Engineering Success - The Engineering Career Podcast

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In this weekly episode, Daniel rambles about his experience flying in a private jet and his thanksgiving plans before:

This week in: LinkedIn Lunatics

1. Look I understand your concern for people out there, but giving jobs without interviewing the candidate does not make sense.

This week in good news:

2. Should I negotiate the salary? New graduated

General

3. Should I tell my manager I leave because of money?

4. How do people apply to 100 internships?

5. What was your hardest course you studied? And why?

6. A full time engineering job, and a remote part time engineering opportunity. What are some things I should consider if I do take it?

7. Not getting/offered a Job at the Company I Interned at for 3.5 years

8. Should i stay an extra semester to graduate with 3 GPA?

9. Engineering bf is stressed

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Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Commercial Management in the Engineering Consulting and Construction 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/0Pclog68AY1ArXm5PiApCX?si=KbqFimdQT6iK3Os2G4Jnkg&utm_source=copy-link

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In this weekly episode, Daniel rambles about his experience flying in a private jet and his thanksgiving plans before:

This week in: Should I quit my job? or Should I avoid this job?

1. I was told $40,000 a year salary over the phone, and then during the interview they changed it to $8 an hour. I have an engineering degree. They literally only wanted to hire me for a single project. I asked them if they could live on $8 an hour.

2. Employer asked to meet my parents?

General

3. Faking Enthusiasm on the Job Search

4. I have a Marijuana Medical card but can I still get an engineering job?

5. I'm curious to compare degrees levels to salary

6. Ideas on how to network for engineering jobs besides just slowly meeting people over time.

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Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Commercial Management in the Engineering Consulting and Construction 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/0Pclog68AY1ArXm5PiApCX?si=KbqFimdQT6iK3Os2G4Jnkg&utm_source=copy-link

To submit your question, email [email protected]

Support the podcast:

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

Monthly supporters - shout out first episode of each month with a $5 donation.

One-time supporters - shout out at episode for donations larger than $1. :) - only 1x!

In this weekly episode, Daniel rambles about his experience flying in a private jet and his thanksgiving plans before:

This week in: Should I quit my job?

1. New hire is making $10k more than than most engineers in same position

General

2. People who hire/manage new ME's: what skills are most lacking in recent grads

3. How Do I Pick the Right Engineering Field For Me?

4. Not enough

5. Is It Worth It

6. Why is the drop out rate so high?

7. Not receiving an offer until declining another company's offer?

8. I feel useless in my group

9. Does charging a client for the labor hours associated with designing a product mean that I forfeit the ability to make and sell that product to other people (i.e. original client "owns" that design because they paid for the engineering)?

10. I am being offered a promotion to senior engineer without a salary increase, should I take it?

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Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Business Development in the Engineering Consulting and Construction 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/0Pclog68AY1ArXm5PiApCX?si=KbqFimdQT6iK3Os2G4Jnkg&utm_source=copy-link

To submit your question, email [email protected]

Support the podcast:

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

Monthly supporters - shout out first episode of each month with a $5 donation.

One-time supporters - shout out at episode for donations larger than $1. :) - only 1x!

In this weekly episode, Daniel rambles about his personal life and podcast goals before talking about:

This week in: Should I quit my job?

1. Was denied a promotion due to my vaccination status (I am vaccinated, coworker is not, coworker got the job because it’s not client facing). Is it time to look for a new job?

2. Started job then got better offer

General

3. Why do you choose Engineering? Tell me something weird reasons...

4. Gift for Water Engineer

5. I felt this too hard lmao

6. Would you pick salary or experience?

7. Career advice

8. How many of your are actually passionate about engineering?

9. Job posting didn't match interview

10. Should I Drop Out of Engineering?

11. Pros and Cons (Electrical Engineering vs. Electrician)

12. College Freshman looking for internship

13. Aerospace Engineering or an ABET-Accredited Mechanical Engineering degree?

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Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Business Development in the Engineering Consulting and Construction 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/0Pclog68AY1ArXm5PiApCX?si=KbqFimdQT6iK3Os2G4Jnkg&utm_source=copy-link

To submit your question, email [email protected]

Support the podcast:

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

Monthly supporters - shout out first episode of each month with a $5 donation.

One-time supporters - shout out at episode for donations larger than $1. :) - only 1x!

Summary:

This week's good news: 

1. To the young ones: For my recent experiences with employees I’m am finding that those who we find to be the most valuable are also, unsurprisingly, the ones who share some very learnable talents.

2. Job Offer

In this long-winded weekly episode, Daniel rambles about his work before getting into weekly questions like:

3. ME Junior Rejected from all Internship Applications, What's wrong with me?

4. Mechanical engineering vs Industrial engineering bachelor degree

5. Stuck In A Crossroad -- NEED SOME ADVICE!!! (EE grad that doesn't like engineering)

6. Would you take a pay cut to work 4/10s as opposed to 5/8s ?

7. This may sound like a stupid question - can I list being a subreddit moderator on my common app?

8. Want to start applying for summer internships, do I include unrelated experience?

9. Why do internships expect experience? (Rant)

10. Do engineering students really have zero social life?

11. BS in Psychology, interested in a Masters in Mechanical Engineering

12. What makes engineering so difficult?

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 Business Development in the Engineering Consulting and Construction 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/0Pclog68AY1ArXm5PiApCX?si=KbqFimdQT6iK3Os2G4Jnkg&utm_source=copy-link

To submit your question, email [email protected]

Support the podcast:

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

Monthly supporters - shout out first episode of each month with a $5 donation.

One-time supporters - shout out at episode for donations larger than $1. :) - only 1x!

Summary:

This week's good news: 1. It can be done fellas. Really.

In this short weekly episode, Daniel rambles about his growing podcasting set-up before getting into weekly questions like:

2. Do jobs typically care that much about ABET accreditation when hiring?

3. Should I skip class to go to a private engineering event to network?

4. Is it ever worth doing internships where you have to pay the company?

5. Update: Got a job offer! Critique my negotiation email?

6. Will civil engineers be replaced by AI software in the near future?

7. Has anyone thought to themselves, “millions of others have or about to get engineering degrees with no issue, yet here I am struggling with Cal 2 (or any other class)”?

8. Do NOT major in Engineering Technology.

9. Should I take a lower title with higher pay?

10. How does an EE entry level job differ from an internship?

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 Business Development in the Engineering Consulting and Construction 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/0Pclog68AY1ArXm5PiApCX?si=KbqFimdQT6iK3Os2G4Jnkg&utm_source=copy-link

APOLOGIES for the fuzzy audio, don't know what's going on but I'm in the process of changing how I go about recording podcasts so I blame that! It will be better in the next episode, maybe.

To submit your question, email [email protected]

Support the podcast:

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Summary:

In this short weekly episode, Daniel rambles about his recent work life and the bachelor franchise before getting into weekly questions like:

1. Manufacturing Engineer as a Major change?

2. Those of you that work in MEP consulting, is it all building and construction projects? Or do you get a variety of Mechanical Engineering projects?

3. PDE Course Overview - PDE in Engineering Program?

4. IWTL how to start a podcast?

5. How and where can I move this post, and still maintain enough support? - Asking for free Engineering on Reddit?

6. Idk if I can do this

Subscribe on YouTube to watch short excerpts of podcast episodes addressing specific topics:

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Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Business Development in the Engineering Consulting and Construction 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/0Pclog68AY1ArXm5PiApCX?si=KbqFimdQT6iK3Os2G4Jnkg&utm_source=copy-link

To submit your question, email [email protected]

Support the podcast:

Monthly - $5/month for shoutout at the first episode each month

Top Tier - $10/month for shoutout at beginning of each episode

In this episode, Daniel interviews Jon Ott, a Civil/Structural Supervisor at Zachry Engineering Corporation. Jon talks about his experience growing from Drafter to Designer to Supervisor and shares his life lessons learned along the way.

Jon answers questions like:

1. How did you get here?

2. What's it like working full time and pursuing your degree at the same time? 

3. What can you say to pitch your degree programs?

4. Why pursue a degree in management? How does that tie in with your career goals?

5. You recently had an experience where you left your company to pursue another opportunity, but then returned. What was that like and what did you learn?

6. What is a drafter and what is a designer? What is your day-to-day like?

7. What kind of projects do you work on, industries and types of projects? What do you find most interesting?

8. What do you like most about your job? What do you find to be most challenging?

9. What kind of student were you in high school? Has that held up now?

10. Any key decisions points in your career that allowed you to get here? 

11. Any advice for students in high school/starting out in college that are interested in getting involved in engineering and design?

This week's career questions:

1. How is the pay for someone a master's in engineering similar to a dentist when the average dentist student loan debt is $292,000 with 6.17% interest while someone with a MSME realistically has $30k debt and gets to spend 2 years longer in the workforce?

2. Gear Recommendations :)

4. IWTL how to stop using “like” when talking and sound more confident and professional

5. Which laptop would you guys recommend?

6. Should I change my major even though I am only 6 courses short of graduating?

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Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering grad of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Business Development in the Engineering Consulting and Construction 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/0Pclog68AY1ArXm5PiApCX?si=KbqFimdQT6iK3Os2G4Jnkg&utm_source=copy-link

To submit your question, email [email protected]

Support the podcast:

Monthly supporters - shout out first episode of each month with a $5 donation.

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

Summary:

In this short weekly episode, Daniel rambles about his vacation and Olympic basketball, returns the quit your job and positive career news (yearly advice) segments of the podcast, and answers several career questions.

1. When is it too early to start applying to new jobs?

2. I am getting promoted to Senior Engineer, and will get 2 engineers to manage as part of my team. I want to try to be the best manager these 2 ever had. What makes a good manager to you?

3. Is getting my Civil EIT pigeon-holing me into a career in civil?

4. What’s a good annual percent bonus of your salary for an engineer 2 years out of undergrad?

5. Internship starting on the first, anxious is an understatement

6. What difference does a degree from a prestigious university make? How about international universities?

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 Business Development in the Engineering Consulting and Construction 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/0Pclog68AY1ArXm5PiApCX?si=KbqFimdQT6iK3Os2G4Jnkg&utm_source=copy-link