October 22, 2023

48 - Sorry Kids; LinkedIn As Pickup Line; Managing an Engineering Student's Schedule; New Job Travel Requirements; Change Job Title in Email Signature?; Weird to Call my Mom?

58 minutes

Episode 48 of the ENGRing Success Podcast

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LinkedIn Lunatics/Career Craziness

1. Sorry kids, Gotta hustle

2. Dude sitting across from me at the airport tried to get a chick’s info by asking her to add him on LinkedIn

⁠Engineering College Q's

3. How does everyone do it?

4. I don’t think I want to continue my major (computer engineering)

Career Advice

⁠5. Boss asked (told) me to start traveling out of the blue, is this reasonable for most jobs or am I right to be upset/distraught?

6. Job that rejected me three months ago for asking too high a salary posts another job with the salary range I asked for..

⁠7. How to do you ensure a bad candidate fails an interview?

8. Not sure what I wanna do now

9. My manager is telling me to fake my job title in email signature?

10. Sooo... I and my team, but mostly me, just destroyed a $100k piece of machinery today. CEO of the company wants to have a meeting tomorrow with all of us. What should I expect going into this/what should i do to prepare?

11. Is it weird I still call my mom after work everyday?

12. Is HR trying to tell me to kick rocks?

Subscribe on YouTube to watch short excerpts of podcast episodes addressing specific topics: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj86alc3a7_A_PibgYpkWFg⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Commercial Management in the Engineering and Construction Consulting Industry.

All views expressed on this podcast are his own and do not reflect the opinions or views of his employer.

Music by Maxgotthetracks: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Pclog68AY1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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October 22, 2023

48 - Sorry Kids; LinkedIn As Pickup Line; Managing an Engineering Student's Schedule; New Job Travel Requirements; Change Job Title in Email Signature?; Weird to Call my Mom?

58 minutes

Episode 48 of the ENGRing Success Podcast

Don't miss a blog post or a podcast episode, subscribe to my newsletter on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.ENGRingSuccess.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Support the on podcast on Spotify or on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ENGRingSuccess⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Top tier supporters - shout out each episode of the month for $10 monthly donation.

Follow along on all social medias: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ENGRingSuccess⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

To submit your question, email ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

LinkedIn Lunatics/Career Craziness

1. Sorry kids, Gotta hustle

2. Dude sitting across from me at the airport tried to get a chick’s info by asking her to add him on LinkedIn

⁠Engineering College Q's

3. How does everyone do it?

4. I don’t think I want to continue my major (computer engineering)

Career Advice

⁠5. Boss asked (told) me to start traveling out of the blue, is this reasonable for most jobs or am I right to be upset/distraught?

6. Job that rejected me three months ago for asking too high a salary posts another job with the salary range I asked for..

⁠7. How to do you ensure a bad candidate fails an interview?

8. Not sure what I wanna do now

9. My manager is telling me to fake my job title in email signature?

11. Is it weird I still call my mom after work everyday?

12. Is HR trying to tell me to kick rocks?

Subscribe on YouTube to watch short excerpts of podcast episodes addressing specific topics: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj86alc3a7_A_PibgYpkWFg⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Commercial Management in the Engineering and Construction Consulting Industry.

All views expressed on this podcast are his own and do not reflect the opinions or views of his employer.

Music by Maxgotthetracks: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Pclog68AY1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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