try out consulting or the less STEM jobs, i wouldn’t be able to return to the STEM career or a phd. Do you have any advice on how to plan a career change so that you’re not closing any doors? Or how to overcome this fear? Thank you again for this video! I just found your channel through a video about how to increase your focus. A half an hour later and now i’m here :)

[TCXGamer]

what is more visible impact than seeing your work on a plant ..

[kaanishavarunika]

I get new insight from your every video

[harvrindrsingh]

Like always your videos are very informative 👌 best

[DarkHorizon]

This is an interesting video. It sounded there was a pro academic vibe going about. But it is good you picked up some business skills. I come from an academic family also and I always admired aspects of the business working world and questioned why highly skilled people ended in the backroom working whilst others owned the businesses. I knew a person that started a business and are they are already half way going to become a billionaire. What I noticed the difference from this person and others is that firstly if they are aware of an innovation that can make more money they will do something about it whilst others will continue with that is already done, I guess this requires self-motivation. Second they had little embarrassment and little self conscious nature. They had the courage to try to get a big business deal without fear of rejection or looking stupid. Trump is a great example so many people are critical of him in the media and joke about him but he doesn't mind he plays off it to further his cause. An average person would be already too stressed from all that criticism to continue. Thirdly they were willing to push the rules of things. This is related to the second point, self conscious people are more adverse to pushing the rules or exploring how far they can go. I think academic minded people may learn about the rules too well how to do things that in the end they become afraid of them rules itself. I read something about business people are creative people they are like artist. So if you are afraid of rules, bias, boundaries it will limit your creativity also.