This episode features a roundtable discussion between myself, Adi Khuller, Joe Mayer, and Omar Alavi about life as engineering students and how we balanced working on projects and coursework at ASU. This diverts from my usual content on space mission engineering, but it is a topic I feel is important to focus on, as this is something that many students struggle with on some level. Given that, if you’re a student, I hope you enjoy this conversation and that it helps you or gives you comfort in some way.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Episode Intro

3:18 - How did you get involved in student orgs

21:47 - Nerves joining projects as a freshman and not having taken many courses

35:18 - Importance of classes & GPA vs projects

39:29 - Foresight & prioritization

58:47 - The importance of sleep

1:03:36 - How the PPT project schedule was made around school schedules

1:13:43 - Asking for help & finding resources

1:17:39 - Lessons learned on meeting structures

1:31:39 - Ending comments

1:34:50 - Episode outro

The ONE Thing by Gary Keller:

https://www.amazon.com/ONE-Thing-Surprisingly-Extraordinary-Results/dp/1885167776