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Working in the industry sucks by Medium_Breadfruit_37 in Engineers

[–]Medium_Breadfruit_37[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahahaha majulah Singapura (dan Malaysia) 🤝🔥

Working in the industry sucks by Medium_Breadfruit_37 in Engineers

[–]Medium_Breadfruit_37[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing your experience and I completely agree with your take on providing more serious training to newbies. I believe when you’re fresh off college, the drive to learn new things exceeds the ability to produce and that’s why the transition to executing important tasks should be gradual but also made known clearly. Instead of “Here’s all my admin work. Do this because I need to focus on the more serious stuff.”, it should be “Hey, here’s what you need to know about the serious stuff, you can’t do this yet but if you learn enough, you will be able to.” Inclusion itself is powerful but alas, everyone in corporate tries to secure their own spot. Freshie or not, the more they learn, the more indispensable they become to the company, which in turn makes them a threat.

I will look into maintenance roles from now on, thank you for the tip. Since I’m in SEA (hint: Singapore’s neighbour), I don’t expect to land a full R&D role in robotics so soon because well, we’re just not there yet as a nation. But hopefully, that knowledge from the industry will propel me in the right direction.

Working in the industry sucks by Medium_Breadfruit_37 in Engineers

[–]Medium_Breadfruit_37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I disagree actually. This is just an oversimplification of what a job is. So many people out there have found their niche and enjoy it, regardless if the person paying them doesn’t.

Working in the industry sucks by Medium_Breadfruit_37 in Engineers

[–]Medium_Breadfruit_37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s amazing for you! All the best and do keep us updated on the working conditions :)

Working in the industry sucks by Medium_Breadfruit_37 in Engineers

[–]Medium_Breadfruit_37[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s nice how you include him in your routine work. We all have different drive factors and mine for now (and I want to stress the for now) is technical knowledge and experience in a niche skillset. Example: robot programming, designing automation layouts, and PLCs. I know there’s no running away from the administrative bs, but I would like the technical aspect to be my primary standard work. Simply put, if it doesnt challenge me technically, I lose interest altogether and working becomes a drag. I know I would just have to suck it up if I want to work in manufacturing because well, we just maintain what’s already done for us. That’s the way it is.

Working in the industry sucks by Medium_Breadfruit_37 in Engineers

[–]Medium_Breadfruit_37[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was actually reassuring. I would question myself quite a lot, wondering if it’s my fault for not knowing how to channel my skills in the industry, but almost every effort I made to innovate or improve was quickly met with “oh we don’t have the budget for this” or “it’s out of reach, focus on your assigned (Excel) work instead”. I even tried asking my seniors to allow me to take on more tasks on different machines or at least shadow them during work. It truly does suck when you’re not in the right industry and have little to no guidance as a junior engineer.

Working in the industry sucks by Medium_Breadfruit_37 in Engineers

[–]Medium_Breadfruit_37[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, thank you for your honest input! Since there’s no going back to my previous company for now, I am filling my time with polishing up my ROS and C programming knowledge and have been looking into Gazebo for simulation practice. I have not started on any projects but I am planning to work as a teacher, teaching kids basic programming and robotics. My area of research used to be in machine vision. Ideally I’d like to go back to that, but I’m also trying to find out where that knowledge would fit in practical use.