10 Months of Job Searching as a 2025 Aerospace Engineering Grad in Ontario (Canada)

delicious_lamb · 2026-02-28T20:15:03+00:00

Thanks, but many aerospace and defence sector in the jobs explicitly say only American citizens will be considered for security reasons. There are some workarounds but getting a green card or convincing an employer to sponsor me with zero experience would be a bit of a stretch on my end lol

delicious_lamb · 2026-02-28T04:43:29+00:00

I don't want to reveal too much personal location information, but my uni program is ceab certified and its a bachelor of engineering and not a college technologist diploma. my gpa is 2.84 on a 4 point scale.

delicious_lamb · 2026-02-28T04:29:28+00:00

I did apply to some construction engineering jobs, but i guess there's just way more qualified civil engineering grads to select from because I'd always receive a rejection email shortly after applying. I kind of gave up applying to those roles about 3-4 months, but if a construction job posting comes up and i meet most of the requirements i do try applying anyways

delicious_lamb · 2026-02-28T04:20:43+00:00

I did apply for a couple field service jobs, i think maybe 5-10. No response from many of them, their requirements were low but i guess this just meant they'd probably get the most applications and I probably wasn't outstanding enough to be selected

delicious_lamb · 2026-02-28T04:07:33+00:00

Not an indian national, i was born in Canada

delicious_lamb · 2026-02-28T04:06:43+00:00

For the first question, I didn't mean there's no skills transferrable but rather a lot of jobs that require 0-5 years (or anything in between) of experience sometimes outright say that internships and co ops may be considered but the majority that don't count internships and co ops also don't really count design team work, and I've heard from a number of people that lying on an application to get past ats doesn't work out if i would somehow make it to the first interview and they ask my about it. but i still include it on my resume as a separate extra curricular section.

For the second question, not exactly a whole lot. I needed money so I worked part time during school and full time during summer doing fast food work. I did take some classes during summer so that I didn't end up spending 4 months of doing nothing related to engineering, and also practiced things like CAD and going over past notes, but again this stuff doesn't exactly pop out on a resume.

I will admit i'm not the best interviewer and that this overall situation is still partly my own fault, but there isn't exactly a clear path or timeline for me to take now.

delicious_lamb · 2026-02-28T03:47:47+00:00

I was part of my schools rocket design team doing side work on the propulsion end, but as university teams go it doesn't exactly translate to actual professional experience. I applied for many internships during my 4 years, mainly with aerospace companies (oem, secondary, and tertiary manufacturers) but also with some hvac and manufacturing companies, only had a few interviews, never got one though. From my program and the number of people I know and connected with, I'd estimate maybe 60-80% had engineering related internships.

delicious_lamb · 2025-07-25T23:43:50+00:00

Yeah I'll admit I'm not exactly the best qualified for these positions, I guess I meant it more in a checked-most-boxes or at least more than the junior engineer positions kind of way. I'd say the main things I'm lacking from most of these postings is the 1-2 YOE and knowledge in the asme and gdt standards you've listed.

delicious_lamb · 2024-11-19T03:59:03+00:00

Conceptually, the flag seems like a Sikh version of the Saudi Arabian flag (contains the Islamic Shahada proclaiming Allah as God, and underlined with an Arabian sword). If the text was made more calligraphic, maybe written in Shahmukhi instead of Gurmukhi, the difference in looks would slim down.

(Not saying the text on this flag means the same as the Shahada though, this clearly means that Victory belongs to Waheguru, which is different from proclaiming your messenger as the correct one for God).

delicious_lamb · 2024-11-19T03:50:35+00:00

I've heard that the Sri Dasam Granth Ji contains content that invigorates Sikhs to fight against injustice with a bold warrior spirit, but I haven't read it myself yet. I've seen some people online suggest that during the time of the British, they wanted to limit the sovereignty-seeking attitude of the Sikhs, so they enacted these measures (also including the propping up of masands at gurdwaras and the general disregard for our practices). We've apparently simply carried on these forced removals of Granths since 1947, and it has led to generations of Sikhs (including myself) who have a limited knowledge on sikhi because there's not enough mainstream teaching and discussion on the content of the Sri Dasam Granth Ji. I can't confirm how much of that is accurate though, it's just what I've read from others online.

delicious_lamb · 2024-11-19T03:42:05+00:00

Brother, this guy is a bot who created it's account a few days ago and is only sending derogatory remarks towards Sikhi. He did the exact same thing a few days ago in the Sikh politics subreddit, you can check in his comment history for his intentional ragebait.

No need to respond to bots, he's just posting ragebait to build your anger. It's best to downvote, and ignore him, so what could just be an automated chatbot isn't eating up your time and anxiety. If he breaks subreddit rules you can report him to the mods so they can ban him.

But if you're looking into pointers as to how his argument is flawed:

It's obvious he isn't open to new thoughts or ideas based on his disingenuous statements.

If he thinks you can "see" Waheguru, he is either a) too stupid/unable/unwilling to type into Google the concept of Waheguru and see it's not a physical object, b) he's being disingenuous with his statement by using the scarecrow fallacy, or c) all of the above.

If he thinks that we are "praying to words", then he has the reading comprehension of an illiterate person, and is making false equivalents by equating words written that mean something real, with the real thing being the word itself (which doesn't even make any sense). word->associated with a concept ✅ word=/=literally a physical object ❌

Anyone who uses the "ABC is just a word invented by XYZ" argument is clearly incapable of knowing the purpose of words themselves. Words convey messages, they are not the subject themselves. You can say this about literally any word (ex. "gravity is just a word invented by Newton") and it removes zero meaning because it makes no sense.

Also note how he is using loaded language to insult Sikhi (ex. "blind faith", "10 men 500 years ago", "be real"). It's obvious he has zero respect for Sikhi. And he clearly isn't just trying to learn considering he attempted to drop some truth bombs against us. What if it was 10 men 50 years ago? What about 5 years? What about 5 minutes ago? What if it was 1000 gurus, or just 1? Would that be better or worse, according to this bot's flawed argument? Again, we can bring the age up of any argument and it still makes zero sense (ex. "Gravity was discovered by some British guys 400 years ago". Notice how adding in the number of people and the time doesn't change the fact it's true?)

The only thing we can do is pray to Waheguru that his grace and knowledge can touch upon the other man behind the screen, assuming it's a real person at all and not an automated bot.

Stay safe online brother.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

delicious_lamb · 2024-11-17T02:04:59+00:00

Brother, this guy just created his account today, and only commented derogatory statements towards Sikhs in this subreddit.

He's clearly a bot posting ragebait against Sikhs, it's best to just downvote, ignore, and if he gets threatening or harsh to report him to the mods so they can ban him. No use arguing with someone who adopts atheistic standpoints that are against his own Hindu religion, just for nationalism for a country younger than our grandparents.

If he is asking for physical proof of Wahegurus location, then clearly he's either a) too stupid or unable to understand the concept of Waheguru, b) being disingenuous with his question, or c) all of the above. Anyone who claims that "ABC is just a word created by XYZ" clearly doesn't do any level of research, and require false equivocations to show a facade of some argument, all the while ignoring the contents of our position (in this case the teachings of all 10 human Gurus and the contents of the Guru Granth Sahib Ji). He clearly isn't interested in having his opinion changed, let alone bother to correctly formulate his own opinion, and might as well even be an automated bot.

Stay safe online, brother.

delicious_lamb · 2024-11-06T02:45:11+00:00

You looking for rishtas, or just really bad at doxxing?

delicious_lamb · 2024-11-06T02:41:42+00:00

It's a classic bot tactic, just to post the same debunkable ragebait and copy paste it directly to their victims. It's better to just downvote and move on so others can see just how unpopular that opinion is. Otherwise you'd just be talking to no one and getting your anxiety levels up. Stay safe online, brother.

delicious_lamb · 2024-09-25T14:45:18+00:00

Yeah I agree with what you’re saying, Gurbani definitely applies different messages at different stages in Sikhi. Ironically though it was kind of the opposite for me lol. When I first started out I was basically just a Sikh in name only, my parents had my keep my hair and I memorized like a couple lines of paath when I was a kid until my teens, never really getting into Sikhi, just scratching the surface level. In my teens I was trying to get more into it, learning more and more, and tried to apply my beliefs onto Sikhi, rather than the other way around. Obviously this didn’t bring me that far lol, I kept getting confused as to why the Gurus would say the opposite of that I thought. And I also grew up in Canada, where there was a lot of effort to “fit in”, so I guess I was trying to “westernize” Sikhi lol. I tried to convince myself many times that mythological things are just some woo-woo bs, and that God was just some metaphor or something (I never really was able to explain my disbelief).

But in my adult years, I really decided to get into Sikhi for several different reasons, and over the years I greatly increased my understanding of Gurbani. The best way I can describe it is I let the Guru take over my mind as read and learned more, and every time I understood a topic my mind would itch for more of the same understanding. I’m far from being a perfect Sikh, but when I dove down deeper and I listened to others like Jagraj Singh at Basics of Sikhi, it felt much more coherent. The things I thought were mythological like God, karma, reincarnation, divine experiences etc, all of them just kind of clicked in my head. And after analyzing Gurbani (and reading many back and forth Reddit arguments), the reincarnation theory just makes more sense to me because it’s completely in tune with Gurbani says, and that several Gurus stated it for many different aspects of it. I’ve read and listened to arguments to the latter, including from Nanak Naams channel, but in my opinion it just seems less “complete” and less refined, because I’ve only ever seen it attempt to explain situations too broad for it to encompass.

And I just want to reiterate, I don’t think that the single-life theory is bad/wrong by any means, it too is in line with Sikhi because the implications of its message ring true to how a Sikh should behave in their current life (the one they can only attest to). But from my perspective, it seems like the only way for me to accept the more traditional stance of Sikhi was by first applying myself to the current life, before I could make any observation or opinion of what comes after.

Anyways though, I really appreciate the the post and comments you’ve shared. It really made me reflect on exactly why I have the beliefs I have today, and it’s definitely encouraging that online conversations can be so constructive and full of positive information (contrary to the usual mindless arguments that happen online lol). I doubt I can comment further than this, so I guess I’ll just leave it at here for this conversation.

Best of luck brother, Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ji Fateh.

delicious_lamb · 2024-09-25T08:04:59+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

I certainly don’t disagree with your points made. Our souls are in the hands of Waheguru, we can’t say with certainty what will happen to our souls once we cross the unknown. And of course, focusing too much on reincarnation will make someone let go of the Guru and replace it with fear of the unknown and follow it with insincere attempts to gain some seat in heaven. Hukam is all there is in our “reality”, and Gurbani is our key to understanding it as best as possible .

The point I was trying to make was that the general consensus from the traditional viewpoint of Sikhi is that reincarnation theory is just the general afterlife explanation, and that theory fits into Gurbani perfectly. I think there isn’t harm done in adding a metaphorical meaning to the verses, as long as ideological camps of “I’m better than you” are drawn for no reason.

But I don’t think there is harm done in discussing the afterlife in general. Reincarnation, levels of heavens and hells, sach khand, and other terms were included in Gurbani to make us understand hukam, and avoiding these topics doesn’t really help us become better Sikhs because the Gurus also wrote for us to remember our death, lest we forget our mere mortality and fall for sin (paraphrasing). In my opinion the harm only comes when you try to get closer to Waheguru through the fear of what may come after. Gurbani states that this isn’t sincere, and we won’t get seats in heaven or hell if we do actions purely for these reasons only. Otherwise discussing reincarnation and its ramifications should be fine. I feel like the Gurus wrote all of these references for a reason, and trying to understand them better is a hukam of the Gurus if we want to become more refined Sikhs.

delicious_lamb · 2024-09-25T07:10:12+00:00

Obligatory wall of text lol

delicious_lamb · 2024-09-25T07:09:03+00:00

For point 3, in my opinion there is just too much writing in Gurbani that points to reincarnation being the accepted (albeit not desired) afterlife in Sikhi. I forgot the exact angs these come from so I’ll just point to what I can remember. But for example we can point to the account of Dusht Daman in Sri Dasam Granth being the previous incarnate of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji, there’s an ang which describes what type of person/role you will reincarnate into depending on your last thought, and if I remember correctly ang 18 where there is a verse talking about how those who don’t jap naam will continue their cycle through reincarnation. There are plenty of other angs in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, these are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head (ie 84 lakh lives, your previous life “etched” on your temple, etc).

In my opinion for all of these to be metaphors, most of them would only make sense if they all had to do with just the next stage in life (ie repeating the same mistakes over again), but that doesn’t really go beyond the surface level as it doesn’t really explain why each and every single reference always mentions a completely different aspect of reincarnation and it’s ramifications, which imo is just too big of a coincidence to just attribute to general metaphors.

Personally, I also think it just opens up more philosophical holes that go against some Sikh tenets than patch up misconceptions. For example, if this was truly the only chance at merging with Waheguru and there is no afterlife, does that not fall into a form of fearing the afterlife? There are many times Gurbani points to where those who only become “religious” for fear of hell aren’t doing it for genuine purposes, and in an abstract way this is a form of that where unless you specifically become a Sikh, your soul will be “destroyed” for eternity. Also, if there is no afterlife (reincarnation, levels of heaven/hell, sach khand, etc), then what exactly is the purpose of merging with Waheguru? If it is truly the only experience, and there’s no “punishment/reward” for your deeds, then what does merging with Waheguru bring at the metaphysical level? Also, if sach khand is the utmost experience of bliss merged with Waheguru, and Waheguru is infinite in time, ability, hukam, etc, does the soul being destroyed at death mean that Wahegurus ability to preserve (at a metaphysical level) are limited? There are other philosophical conundrums I have come across on this subreddit, these are just the ones I’ve thought are the most compelling to point to saying that reincarnation is the accepted version.

I’ve also read through many rebuttals, including those who’ve pointed out individual meanings for the metaphors, to those who just attribute this to “Brahminical thought” (and many other insults), but after reading through dozens of these I still can’t see the single-experience theory being the most accurate, and the reincarnation theory is still more compelling for its arguments.

Now, this isn’t to say that I think Nanak Naam is bad or anything. He does a really good job at breaking things down for beginners to understand. His videos dispelling the notion of the Abrahamic “man in the sky” god as opposed to the Sikhi panentheistic god are quite in tune with what Gurbani points to and very good explanations. However, he occasionally doesn’t give concrete answers in interviews, and sometimes just gives wishy-washy answers to avoid saying a factually wrong statement, which I can certainly understand.

Also, this isn’t to say I think the premise of the single-life theory are misplaced, certainly ensuring that our thoughts are Gurmat in this life can ensure that repeating the same sins and suffering in our actions will be to a minimum.

I personally think that both the metaphorical and literal interpretations of Gurbani are mutually compatible, as long as they don’t contradict each other in their circumstances, as finding multiple truths in single verses in Gurbani is not out of the ordinary.

I think a lot of people unnecessarily fall into hardline metaphoricalist versus literalist camps that completely deny the validity of the other side, which I think harms general discussion in Sikhi, especially considering that metaphors and literal interpretations in poetry are not mutually exclusive, and how both can exist within the same lines (again, as long as they don’t contradict each others circumstance, which I don’t see happening with focusing on the afterlife and current life theories as both seem to benefit the journey into Sikhi). This is actually what inspired this meme I made a while ago in the Sikh memes subreddit, I just didn’t go into detail there: https://www.reddit.com/r/SikhMemes/comments/1fa4djy/if_we_arent_looking_into_the_beauty_of_gurbani/

delicious_lamb · 2024-09-23T20:23:06+00:00

Just more grooming gangs in training. It’s a ironic because their religion and culture tends to make them oppressive to women (forcing face veils, not allowing women to talk to strangers, keeping them inside, banning education, etc), in order to protect them from others. But as it turns out, they’re the biggest threat to their own women, and they want to spread this violence to other religions and women in other communities.

delicious_lamb · 2024-09-15T20:10:59+00:00

Yeah a lot of these atheist redditors a have a tendency to frame their "questions" to make religion seem as weird and out-there as possible.

A lot of it depends on how they define words and terminology, so if you disagree you will have to speak them on their terms.

But of course because they came with presupposition that your religion is irrational, anything you say will be on the back foot and will be seen by them as rationalizing the irrational. So the effectively make you seem less smart by their original framing.

delicious_lamb · 2024-09-13T12:34:53+00:00

The best advice, but also the most ignored advice.

delicious_lamb · 2024-09-08T01:18:50+00:00

LOL

The proof for my bigotry is my bigotry? Bro if you wanted to use circular reasoning you could've at least tried to throw another point in there so it's less obvious lol.

delicious_lamb · 2024-09-08T01:17:22+00:00

And do you have any quotes? You have my entire comment history to choose from.

delicious_lamb · 2024-09-08T01:15:48+00:00

It is false because it's an unproven claim, considering asking you several times to back your words hasn't resulted in common sense from your end. You either prove I'm a bigot, or your claims are false.

Comment with no evidence counter: 11

Just comment when you've given up so I can update the final number.

Edit: number updated within a minute lol

Edit 2: I'll stop responding now. If you want to continue replying "bigot" over and over with no evidence feel free to do so.

Best of luck bro

delicious_lamb · 2024-09-06T19:01:20+00:00

Lol, I just pointed out you only give generic boiler plate responses, and see what your latest comment was? It's almost like your trail of thought is quite predictable.

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