How To Work It

In this episode, we interview Hanna Anderson, a current engineering student pursuing a Master's of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Hanna shares with us on how she decided to go to grad school and how her journey has been so far. We go over a lot of good advice on getting through graduate school and how to make sure you get the most out of your experience. If you are thinking about going to grad school after getting your engineering undergrad, listen to this episode to give you some guidance.

1:10 Pursuing a Master’s degree

1:57 Industry vs Graduate school

4:00 Advice for future Master’s students

6:54 Choosing a graduate program

11:05 Negatives during a Master’s degree

12:10 Positives during a Master’s degree

12:36 Mentorship

14:50 Day in a life as a Master’s student

16:00 Undergraduate vs Graduate

20:36 Challenges you face throughout school

26:14 Is it easier to get a job when you have a Master’s degree?

31:10 General advice

32:36 Next steps

In this episode, we reflect back on the first couple years of working full-time straight out of college. Starting a full time job can be scary especially when you do not know what to expect. When you graduate from college and start your job, you think that it is all technical but there is a lot more to it than just the work you do. Through this episode, we go over things we have gone through and learned from our experience so far that would help anybody working a corporate job.

1:00 Identify your stress levels

6:00 Establish goals

9:27 When to speak and when to listen

14:40 Ask questions

18:20 Don’t sweat the small stuff

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Roommates. A love hate relationship. In this episode, we go over our experiences with having roommates. Our first exposure to living with roommates other than our family was while attending college. We lived with one, seven, and co-ed roommates so we have had quite the experience with living with people. We share our conflicts that we experienced so you can avoid them and tips to making a great living environment when it comes to living with others.

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Have you ever wondered what career makes the most money?  There are many top paying careers out there but what it comes down to is your interests and speciality.  We researched top paying careers in various fields to get a scope of the money making careers in different disciplines.  In this episode, we discuss our findings and cover careers that require a college degree but also careers that don’t require formal college education.  You will learn the average salary for top paying careers and also learn some job titles you might not have heard of in numerous industries.

0:42 Business

5:37 Liberal Arts

7:37 Arts & Design

11:30 Education

14:53 Nursing & Healthcare

18:50 Science

23:55 Engineering

27:50 Jobs that don’t need a degree

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Work-life balance is maintaining a good ratio between work responsibilities and your personal time for yourself and loved ones. Having this balance is essential to keep yourself from burnout. There are different ways to implement a sustainable balance between work life and personal life. In this episode, we will discuss strategies we personally use to maintain our equilibrium and other examples that may fit your lifestyle better. We have highlighted main areas to focus on to create a work-life balance for yourself.

0:51 Managing your time

6:03 Take time for yourself

10:08 Maintain a social life

12:56 Managing work

14:06 Make time for loved ones

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When you are starting to look into schools, one of the decisions to make is going in-state or out-of-state for school. Making this decision can be difficult so we discuss some topics to think about when deciding on if going to school out-of-state is right for you. We both went through the same dilemma and made the decision to attend a school out of state. In this episode, we go over our reasoning behind our decision and topics that we didn’t think about back then but should have considered. We have highlighted some main topics below that are key takeaways.

1:01 - Reasons to go out-of-state

2:42 - Pick the right school for you

5:42 - Fresh start

6:15 - Job opportunities

7:54 - Culture

9:40 - Climate

11:50 - Healthcare/Insurance

13:05 - Ways to save money

15:20 - Homesick

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In this episode, we talk about how we became electrical engineers. Everyone’s path to becoming an engineer is different and it isn’t always straightforward. No one way is the right way. Growing up, engineering wasn’t our dream job but it is the right place for us now. We wanted to talk about our journey to show that if you are thinking about taking up engineering go for it!

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In this episode we talk all about internships. Every job posting out there asks for work experience and internships are a great way to get that. Though, no one ever tells you how to find these opportunities. It can be difficult to navigate the ins and outs of the process of finding an internship but it is a lot easier with some guidance.  We go over some helpful advice and share experiences to make sure you are prepared for what is to come when it comes to finding opportunities, talking to recruiters, and getting through the interviews. Best of luck on your internship searching! 

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In this episode we talk with Fitness Coach Greg Duran.  Health and fitness is important for your physical and mental health.  You might know about the stigma of Freshman 15 but do you know how to avoid it?  We discuss our experiences that worked for us to get through the transition stages of our lives. 

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When you get a specific degree it doesn’t automatically get you aligned with a specific career.  We go over some tips and advice when researching on what jobs are out there for your major.  Doing this research in the beginning will help you narrow down what kind of job you want straight out of school.

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