November 13, 2021

CEA - Making Civil Engineering Practical for the World

20 minutes

This week, YouTube superstar Grady Hillhouse from Practical Engineering jumps on the show! Grady is a geography college graduate, turned professional civil engineer, turned successful content creator with way more than 1+ million views per video. Yeah…what a journey! Tune in to learn about his engineering background, how he started the channel as a hobby, and much more!

What You’ll Learn:

From Geography to Civil Engineering: Grady’s Unusual Path into the Field

The Importance of Geotech Classes―Regardless of Your Area of Expertise

The Biggest Value of an Engineering Degree Most Engineers Don’t Recognize

Grady's Studying Habit on Sunday Mornings That Helped Him Pass the PE Exam

How His Desire to Learn Woodworking Skills Got His Channel Started

How He Scaled His Famous YouTube Channel as a Side Project After Work

The Power of Feedback to Improve Yourself in Whatever You Do

How to Balance Technical and Comprehensive Content for a Large Audience

Grady’s Top Tips for Those Who Also Want to Start Something of Their Own

Creative and Illustration Resources That Helped Him With His Channel

How the 100-Year-Old American Civil Engineer’s Handbook Can Help You Today

A Surprising Announcement by Grady for 2022

Our Partner:

School of PE - http://www.civilengineeringacademy.com/sope

Resources Mentioned:

CEA Facebook Community - https://ceacommunity.com

Engineer to Entrepreneur - https://engineer2entrepreneur.net

Practical Engineering Website - https://practical.engineering

Practical Engineering YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel

What Really Happened During the Texas Power Grid Outage? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08mwXICY4JM

How Do Sinkholes Form? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-DVIQPqS8E

Edward Tufte - https://www.edwardtufte.com

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Edward Tufte - amzn.to/3wACGh4

David Macaulay - https://davidmacaulay.com

Underground, by David Macaulay - amzn.to/3qqJ0Xz

CEA Website - https://civilengineeringacademy.com

The Ultimate Civil PE Review Course - https://civilpereviewcourse.com

CEA Newsletter - https://civilengineeringacademy.com/join-our-newsletter

Reach out to Isaac - [email protected]

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