YOUR ENGINEERING DEGREE IS USELESS
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Why is an engineering degree useless?
Have you ever thought if a degree is worth it?
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My name is Sagar, I am living in London and am working as a graduate software engineer at a technology consultancy company. I am also a first-class MEng aerospace engineering graduate in the UK at the University of Sheffield. I post videos about engineering, technology, university life and careers on my channel. If you're a university student or planning to study at a university in the UK or anywhere else, consider subscribing as I will make helpful videos to help you make the most of university.
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Totally agree with this! I just graduated with a first in aerospace engineering, and a lot of people in my class also got a 1st class. However, a lot of them can’t find jobs/internships at the moment as they didn’t do a placement, or participate in student led projects like formula student. The job market is really competitive nowadays, so gaining experience is crucial! I also graduated with a first, but I am going up to Sheffield to study my MSc in advanced mechanical engineering as I feel the course there is less about passing exams and more about how to be a professional engineer.
I wish you have a great time studying at Sheffield :D there are a lot of cool student led projects you should get involved in!
Which university did you go to ?
@@161BMWI did my BEng in Swansea, MSc in Sheffield. I’m now working at Leonardo Helicopters near Bristol as a Graduate Aerospace Engineer.
Hey, thanks for the change regarding the text on top!Great vid
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Yep, this video hits the nail on the head. When you get to that level, the degree is just the ticket to the show, the bit of paper that says "I can apply myself over a period of years and learn quickly". Everyone at that level has a degree, and companies value experience far more than a bit of paper that says you can complete set generic tasks. What will set candidates apart in my experience when interviewing job candidates (I've interviewed and hired people for jobs in the aerospace industry from graduate level to specialist management level) is deep and broad knowledge, not just technically, but also socially, empathically, and the ability to engage the conversation. Show you would be an asset to them and that you wouldn't cause friction. If you don't know an answer, don't try to wing it or BS it, because we know. Immediately. And above all else, ask questions at the end, lots of questions. Not meaningless rubbish about hours or pay, the deep stuff, the personal stuff. Ask the interviewers what they wish they'd known. Ask them about what their experiences are in the company, or ask them about development opportunities in the internship.
Thanks for sharing your advice and thanks for replying to other viewers, who had questions 😀
@@SA64R You are more than welcome, thanks for the videos, keep it up! You likely help a lot of people with them, so kudos to you. I notice you attended Sheffield Uni, I do quite a bit of research with them as it happens, do you know Prof. Geraint Jewell? I've done quite a bit of work with him and his team.
@@onetrickhorse Unfortunately, I don't know him, wasn't taught by him during my time at Sheff. Btw, I read another comment you made, saying your work is researching advanced aerospace propulsion systems. I'd like to learn more about what you do, if you have instagram just send me a messsage @sa64r or email me at sa64rvideos@gmail.com
@@SA64R ah no worries. Yes indeed, that's my role. And sure, I don't have insta, but I found you on LinkedIn, so I've sent a connection request there.
I feel like an industry ready engineer that can solve problems now, but over time school and university will take this out of me
Im studying mechatronics engineering at university right now and I can honestly say that from my personal experiences I had more connections in college with employers than with my university. I’m literally at uni just so I can get a paper to prove to my employer I can show up consistently they don’t care and definitely look for people with experience. Like I can get a job without this paper right now in engineering but the main problem is becoming a manager as employers want people with degrees or HNDs.
Computer engineering major here got a engineering job out of college, learned embedded on my freetime made cool projects, made my senior design a bit more ambitious than most, joined a cool club to work on satellites (they really cared about that) and got an internship my last summer of college. Also have 0 debt god luck everyone
I’m about to go into year 13 so once I’m done with what I’ll be at university. What’s the hotspot online for looking at these internships and when would you recommend looking at them to an a level student like me?
I would recommend looking now, the earlier the better. My company offer summer internships for anyone over the age of 14, all you need to do is get in touch and ask them directly. Email someone. Create a LinkedIn account, message people. Just show your enthusiasm and have a plan for what you want to do, even if it's not set in stone yet, it shows initiative.
I agree with what CP has said, generally the more enthusiastic and proactive you are at a young age the more willing someone will be to help you, and once you have got your foot in the door with experience more and more people will be open to letting you join their company. LinkedIn and twitter are probably two great places to showcase your talent and connect with engineers and companies you want to work with
The problem is HR (human retards) and line managers (not circle managers who are smart) just wanting people to walk through the door and hit the ground running, it’s a systemic problem in the UK, although some decent companies do provide training schemes. After my degree I did a one-year workshop training course learning how to weld, use lathes, milling machines, this opened up opportunities for me, financially kinda hard mind. Employers liked the fact I had practical experience and I soon found myself in the design office doing what I wanted to do. I only did my masters in astronautics and space engineering after I’d been working for several years in robotics/automation design, but even then after my MSc stupid HR people kept turning me away because I was a student again, they wanted people with experience which you clearly automatically lose if you go back to university as a mature student. I literally had to set up my own company and provide consultancy services to get my career back, now I'm the senior mechanical engineer designing satellites.
Also engineering is not “solving problems”, engineering is creating, designing and inventing stuff and the problems we encounter on the way, they are just opportunities to learn as we say.
Plus just remember the degree is not useless, your knowledge is not useless, engineering is not useless, it's other people who are useless and generally stupid, you have to find a way around them, all of them, and that my friend might just be the most important leason in engineering, they should teach it at university for sure.
loving the content bro
Where can I find reliable information on engineering.
It's pretty much sums up any degree. I am an engineering graduate who is doing fine
Would you say that a Masters in Comp Sci is worth it? or are there better masters degrees or should I just forget it
Depends what you want out of it, like I would say if you want to become a software engineer in industry it's not really necessary but if you want to go down the route of AI researcher than I'd say it may be a requirement to land a PhD in some machine learning AI discipline
Yo man cld u do a video btw mech Eng and aero Eng pls
Not really useless as you can apply the principles you learned in summer placements or industrial placements or student projects etc.
To some degree yes but without any practical skills no-one will really want to take you on at a top tier company
@@SA64R ok but to get the placement and the job you need the degree which is a minimum entrance requirement.
@@161BMW he doesn't reply because he's embarrassed and an idiot who didn't even know the minimum requirement thing.
Every engineer's story.💔💔💔
It kind of is useless, I have the same Aerospace Mechanical Engineer degree. It have served me for only one purpose . . . . . when I mention it ppl say ohh wow!
"when I mention it ppl say ohh wow!" I relate :D
Do I get job in us after completing aerospace engineering in UK?
It will be hard as most aerospace companies in the USA need you to be able to attain US security clearance since they treat these companies as defence companies
I disagree with your statement about university only teaching you how to answer exam questions. While this is kinda true I feel like thats only part of the picture. Imo uni equips you with the tools youll need to actually be an engineer
Where did you study? Maybe your university taught more practical skills?
Sagar, Your ancestors are people of which country?
Bangladesh
India 🇮🇳
@@devshah2626 I was thinking that too
I have a degree with seven years experience and I can’t get a job in my field
What field is this?
@@SA64R computer science, it’s not useless but just having a degree isn’t enough. I’m working on certifications now.
Would I be able to go into finance with an engineering degreee
Yes. I was offered two finance jobs in London when I graduated with a masters in aerospace engineering. Two of my classmates took jobs in the city in finance, but a word of caution. Finance is well known for being extremely well paid, but it is also well known for being completely consuming.
One of my classmates who went into finance (merchant banking) did two years, ended up with severe depression due to exhaustion, and quit. He was doing 90 hour weeks, sleeping at his desk, and getting shouted at constantly by bosses who just wanted more and more from him, no matter how hard he worked, no matter how well he did. He still hasn't fully recovered, and that was nearly 10 years ago.
The other still does it (investment banking), became a millionaire fairly quickly (he was a very capable mathematician), and now he earns more in a year than most people earn in a lifetime, but speaking to him recently, he confessed that he hates the job and wants to get out and start a business. Apparently everyone in the field is either fake or psychotic, all trying to stab you in the back, and morals are not only discouraged, but actively avoided altogether, all in the name of making money from nothing essentially. I asked him, but don't you have enough money now to just quit and do whatever, see the world, live a nice life? He said yes, but not as long as he's working in that trade because like my other classmate, he has to basically live at work doing insane hours.
I considered going into it myself, but I decided that I didn't care about money, I wanted to invent and contribute to society. So a word of caution, if money is what drives you, and only money, and you'll do anything to get it, including working 90 or more hours a week for years on end, suffer abuse and torment by entitled millionaire bosses, and basically give up all social and leisure time to dedicate it to work, then go for it. If any single one of those things sounds unappealing to you, do yourself a favour and ask yourself, what motivates you, why do you get up in the morning, what do you want your legacy to say about you.
@@onetrickhorse I would be lying if I said I didn’t care about money, but only the freedom aspect it gives you, and reading your classmate’s accounts and others online Id have to say that the Finance job itself seems to cancel out the freedom you get from the money.
Just out of interest what are you doing now?
@@georgefay8777 Yeah I do agree with you about the freedom element of earning a lot of money, it does allow you to do things that simply aren't an option for many, plus it solves a lot of potential worries in life for sure. But as you rightly gathered, you need time to spend it, and if you take time off in finance, they can just fire and replace you in a split second. Like with most things, it is never a win-win, it is a trade off between time and money. The more money you earn, regardless of how, the less time you have to spend it. The trick is to find out what you would need to do the things you want, and aim for that.
I am an aerospace engineer, I work in future propulsion concepts research for a major propulsion company. My day-to-day involves designing aircraft concepts, the propulsion systems (electrical, hybrid, jet engines, ramjets, and many more), and some spacecraft propulsion concepts.
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That is a broad topic, any particulars you're keen to know about?
bro u need to become a Aerodynamicist what in need to do and where in the internship please 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 help......
which Engineering is best for Space Industry?
Aerospace Engineering
@@SA64R What's the difference between Thermofluids and Turbomachinery, Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering.
Hii, how is the scope Cfd field bro??
There are many industries that use CFD, automotive, motorsport, civil and defence aerosapce, renewable energy, train engineering etc so anything that requires movement at medium to high speeds would need CFD engineers.