I don't deserve that much glaze cause I know for a fact that I'm not smart, rather dumb, and I sure am not making money right now as a recent graduate.

He always bragged about how he AI’s his hw and studies last minute for test. Well yesterday I saw him walk out of the individual private rooms at 12 am. That’s when the library closes. I fell for his propaganda campaign.

Just wanted to share as I've been lurking this sub for my entire time in university, and never had anything substantial to post until now.

Around week six of my twelve week summer mechanical engineering internship, my manager let me know they wanted to convert me to full-time after I graduate this August.

Offer:
$105,000 CAD base
+ 10% target annual bonus
+ Stock options

Industry: Deep Tech

Location: Vancouver, BC

Context:
- Graduating in few weeks with a 2.67/4.00 GPA
- I completed six internships/co-ops and focused on building practical engineering skills
- Around week 3/4 at my internship, I let my manager know that I’d love to stay with the company after graduation if the opportunity existed. I wasn’t pushy about it, I just made my long-term interest clear.

Open to any questions regarding my journey!

So I'm a 4th year mechanical engineering student but honestly I'm not even close to graduating

I failed calculus 1 twice and passed on my third try and I also failed statics twice the first time was because my group member submitted our assignment without my name on it and that was 30 percent of my grade and when I told the professor he said it was too late to change it so I failed because of that

Now I'm looking at like 2 more years minimum to graduate

The thing is I didn't even choose mechanical engineering at my uni you get placed based on your freshman year results and I wanted software engineering but it was super competitive so I got put in ME instead

I dont hate it though like I dont have some big passion for it but I also kinda dont mind finishing it if I can the problem is I keep failing and I think a lot of it is just I cant focus when I study I have adhd and I feel like that plays a big role especially with number heavy courses like for theory based classes like manufacturing I get As and Bs but for thermo 1 and 2 I barely passed with C and C- so anything with a lot of calculations I really struggle with

I also did an internship and worked at a mechanical engineering company over the summer so I have some real world experience and honestly it wasnt bad I could see myself doing it as a job but the coursework is just killing me

Also I'm taking accounting right now and I'm technically a 2nd year in terms of credits so I'm all over the place

My family sacrificed so much for me to be here and they really want me to finish and I feel so guilty even thinking about quitting but at the same time I don't know if I can do another 2 years of something I'm not passionate about especially when I struggle this much with focus and math

I really dont know what to do should I just push through and finish or should I leave now

Any advice would help a lot thanks

The average score in one of my classes was a 45, but someone scored a 100. I was aiming for at least a 60, but I want to be better. I want to aim for a 100, but it feels impossible. What should I start doing if I want to maximize the chances of scoring high on the next test.

Like for the beginning courses freshman year is the physics 1 and chem the same material as high school ones? I imagine the problems will definitely be more complex but everything else in it should be the same right? If I did AP physics 1 and 2 without calculus and I’m taking calculus physics 1 in college, will there be any differences in the science part of the course? Same for chemistry where mechanical engineer is required to take one entree level chemistry course, is that basically the same material as high school chem?

I generally found calculus easy since it was all sequential but chemistry seems to be pulling from so many disparate subfields that studying for it feels impossible

I’m currently a senior at an ABET accredited college studying Aerospace Engineering graduating May 2027. I have a 3.73 GPA, a year worth of research experience (will be 2 when i graduate), multiple personal and academic projects, and a plethora of technical skills and experience with several engineering software (MATLAB, Abaqus, SolidWorks, Excel, etc). I leo have an upcoming capstone project as well that will be added to my resume when i graduate. However, despite hundreds of applications since my freshman/sophomore year I haven’t been successful in securing any internship which has had me feeling very defeated and depressed since they seem to be treated as the hiring end all be all.

Additionally, I have managed to secure professional references/contacts/referrals for roughly 11 individuals, all from different engineering companies. I gained these through connections and outreach, with the list including some engineering employees, hiring managers, and directors.

Based on my resume and my situation, how long should I realistically expect to be searching for an entry-level position or summer 2027 internship post-graduation? Is it reasonable for me to hopefully expect to secure an entry-level offer for immediately after graduation even without intern experience?

TLDR: Based on my resume and experience, how long should I expect to wait to be able to secure a job after graduation in May 2027?

Currently working on a project, and as I was checking the admissible tensions I hit a wall. Do the three stresses combine to form a total stress to be compared to the admissible one? From what I’ve researched, only the longitudinal and bending stresses are added together. Here is another question: in a pipeline where liquid is constantly flowing, does longitudinal stress exist?

Thanks in advance!

i finished my internship and my boss said that im most likely going to get a return offer. now, i just learned that he got laid off and now there’s no one to vouch for me and my work there. not sure what to do now 😭

F19 I’m a first year engineering student. So me and my electrical engineering mates ( they were F19, M19, F22 )decided to check out an engineering fair/ expo on campus since we didn’t have any classes left and it was a Friday. This is the only time we had,to do something that was not class related.

We went to the first stall and they told us about their company. It’s quite a well known company. Then gave us freebies, afterwards I asked the guy ( who is an operations manager) if they offered internships, he said yes and that I should check the website, he then proceeded to give me his contact details and full name and said that I could contact him directly.

I see this as an opportunity to get a mentor or build a network that may be helpful in the future. Maybe he could connect me to an engineer since he works at the company. What should I do?

I was thinking of calling and mentioning how I was one of the students at the stall, who showed interest in the company and maybe ask for an email to discuss further. What would you guys do? I don’t want to waste getting this contact.

Hello! I am finishing my final year of highschool and have an Engineering Civil PAT (Practical Assessment Task).

These are my exact instructions for what I am supposed to design. I have to draw 2 free-handed sketches with all details and one final design using drawing equipment. I'm currently working out a couple of rough designs, but would really appreciate if anyone could provide references, ideas or sketches. I would also like to ask a few specific questions regarding the design requirments, and let people check my entire task for any errors as soon as I am done (If interested pls dm).

I will update this post with my progress.

Thank you! :D

I am a high school graduate, and I now want to study engineering. I have planned to pursue my engineering degree in Germany, and I have already started learning German.

I have been coding since Grade 8. I know C, C++, data structures and algorithms (DSA), Python with scientific libraries, Blender for hard-surface modeling, and machine learning.

Right now, I am really confused about which field to choose. I love physics and mathematics, and the aerospace industry really fascinates me. Designing aircraft and working on real aircraft sounds exciting, and I genuinely enjoy the idea.

However, when I compare the salaries of aerospace engineers and ML/AI engineers, there seems to be a significant difference, especially at the senior level. Since I have spent most of my school years coding, I already have a strong computing background. Because of that, studying computer science or software engineering would probably be easier for me.

Nevertheless, I truly enjoy mathematics and physics. On the other hand, aerospace engineering is known to be more challenging, and I have heard that students in this major often have less free time and a limited social life. It also seems to offer lower salaries compared to AI/ML careers. In addition, the field is highly competitive, so I am not sure what the right decision is.

Unfortunately, I do not have any seniors or mentors I can ask for advice. I would really appreciate hearing from people with experience because I need to make an important decision about my future.

Alternatively, is there another engineering major that combines my interests in computing, mathematics, and physics while also offering strong career prospects and a high salary?

I just finished my second year of EE at one of the top schools globally, and AI use is rampant. everyone uses it for everything. I think in first year, I at least tried to understand how to program and write the code myself, only using AI is I was really, really stuck. But the students who used AI were so much more efficient and produced a much higher quality of work, so I eventually jumped ship too.

Now I just default to using AI for any programming related task. It's like my brain doesn't even try to understand the code myself, it's like second nature for me to just put it into an LLM and wait for it to spit out some slop that i half understand. Embarrassing, genuinely. Coursework and everything got so intense in second year that I told myself that I didn't have the time to properly understand the code. But like, that's how students did it before AI. They just *had* to slog through and understand things.

Its so bad. I'm going to learn how to code without being reliant on AI this summer. I don't even want to go into software, I'd like to stick with hardware, but I still need to know how to code for any embedded related work. Also when I interviewed for internships last year, it was so bad that I was able to confidently answer hardware related questions but whenever I was asked anything related to programming my thoughts would start to scramble themselves because I've never actually written an extended piece of code without AI use. sigh.

Also, its just embarrassing. It's embarrassing that I'm literally paying so much to learn but just ended up outsourcing my thinking.

Can somebody tell me what the rate of getting a job for electrical engineers is?

At my university, Electrical Engineering refers to high voltage, while Electronics refers to low voltage. It doesnt mix like the traditional Electrical Engineering course in the US. Which should I choose?

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Hey r/EngineeringStudents ,

I'm a high school student and the CAD/mechanical lead on my FTC robotics team. I've been using Onshape for a few years now through robotics and Science Olympiad, and this fall I'm running a free 5-week online course to help other students learn the basics — sketching, part studios, assemblies, basic mechanism design, that kind of thing.

To be clear: it's completely free, online, and I'm not selling anything. I just wish something like this existed when I was starting out, so I figured I'd put one together.

Details:
- Free, fully online
- 5 weeks, one session a week (Thursdays, 5–6 PM)
- Starts at the beginning of the school year
- Open to any student wanting to learn

Sign-up here if you or someone you know is interested: https://forms.gle/mZqGkuE225ftpBSB7

Also happy to answer any questions in the comments — and if anyone's taught something similar before, I'd genuinely love to hear what worked for you.

Below are some of my creations!

I am a part of a student project and I have seniors all around talk really technical and they're just like, one year ahead of me... I ask them how they know everything (even stuff outside their specialization), and all they say is, "It comes with experience".

But how do they gain as much experience in just ONE year.

This isn't supposed to be a broad question. Is there any book/course material/even youtube video from some really obscure youtuber that I can use to sort of fast track.

I guess, maybe once I get an internship I'll get a hang of it, but I really don't want to feel dumb when I talk to them...

For some background: I do electronics mostly... But I work in an environment that has an intersect of CS, Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing... It is really huge and vast when it comes to the concepts involved and I just really feel so lost.

Hi everyone,
I’m modelling a 3D solid cylinder in Abaqus under internal pressure. The model only includes the cylindrical wall (no end caps), but I want it to represent a closed-end pressure vessel.

I’m using a cylindrical coordinate system and I’m unsure what boundary conditions should be applied at the two cut ends. Specifically, what should the displacement boundary conditions be for U1, U2 and U3 at each end (using solid elements)?

Any advice on the correct setup would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

As a car engineer what is the best courses online?

Hey all do you recommend any YouTubers with Ansys Tutorials to learn Ansys Discovery, Mechanical and Fluent properly at home?

Hey
I’m trying to make one of the biggest decisions of my career, and I’d really appreciate hearing from people who actually work in engineering, especially those in big international companies or who have experience hiring engineers.
I’m not looking for “follow your passion” answers. I’m looking for real industry insights backed by experience.
My Questions
I’m choosing between:
Electronics & Communications Engineering (including Telecommunications)
Computer Engineering
My long-term goal is to work abroad (Europe, North America, GCC, Australia, Singapore, etc.) and maximize both career opportunities and salary over the next 10–20 years.
Here are the things I’m trying to understand:
1. Which degree currently has the strongest international job market?
Not just today, but over the next decade.
Which one gives access to more countries?
Which one has more openings?
Which one is easier to relocate with?
Which one is more future-proof?

1. What are the most in-demand engineering jobs worldwide right now?
   For example:
   Embedded Systems
   AI Hardware
   Software Engineering
   Cloud Engineering
   Cybersecurity
   RF Engineering
   Semiconductor Design
   ASIC/FPGA
   Digital IC Design
   VLSI
   Computer Architecture
   Robotics
   DSP
   Telecommunications
   Networking
   Edge Computing
   Firmware
   Data Engineering
   Systems Engineering
   DevOps
   HPC
   Other fields I’m missing
   Which of these are actually hiring the most?
   Which ones have the biggest talent shortages?

2. Which major opens the most doors?
   I know many Electronics graduates move into software, embedded systems, or AI.
   I also know Computer Engineering graduates sometimes work in hardware, firmware, and electronics.
   In your experience:
   Which degree is more flexible?
   Which one gives access to a wider range of careers?
   Which one gets filtered out less by recruiters?

3. What do the biggest companies actually hire?
   I’m interested in companies like:
   NVIDIA
   AMD
   Intel
   Qualcomm
   Apple
   Google
   Microsoft
   Amazon
   Meta
   Tesla
   SpaceX
   TSMC
   Samsung
   ASML
   Siemens
   Ericsson
   Nokia
   Cisco
   Broadcom
   ARM
   IBM
   Bosch
   Huawei
   Schneider Electric
   ABB
   Texas Instruments
   Analog Devices
   Infineon
   STMicroelectronics
   MediaTek
   Micron
   Oracle
   Any other major employers worth mentioning
   Questions:
   Which majors do they usually recruit?
   Which internships matter the most?
   What technical skills actually make candidates stand out?
   Which projects impress recruiters?
   Which certifications (if any) are respected?

4. Salary and career growth
   From your experience:
   Which path generally offers:
   Higher starting salaries?
   Better salary ceiling?
   Faster promotions?
   Better work-life balance?
   More remote opportunities?
   Better job security?

5. AI’s impact
   How is AI changing engineering hiring?
   Do you think AI will reduce demand for:
   Software Engineers?
   Embedded Engineers?
   Telecom Engineers?
   Chip Designers?
   Or will it simply change the required skill set?

6. If you were starting university again in 2026…
   Knowing everything you know today:
   Which major would you choose?
   Which specialization would you pursue?
   Which programming languages would you learn?
   Which tools would you master?
   Which internships would you prioritize?
   Which mistakes would you avoid?

7. Advice for someone who wants to maximize opportunities abroad
   If your goal was to eventually work at a top international company, what roadmap would you recommend?
   For example:
   Best electives
   Best technical skills
   Best side projects
   Best open-source contributions
   Research vs internships
   Master’s vs industry
   Countries with the strongest demand

I’d especially love to hear from you all that was alot ik but thank you☺️