Why I Quit My Engineering Job
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You can stop engineering, but please don't stop making great videos.
I will keep them coming :)
I love the problems he presents. One I saw today was vaguely related to a coding problem I'm solving and it gave me a new slant on thinking about it.
"I'm not that risky with my finances"
- Guy with a Mac.
Seriously you earned a sub with the "statistics can lie" video.
That's just his investment tho...
@@tungdang6861 its a joke chill
He has Mac he cant truly be an Engineer. Lol
IMO Mac was/is the go-to work computer. Even recently I've seen people exclaim the benefits of Final Cut Pro, when others have had their Windows machines quit in the middle of export.
@@downstream0114 not for engineering applications. Plus a mac cant handle the computational / GPU requirements some engineering applications require for finite element analysis and 3D model component rendering. Windows computers can easily be built to handle these requirements and a lot of them come standard depending on the model.
I really didn't emerge as an engineer until I got my Master's in engineering. The masters program is where things really came together.
hi I know it's a late reply but I still wanna ask: how is the master program helping you? are you doing research or course master?
Why’d you go through 4 years of your engineering and 1-2 years of your masters in engineering before you finally felt comfortable with it?
Was it pure stubbornness to maintain course of action?
@@VwapTrader I have always been "comfortable" with engineering, but furthering my formal education took me to a much higher level. The patent I just submitted solved a physical problem that can be modeled as an infinite number of coupled differential equations with an infinite number of parasitic poles. I compensated the circuit with an infinite number of parasitic zeros. Solving the model involved complex nodal analysis, and implementing a physical solution involved building an FEA model. I would not have solved this with only the BSEE. The Master's degree gave me a lot of new tools to work with.
@@VwapTrader I'd say by the time you start your Master's, you've gotten used to working hard and having fun with it, too.
If, for some reason, you still don't like what you're doing by then, you could choose some classes having to do with the other engineering majors.
Chances are, if you like maths and physics, you're bound to find something to like. That's why you should always try to choose the broadest majors (ME, EE, IE) to have at least some idea of what most majors do and don't do.
Internships are also a must. If you don't like the actual work your major has then that's a sign you should consider another engineering field.
The sooner you get a picture for what sort of things you like, the more success you'll have in your career.
I graduated with an ME degree and today I tutor full time for a living. Never would've seen that coming! Gotta do what makes you happy.
Same! I've had people ask me why I didn't just start tutoring full time right out of high school and my response is I had no way of knowing everything that was going to happen after graduating. Don't want to tutor forever or anything but right now it's providing me a little more freedom which does keep me happier.
Being happy at what you do is more important than all of the money in this world given to you.
I gor an associate in chemistry and my bachelors in biology, how can I get in to tutoring for more money.
@@superbros1690 if you're from a well off family yeah, if not, happyness should come from providing for your family
See, this is how you tell a personal story without talking down on engineering as a whole profession (unlike other prominent engineering TH-camrs). Love the videos man, keep up the great work, and best of luck in the future!
Its that most of want to be musk or gates like, and end up working plc or chio development or sthing "meaningless". No i studied maths and physics for 10 years of my life to do sthing cool and new, not go to work and check sistems
You should give us a timeline of your schooling and career life. We’ve only gotten snippets here and there.
His private life is his. He has no obligation to share this information with us
I think I'm going to do a video about this soon actually. I'm happy to share my experience.
@@zachstar Well in that case, i welcome the opportunity to learn more about you and the various experiences which have shaped you into the person you are today
MajorPrep where did you go to school?
Your company's loss was definitely our gain. Thanks for all of the videos.
All engineers have done tutoring at some point lol. After graduating I went full blast on tutoring, opened a company and still do it to this day. Major props to you following your passion. Engineers have the brains to do anything they set their minds to ☺️
This gives me a little hope. I majored in chemical engineering (I thought it would be much more math intensive than it was. I like the exotic maths, but all I got was the occasional integral). I applied for a ton of jobs, had a few interviews but didn't get a single offer. I was depressed for about a year trying to figure out how I felt about it with all the family pressure and everything. It's been 1.5 years since I graduated and I now have a retail job because I need money to go into math which is what I've always wanted to study.
as a student of communication engineering i wish i was you and continue your job at that company.
Like he said the security clearance was taking months
Oh boy I can't imagine what that must be like for someone like me who's not even a US citizen.
Well guess I can't do aerospace engineering.
Plz continue your TH-cam channel.. it's really helpful for engineering People like us..Thank you :)
I will!
Beneficially for socienty and international students!
I am from Mexico, and decided to study electrical engineering because of this channel.
zack you speak like you had walked the "failed engineer" path... so yeah you started youtube channel and making tutorials...
dont let the 4 years of education and your job experience go in vain
use the knowledge you learned in college to serve tomorrow's technologies , that is the spirit of engineers
I'm on the same path. It's not easy when there aren't jobs out there.
Respect your decision, but I'd def stay with Defence.
What I hated about Engineering is the thought of waking up every morning for years and years 9-5 till death. So I followed my passion to go into healthcare, I really hate going to work every morning. I like a flexible shift, morning, evening, night, and some weekends off.
If you get this...
Basically went to engineering for 4 years, got burn out (had depression return back to me after high school) did everything I can to keep up but was miserable (sadly). Left and working right now to get back on track (want to gain skills I can do) I really want to do it but I wasn't like everyone around me (also had difficulties with social skills which made it worst)
I'm surprised you quit but want to go back (I MAY want to, but I have to think about that.) Like you, if I want that degree it's 3 more years with over 20K in debt.
Thanks for all you do to help others who feel weak gain strength.
“It’s 2:30 in the morning” how does he know what time I’m watching the video?
You are why I look forward to notifications everyday...thank you for your work and we appreciate you...your videos have opened my eyes..I am now 100% sure which engineerig discipline I am going to pick after seeing your videos(mechanical engineering is my goal)..I really wasn't clear in which side to pick since I knew so less about these fields...but you changed all of that!
You are an inspiration for me 😎
Plz plz don't stop making these amazing videos 😐
4:13 LOL
Yeah...that guy is such a hack.
@@inorite4553 I hate him
Up untill 4:13, all I heard was "work is hard. You should quit work. Make a career as a TH-cam or or professional video gamer. Work is hard. "
Enjoy dying alone
@@tenaciousb4731 :: Are you insane? I’m losing my mind during this pandemic too
I graduated with ChemE degree. Worked for 10 years for semiconductor company. Quit that dead end job and simply applied my math, physics and statistics skills to trade stock. Never looked back ever since. Engineering gives you good skills however, you need to apply them in a proper field. Look for what will make you most money.
it's exactly 2 30 on the morning for me in india right now, the moment you said it's 2 30 in the morning.
Yes, please don't stop making videos! You are just amazing man!!
You are my inspiration, sir
Mine too
I admire your enthusiastic energy.
What was IMMENSELY helpful in this video was the fact that you learned so much about yourself in the 2 years AFTER college, i spent the first 2 years of college struggling about my goals and expectations from life. It took a lot of time but now i know a bit more about what i want to do. I don't speak to anyone so i have no idea how "it should be like" if there is any reference.
FWIW, decades ago it could take a year to get your TS for DoD intelligence positions. Engineers would sit around, play Doom or Chess, take another course, whatever. I'm glad you weren't in the dungeon too long before you made your decision. Good luck w/your future endeavors.
totally awesome to hear your experience so i know i'm not alone, appreciate it!
Security clearance not coming through; Yosemite on your screen saver. Hmmmm.
Getting clearance is expensive, and your company pays a lot for it. They might not give you a good word for your next job as a result, because in their eyes, they invested heavily in your future at the company and you just left. Having clearance also makes you incredibly marketable, and can open up big opportunities. If you start process on getting clearance, you (generally) should wait it out.
However, this is not me criticizing your decision, ultimately I don't know the full circumstances and I firmly believe that being happy is more important than a fatter paycheck. And you said it yourself, don't trust just one reddit post or one youtube video for rock solid life advice. I just want to echo that sentiment and present another perspective. So if someone's looking in the comments not sure if they should wait it out or not, consider that your company is just as miffed as you are that they can't use you yet while paying you and paying for your clearance. They likely have done all they can to speed up the process. You should discuss (and sounds like Zach did) what other work can be done in the meantime, or maybe look to make your own. If you like the people there, and are excited about the work you were promised, sticking it out can have pretty big benefits. If you change companies down the line, you'll already have the clearance, so the new company won't need to pay for it vs. a fresh grad hire.
Holy crap I'm watching this video at 2:30 in the morning. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
It means you're watching this video at 2:30 in the morning.
This channel rocks!
I've learned so much from you since i found your channel. thanks for the great videos
More content for high school students please😆
This was my experience as well, when I joined my first job I was excited, partly due to the fact I had no clue about the stage I would be going into. But now that I have had a taste of it, I regret joining, infact I regret waking up in the morning. I am going to quit and start my own company.
Honestly everyday felt like eternity, and I suffered every single second.
I should have gone for a master's degree or should have tried harder for my country's defence services. If only I had tried harder. I was so close getting in.
Thinking about the life that could have been hurts so mcuh.
I got a job as an assembly guy before going to College, that was when I realised I dont want to go into engineering, too many managers, you have to wake up every morning, in snow, in rain, no matter what you have to wake up in the morning and go there 9-5. I hated being there every single day, so I left and went to College to study Biomedical Sciences and Chemistry.
@@AfroMedic Bro that's literally almost every job, unless you become your own boss.
OMG imagine having Zach Star as your personal tutor
Most of you video of Engineer are very helpful to me to decide.
Soo, Northrop Grumman?
Boeing ?
Lockheed?
Raytheon?
This is literally amazing papi
I like your humor and always feel I'm watching a young Mark Pellegrino.
I don't know the situation in the US, but here bachelor engineers basically do office jobs. No projects, no testing. Just paper work, maybe some coding/AUTOCAD but the jobs are really crappy. Without a master you're basically treated as an high school graduates and you can't work that effectively. At least here in Germany getting a master is free, so it's easy to study 2 years more but i know the US is pretty expensive in terms of... everything.
The land of the free and debt :D
In any job discipline, finding a powerful mentor is essential. If the mentor is also your supervisor so much better. In your first job you were sidelined by clearance issues but a few phone calls from your mentor to the clearance agency or above would have resolved any issues quickly. You'd at least learn what the problem was... relationships with odd-ball organizations, radical friends or even having suspect relatives. Even foreign travel can be a factor which could be easily explained, but without a benefactor you'd never know about it. A few well-spoken words from him/her and the issue is illuminated for you, which you wouldn't learn about if you were on your own. Getting in "the club" isn't difficult but you have to be "bright-eyed and bushy-tailed" ... in other words, personable and enthusiastic about the corporation's "mission".
It's video very useful 😊
Something I wish I could do is just answer what kinds of jobs apply for any given degree. Like, I’m a ME major and I have no idea what my degree applies for besides positions explicitly called “Mechanical Engineer”
Interesting story, helped me out. Thanks
Engineers - make sh!t that never existed before
2nd year Student and I think I'm excited about any engineering job :D
Aimless
I know what you mean man . I am a Mechanical Engineer. I just had an Offer for Boeing and I will be starting soon for 10 months Contract. BUT . . BUT that not my first job. I am leaving Bell Helicopter (finishing a 1 year Contract) well. . Long story short I am starting my Business here soon online and hope for one day to quit my career and move on to my Business full time.
I have 11 year in the Engineer Field and you get to the point were you say. . Enough is enough. .
Love your channel! Keep up the good work. Is it possible you can do an interview with engineeredtruth? That would be amazing!!
The books in your desk look nice.
I wish you the best.
I hope you succeed in everything you set your mind to. (sorry for any mistakes)
This video was four years ago, but have you gone back to engineering? And if not, are you worried about the gap in your resumé?
Raytheon then? Sounds familiar.
Thank you for your honesty !! it's refreshing .Rarely are people who want to see other people do " good or better than them" in something they had a challenging experience with, and most people are stupid and follow negative lazy people because that tackles our lazy side who is just looking for an excuse to quit. PS: I just discovered your channel and for each video I watched I though to myself "Damn If only I had a big brother like that"
You are my inspiration
Wait, MATLAB is used outside of college?
I was in college for a week and left because I wanted to join the workforce, build up some money, and just get a real world exp of life before going 50k+ in debt for 4 years straight.
Get a scholarship lmao
@@thedarkfrost2351 yea, it's easy to get a 80k scholarship...
although I stopped learning physics academically，the mindset I developed from it has changed me for ever.
What do you mean by mindset developed?
Shit Im working for that same company as a summer intern and they’re having me get started on the clearance ASAP
Which company?
super inspiring
Bruh...u had quite a cool job
"I am a total night owl, and in fact it is [looks at watch] 2:30 in the morning"
That put a smile in my face :) Have a like (which I'd anyway have given) but no new subscription since I already subscribed to your channel!
you're pretty awesome man.
I love this channel and there are very helpful information but I feel like this was a careless and emotional emotional decision as a security clearance is an invaluable credential to have in the engineering field. I hope this video doesn’t influences others to make a decision against their own interest given their individual circumstances
How about no.
Subscribed 👍🏻
I love your vids I'm 13 I really like math and physics. but I love so far all your vids.
I'm an EE student and my univesity is more telecommunications oriented. On the final year we get to specialize in a branch we are interested in but I'm scared of picking something that isn't considered "in demand". Should I go with what is popular (microprocessing/wireless data transfers, etc) or go with what I personally am interested in?
What is this "clearence process" he's talking about?(From a non native speaker)
It's basically a background check that grants you access to certain government projects that are classified.
@@zachstar how much time does it normally take to get one?
@@naveensundar4765 If you are newly graduated and don't have anything strange in your background then a few months. If you're much older and have lived in a lot of different places or have some complicated background then it can be upwards of a year.
Took me almost 2 years to get my clearance.. can understand your pain!
what was your degree in and what are you doing now?
@@AfroMedic My degree is in computer networking but all my professional jobs have been as a software engineer.
Hey Zach.
Would you do a book review video. It's been awhile since you did one.
Could you do a videos on The mathematics of the stock market
Contact me
Would you recommend anything on getting into defense industry positions? I’m a sophomore mechanical engineer and I’m interning at a large instrumentation company this summer so I’d come into this potential defense job with at least one internship and junior/senior level classes under my belt. Thanks!
The thing that those companies liked the most on my resume was the fact that my senior project was one funded by one of the large defense companies (it was a UAV sense and avoid system). The fact that I had experience with that really helped I think because it was the main talking point in most of the interviews that I had. So whether it be a project or internship related to the defense industry, I think that's really helpful.
MajorPrep that sounds awesome thanks for the advice!
It’s really too bad you didn’t wait another few months for your clearance. I bet you would have loved your job. But... then we probably wouldn’t get to watch these great videos.
I fully understand what you are going through it's the same scenario that I am going through in my CS career what I hate the most is the politics and I always feel comfortable working alone than In a company
What kind of politics?
@@raisasiddique7018 the kind that kill project in big tech companies dur to lack of perspective
@@xamael1989 and is there a way to avoid it?
@@raisasiddique7018 You have to learn to deal with the politics at some point , this people are really toxic always have plan if a place is bad leave
@@xamael1989 i guess but having a plan in the first place, upon that a second plan uhh i think scared
i m a engineering student i too like studying at night like 2 , 3 or 4 am to 11 am and then play video games and sleep at 2 pm to 6/7/8 pm and then study again till 11 pm
lmaooo @ 4:15
That guy shits over all engineering majors and jobs except when it comes to computers.
I think you might be financially stable with I don't know 700 k subs love the content
what is your real name dude?
Engineering not the job. Job is doing to commercial earn something. Engineering is what you do as projects and achievements. Job and engineering differ like that. Engineer post is how you achieve in projects. Engineering graduation is a one step in engineering but most essential for engineering activities.
What made me almost quit my studies was switching from CatiaV5 to Solidworks 😂
I didn't become a real engineer until about 10 years of work experience. Confidence takes a long time. Until that comes the job is miserable.
Hey, I don't know if this the appropriate place for it but I'm really happy as I got my O-level result recently. Really grateful that managed to get straight A's in it. 😃😃😃 Really happy about it and I guess I learned to be more confident in my ability.
It's called WHINGING
just kidding ;)
@@ViewTube_Emperor_of_Mankind Really, because all I saw was a whinging millenial.
I think that after 10 years of working with same colleagues, same work ... you definitly start to get bored, and you think of quitting (change company or job within it ; you might even accept to do work that is not aligned with the studies/school that you've learn so far. Nowadays, everything goes way too FAST in technology ! AI is the new king, deal with it
im hoping to work at lockheed someday as a mechanic but im hoping to get an A&P first so im working on that
Lockheed Martin. You worked there?’
A night owl you say? Last night I slept so late, I actually slept at a normal time.
Wait so like going to sleep when you should wake up? That’s pretty cool. Never done it but still
I really understand you. Im the same way
Hi MajorPrep can you please do a vedio on Electronic Engineering as a major Breaking it down.
I love the vedios from South Africa
There appears to be a trend of engineers hating their jobs and leaving. I guess the universities over sold their programs or corporate structures really sucks. I guess there would be more engineers becoming entrepreneurs now or should I say hopefully. Most engineering task anyways is building systems, once the system is build the companies do not really need the designers and only need a couple of engineers to maintain the system. Mechanical and Electrical industries will soon be like the Civilian Infrastructure business, contracts only.
I'm a physics major, and I dont know what I want to do. I've thought many times about switching to an engineering major fearing I wont get a good job unless I get a PhD in physics. Anyone else?
N S look into lobbying or medical physics.
Your correct . phd is typically required for physics...ee is bs ee many jobs
Thanks for the video. How long would the clearance have taken? I’m in somewhat a similar situation. I’m not sure if I want to wait out my unstructured job until I learn more and grow more of a passion or move onto something entirely different.
Would've been over a year most likely.
I know someone who's final clearance took almost 3 years to get
I despise math with a passion but I'm ready for the challenge in college
did your pay stay the same in the second half of your job ?
What kind of engineer are you? (not sure if that's the most proper wording but I'm sure you understand it)
He said in an earlier video he's an RF (Radio Frequency) Engineer
Electrical, concentrated in RF/communications
0:16 Excuse me? You applied for 100 jobs and got 3 offers out of that? As a developer? Wut?
He probably sucked
Happy 1mio
I relate to his sleep schedule
No idea why I’m watching this when I am an accounting major.
Motivation