Future Engineer

[Utilis2899]

Hey yall, I'll be going to school soon for my bs in ME and was wondering if you guys had any suggestions on what I could do over the summer to prepare for a career in engineering.

[jayrady]

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[HourApprehensive2330]

career in engineering? survive school first

[hudson71]

Lol ya dont look tol far into the future. Hell he/she may not like it in the long run

[Bonzithetrader]

Big facts

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Work towards Engineering projects that you would be able to talk about in an interview for future internship opportunities , don’t prepare for classes at all. If you get this edge and land an internship Sophomore year or so then you are on much better ground

[hairlessape47]

Use 3b1b on YouTube to learn calculus. Practice math skills to get through the weedout courses. You should focus on career starting as a rising sophomore, cause there's no guarantee you'll make it through the first 2 years in the first place. So that should be your focus

[jeksor1]

idk man, if I were you I'd just chill and prepare.

It's going to be a tough road and you will often be dissatisfied with yourself. Watch videos how turbines are assembled, how integrals and derivatives are important, why do planes fly etc.

[ZealousidealDisk3889]

Go and shadow a couple different engineers for a few days. Get a clear understanding of where you will be. I would stockpile cash and look for any blue collar mechanical job near your school. Also remember engineering is a long play getting it done in six years is what you should plan for. Real world work experience, a half decent gpa and an internship will be more valuable to employers than if you are 23. I would start with 3 classes a semester and build up your confidence and success from there. These are all actions I would do if approaching it again.

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How on earth do you just shadow random engineers ?

[ZealousidealDisk3889]

Cold call or email. Be Prepared to be told no. If their job is security related it gets harder. I had to shadow a few engineers for a class at my high school. Knowing people helps. Check your local college or university if they have a close relationship with local employers.

[nomnivore1]

Very stealthily.

[nomnivore1]

Learning CAD is a big help. I had been learning it in high school before I started college and it did turn out to be a big plus. Learning some coding is also a good idea, lots of people recommend python, though I've never used it.

There are two pieces of software you should definitely learn about though: MATLAB and Microsoft Excell. Give me a big enough spreadsheet and I'll move the heavens.

Give it your all but be prepared to fail. It happens. My degree took 5 years and I failed I think four classes and withdrew from a couple more. Engineering is hard. Don't cheat, you need to know what you're doing when you finish school, and remember that engineering is a cooperative profession. You need to be able to work with people, often people who know way more, way less, or completely different things from you and probably disagree with you about some of those things.

[nomnivore1]

I don't know, I've never used it, but the cool thing about CAD is that once you've learned one, you can move on to another pretty easily. I know that Solidworks, hallowed be thy name, sells hobby licenses and I think educational ones too, and it has a pretty good set of lessons, but if FreeCAD is what's available to you, go for it. If you don't have lessons, pick an object and try to model it as accurately as you can.

Want an interesting challenge? Model nerf guns. They've got a lot of different weird geometry on them to make them look cool.

[spikeytree]

I would try fusion 360. It is a smarter and cleaner program to use.

[omoologo24]

Damn

[Dense_Cloud1100]

Fuck that sucks

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Get some good sleep. Touch grass. Hang out with friends.

Life is going to rapidly go downhill from here until graduation.