Hey lads hows it going Almost done with my first semester doing mechanical engineering. What are some things you highly recommend i do to make myself a better engineer? Or for studies in general Previous advice i've recieved is > Even if interest is aerospace do mechanical because of the broader scope > Maintain a neat fair book where you summarise and write what you learnt in each chapter > Network a lot > Learning programming by myself too on the side as we already have matlab in course
Switch to an employment sector that isn't contracting.
Ian Turner
Im in my third year of mechanical engineering.
I recommend you get yourself into the industry as early as possible.
Also if you are interested in aerospace that's good, but depending on where you live and your ability to relocate that may not be the easiest industry to get into, it's also extremely comparative (I don't mean to discourage you).
Your utmost necessity should be to maintain good marks, as that's what employers look at (as well as extra curricular or perhaps work experience).
Henry Myers
Grades don't matter, just get the degree + internships. I never showed my GPA on my resume, got jobs.
Hudson White
How to get into industry as early as possible? I'm still in first year and they don't give us much but I'll aggressively search for something in second year
Henry Wilson
not him but.. job fair? linkedin? the best would be knowing someone from inside
Nathan Sullivan
Thats what I thought. I'll also cozy up with the professors they are really interesting guys
Zachary Ortiz
>Also how do I network?
Hang out in the computer lab or MechE lounge, help people when you see they're having a problem, make friends, do joint projects, etc.
Julian Robinson
get down into your machine shop when you have time and do side projects.
fuckin' internships. it doesn't matter if your first one is with some bullshit mom n pop machine shop. the job market makes it so you need an internship to get the internship nowadays. you will thank me when you are on your last summer internship and you have at least 2 other internships under your belt.
clean your resume up and spam that motherfucker. no job is too shitty provided its paid and its somehow related to engineering. for a mechanical, little job shops are a great way to get some experience. construction firms are good too.
i graduated with a 3.1 GPA in mech E and still got an 80k a year job fresh out of school because i had an internship every summer i was in school.
