Engineering Interns on their first day be like...
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I’ve had over 6 different first days as an engineering intern from my previous internships. So, I created this realistic skit-type video re-enacting what it’s like and all the similarities I’ve noticed. I hope this brings you value and you hopefully find it entertaining! Timestamps are as follows:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Being Shown Around
01:49 Setting Up My Laptop
02:09 Conversation with Manager
03:50 Onboarding Documentation
04:23 Lunch (12pm)
04:52 Big Conference Meeting
05:35 Meeting with Electrical Engineer
06:46 End of Day (5pm)
07:28 Bloopers lol
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My name is Tamer Shaheen, and I am a recent mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo, currently working as a Mechanical Design Engineer. I like to make videos about university/college, engineering, and personal development. Thank you so much for watching!!
@boostaddict_ 11 ай бұрын
The jump from "We use google docs and slack" to "Integrate solidworks and AutoCAD with 3 other programs for manageent and communication" is so relatable lmao.
@nonnonn265 6 ай бұрын
1K likes and no replies? Let me change that.
@user-zj1zk7nu2c 6 ай бұрын
No shit... in my experience theres a project proposal at Day 2 and I get to design Test Development Software for a product.
@BimmerWon 11 ай бұрын
Even as a full time engineer, I have no idea what the fuck anyone is talking about 90% of the time in my meetings.
@alextasarov1341 9 ай бұрын
😂 I feel that. 90% of the discussion doesn’t concern me, then I hear a word or phrase I know and the switch comes back on
@imsethtwo 8 ай бұрын
lmfao me with literally everything
@Crossfirev 6 ай бұрын
I'm about a year into my first engineering job, I felt that 90% figure for a good 8 or so months. I'm happy to report at 1 year only about 80% things go over my head now 😊
@knagen 6 ай бұрын
Bro, I felt this
@antonishacooper6083 5 ай бұрын
Glad to know I’m not the only one.
@tristanfirepro Жыл бұрын
This is the most realistic depiction I've ever seen. Everything is exactly what I experienced on my first day. Good work 😂
@oumaaboubaker2600 Жыл бұрын
is it actually like that??
@bdh711 Жыл бұрын
0:13 had me crying because everything he said was so true
@youngman7655 Жыл бұрын
@@oumaaboubaker2600I hope not lmao
@imnemo2327 Жыл бұрын
You had car?
@gregd9260 Жыл бұрын
You had job ?
@boggless2771 11 ай бұрын
As a Software Engineering (ex) student, this is exactly what I expierienced last year. Remember though, 90% of why you're there is to learn and get experience. They dont expect an intern to be able to do what a full time engineer with 100 years of experience can do (these job requirements are getting out of hand). So make sure to ask a lot of questions, especially early on. Even if you dont absorb all of it, you'll start catching on.
@BigBoss-sm9xj 11 ай бұрын
thats reassuring
@mrnobody1546 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for this man
@paydayvideos4924 9 ай бұрын
Aight that sounds great guess ill keep applying getting frustrated af tho
@Napert 9 ай бұрын
If they don't expect me to have experience then why do they still say "528 years of experience in this or similar positions (required)" on the job ad
@paydayvideos4924 9 ай бұрын
@@Napert and if you dont lie they ignore your resume
@tarynbutler5864 Жыл бұрын
“Even if I do I’m just an intern anyway” 😂 sooo accurate.
@dylanduke8389 9 ай бұрын
Actually insanely accurate, the constant sense of awkwardness you feel on the first day is exactly like this! Especially with how friendly all the higher ups are!
@samwilson4597 9 ай бұрын
not just the first day, he will feel that for at least week
@REOsama Жыл бұрын
Man this is so ridiculously timely, I am starting in an Engineering firm next week and was looking for something like this, thank you so very much
@maxadonna6545 Жыл бұрын
LITERALLY SAME
@HiHi-ek1dd Жыл бұрын
GL bro.
@nguyencanh7424 Жыл бұрын
Dawg same, I am nervous out of my mind
@bryan_350_5 11 ай бұрын
I start an AWS internship next week lol
@tavi7181 8 ай бұрын
How’d it go bro
@mendy3268 Жыл бұрын
The boss talking in 2x speed is so relatable 😅
@abbasdharamsi Жыл бұрын
Great video! As a fellow Mechanical Engineer, I can definitely relate to the excitement and nerves on the first day as an intern. It's refreshing to see someone share their experiences in a humorous and relatable way. I cover various topics in the field of Mechanical Engineering also and would love to connect with fellow engineering enthusiasts. Keep up the great work Tamer!
@vladv2291 11 ай бұрын
Are you a mechanical engineer?
@abbasdharamsi 11 ай бұрын
@@vladv2291 yes i am
@jach2513 Жыл бұрын
This video could not have come at a better time, I just started my internship and I thought I was a major screw up, I didn't realize that they were all like this.
@leightonmitchell2564 9 ай бұрын
Trust me this is all normal and part of the process. They don’t expect you to know everything. They just want to see you make an earnest effort to learn.
@ari-mcbrown Жыл бұрын
Honestly... I think this could probably help some people to manage their nerves better, before a first work day. Wholesome vid
@mynameisname6162 4 ай бұрын
the nerves seems to be everyone's greatest enemy when starting a new job.
@mynameisname6162 4 ай бұрын
the nerves seems to be everyone's greatest enemy when starting a new job.
@enami_0136 11 ай бұрын
The self doubt part is so REAL im struggling with it every moment right now
@nathanheidt1047 Жыл бұрын
I've been working in the industry for over a decade at this point, and honestly it's great to have a video like this so I can get a feel for what the experience is like for an intern. A video I'd love to see is the best things you've seen done for companies onboarding new interns and junior hires. That can always be a struggle to get right.
@houliangyu8493 Жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I felt on my first day, LOL! Couldn't agree more about the abbreviation part! There are a bunch of abbreviations to get familiar with, which makes me anxious in the first few months.
@Lemurai Жыл бұрын
My first day on the job as a Chem E intern started in a bio pharmaceutical lab, It was awesome! I’m kind of glad my time didn’t start out like this, everyone I was with was very supportive, friendly & energetic. There was also a multidisciplinary team there, of pharmacologists, microbiologists, chemists & the engineers were there to scale up the production process. It was nothing like this, I would have been really disappointed & uninterested if my internship started of like this, the inside of the building looks old, moldy, dim & depressing.
@xmzru 11 ай бұрын
how did you get a internship like that???
@CountlessPWNZ 9 ай бұрын
ok, nerd
@pyrotechnicalbirdman5356 5 ай бұрын
Chemical Engineering is my major! How did you find an internship if you don't mind me asking?
@adamabathily3050 Жыл бұрын
that is so nice to share your knowledge with us who still in school . now i know how it gonna be my first intern. thank you man
@andrewnguyen777 9 ай бұрын
As a current engineering intern that 2x speed manager explanation and "I have to jump into another meeting right now so I'll let you figure it out right now" intern: "oh ok makes sense" hits right on the bullseye 🤣. That is literally one of my default replies while I'm processing, along with "uhh", "I can't really seem to find the . . .", and "for sure" while not knowing jacksh*t and trying not to internally have a mental short circuit while more meetings I'm in go over my head
@garibaldidev8946 Жыл бұрын
This is so wholesome, thank you for making this :)
@trafalgard.mkopgr8635 Жыл бұрын
Bro I ve been following your channel since the beginning, and you drop this video 2 days before I start my first internship as a mechanical engineer 🤯 Keep up the good work !
@bjornipasha2603 11 ай бұрын
I wish you all the best! I hope one one day I’ll become a mechanical or electrical engineer as well. Your videos are helping me a lot, so keep up with new content.
@omegawolf850 9 ай бұрын
This makes me so happy that my first internship into software development and web development was smooth sailing and very supportive with me.
@niklastikka5260 Жыл бұрын
Man, you got it down to the minute. This feels extremely accurate
@tribopower 11 ай бұрын
Edge computing refers to a decentralized computing paradigm that brings computational power and data storage closer to the location where it is needed, rather than relying on a centralized cloud infrastructure. In edge computing, data processing and analysis are performed on or near the edge devices, such as smartphones, IoT devices, routers, or edge servers, which are located closer to the data source. The concept of edge computing has emerged as a response to the growing need for low-latency, real-time processing of data generated by devices at the edge of the network. By processing data locally, edge computing reduces the need to transmit vast amounts of raw data to a central data center or cloud for analysis, resulting in faster response times and improved efficiency.
@grandsome1 8 ай бұрын
wasn't that the paradigm pre-2007 when internet was way slower?
@silverback3633 4 ай бұрын
@@grandsome1 Even better, microcontrollers are inherently designed to use built-in resources. For the lack of processing power, they mostly use look-up tables stored in their memory which were computed earlier by the external processing and stored.
@lt7115 3 ай бұрын
tqsm i understand even less now
@yake2685 Ай бұрын
Big dum-dum question here. Wouldn't the paradigm still be centralized but with further steps? Straight out of my thoughts, it would look more like a tree, where the cloud server is the center, the nodes to which the end devices connect act as an intermediary with the cloud server in order for it to reduce latency.
@suryakamalnd9888 3 ай бұрын
I'm not an engineering student yet.. but i somehow understood everything that the manager told to do.. and, that acting like "I know what I'm doing" was so connecting! 😂😂
@EchoZoid Жыл бұрын
i literally have my first intern tomorrow this gave me a good insight thank you
@HiHi-ek1dd Жыл бұрын
Hope it went well.
@ItchyBoots.2 11 ай бұрын
@@HiHi-ek1dd ⤴️
@jay.jay. 8 ай бұрын
How did it go?
@MasonM326 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video! Good content as always. I start my first engineering internship this summer so this video gave me a lot of insight. Not sure how well it will go for me, wish me luck!
@keyeslord 6 ай бұрын
Hey man, how did it go? I had my first internship over the summer too. Things are going well, I’ll be starting my third internship soon.
@usukhu7569 5 ай бұрын
@@keyeslord waiting for update..
@vishnurajiv99 Жыл бұрын
Haha, this was so relatable! But I had the best manager anyone could ever ask for, so that helped throughout my co-op.
@user-st3pv2nc3o 10 ай бұрын
This is so helpful thank you for uploading this.
@chrisyang5138 Жыл бұрын
This is sooo accurrate oml. Great video!
@chinedumatthew8978 Жыл бұрын
The heading out part got me 😂
@DRPLEY Жыл бұрын
This is awesome! sharing made me more relaxed about it
@eng3511 Жыл бұрын
maan i just love this channel
@orea1930 Жыл бұрын
I started my first internship last week and this video couldn't be closer from my experience, especially with the abbreviations.
@MagnumTechnicalAcademy 11 ай бұрын
Helpful and insightful, this video is.
@k1llsh0t_87 7 ай бұрын
As a random person on the internet who's not an engineer i can confirm this is extremely accurate
@b-radiii-engineer 11 ай бұрын
As someone who has done two engineering internships in college this is so realistic lol 😂
@jakobpetrik72 9 ай бұрын
Best investment I made for my maintenance internship was a little notepad. Really helpful for when they ask you to do three things at once lmao.
@chaudharyameet4282 Жыл бұрын
best approach to reality buddy. thanks
@SquatSimp Жыл бұрын
Dude this was spot on!!
@ahmadessamsoliman Жыл бұрын
محتوى جامد جداً و جه في وقته قبل ما ابدأ summer internship على طول عش يا تامر❤
@ObsessedWithGames21awesomeguy Жыл бұрын
I hope I’m able to relate to this video next summer 😭
@antonishacooper6083 5 ай бұрын
My first time starting as a Full time controls engineer I was confused about everything 😂😂😂
@Naes1204 9 ай бұрын
man adjusting to the number of meetings on top of the work was exhasuting. Was taking naps after work for months when i first started.
@karamany9870 Жыл бұрын
Tomorrow’s my first day as an intern and you drop this video :D
@AdrianMero26 8 ай бұрын
How did it go
@funtechu 4 ай бұрын
As someone who helps onboard new engineers and interns, this is super accurate. My main suggestions for new people are to relax, and to not worry about getting everything in the first few days. Feel free to ask again if you forgot something, or need help getting up to speed on a new tool or project. No one expects you to be able to meaningfully contribute in your first few days there, so take the opportunity to meet people, and to start familiarizing yourself with the tools, workflow, and projects. You'll be part of the team in no time!
@alienmoondudes8071 Жыл бұрын
I could relate to the part where Tamer wondered why there were so many acronyms to learn lol
@Cmdr_Kraid 11 ай бұрын
And then you go home and overthink all interactions you had and then are unable to sleep. And then you wake up late.
@jonathancamarena3117 Жыл бұрын
LOL bro, the Abbreviations killed me my first few days.
@AdrianMero26 8 ай бұрын
Would major would you stick with if you had to relive your bachelor experience all over again?
@tecassowebandwebappssoluti4337 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for this bro 💯
@Adventure_fuel Жыл бұрын
This was great!
@alextasarov1341 9 ай бұрын
As a software engineering intern this was still very accurate 😂
@orangeheartguy Жыл бұрын
Asking what G-suite is the most noob intern thing to do. Come on Tamer 😢😂😂😂
@devsda1 11 ай бұрын
It’s called Google Workspace now
@nosensetj 9 ай бұрын
actually realistic. got my sub
@Alkis05 11 ай бұрын
That is why entered to mechatronics engineering after being a mechanic technician of a few years. Nowadays every device has some embedded electronics and software. I was familiar with everything I was able to hear in the video. It looks like IOT is a big part of the product of this company. It sounds like they were discussing the physical layer of a radio communication system. Something about modulation maybe, for an edge device. There is, a device that is going to get data that is probably going to be processed in the cloud.
@batagur4233 2 ай бұрын
Lmao, a Mac book for an engineer 🤣
@user-qo7hd2ju3t Жыл бұрын
fantastic video - hopefully i can start working at an internship too !
@bafian Жыл бұрын
Man if this is how you people approach internships you have to work on your confidence, you already got the job, now make questions all the time it doesn't matter if you end up looking stupid. Relax and bound with people when eating lunch together and stuff, everyone is human, just be you.
@kuroxell 11 ай бұрын
That's actually hard
@antonykustura1713 11 ай бұрын
@@kuroxellFr why tf would you need to talk on your lunch
@blah7983 9 ай бұрын
On day one you’re still figuring out the deal with the company and the people. If this was portraying how someone acted a couple weeks in, I’d agree with you. Day one, especially of the very first internship is an adjustment period.
@alextasarov1341 9 ай бұрын
I never liked “just be you.” idek who I am 🤣 so now what
@prateekpanwar646 9 ай бұрын
@@alextasarov1341Like you act and think like when you’re doing a project at home. Just with bit formal language.
@Rayanoo2003 Жыл бұрын
Great job!! I love your content keep going Tamer
@DarthJeremy364 9 ай бұрын
im so glad other people feel this way
@Yossef_M Жыл бұрын
اظن ان الفديو اخد كتير من وقت حضرتك و انا استفدت من ف شكرا جدا لمجهودك يا باشمهندس تامر 3>
@vla_music_ai Жыл бұрын
Coming from a country that 80% are small medium companies, can’t be happier for you specially after seen how they treat people in Apple recruitment process.
@omartareq1787 Жыл бұрын
please make more videos about the internship experience and a small advice by the end
@ingmarbm Жыл бұрын
Really cool seeing a whole day. Were those actual co-workers that participated in your video? If so, big kudos to them!
@titanplanet1352 11 ай бұрын
I feel so attacked but at the same time this is EXACTLY what it’s like and what I was like my first day😂😂
@bigyang5847 8 ай бұрын
My first day at a "real company" was 3 signatures, a box of merch and my colleagues showing me where the beer is. First week was just waiting for a remote vdi, and then, it came, the setup hell. 3 days I struggled to set everything up, but me and a couple of colleagues did it. After that, smooth sailing.
@rrl9786 9 ай бұрын
"Can I keep this laptop" lmao. Bro really shot his shot.
@challajuzalei6126 4 ай бұрын
4:30 as someone who is currently a comp sci student, but has also been working in different industries for the last 15 years the drama/gossip is always prevalent no matter where you go. It’s unfortunate so many people get dragged into it and even if you abstain from it sometimes you’ll end up being the gossip.
@rex_8618 Жыл бұрын
loved it!
@SaltyBoi420 6 ай бұрын
this is exactly what happened in my first day on my first job, it's just funny 😂😂😂
@Chris-ss8zt 9 ай бұрын
I'm freelancer. I feel this everytime I got a new project I should be working on. Hope it'll get a routine for me one day.
@TheJanstyler 5 ай бұрын
Man, I remember my first days as an electricians apprentice in a huge firm the exact same way. I didn't know shit about anything. A year later and it felt like I had been there for years. None of the problems I had at the start remained. Instead, I was the dude that new guys sought out to ask questions. Honestly, it felt pretty rewarding to god from not knowing a thing, to knowing more than enough to teach the new guys. By year 3 I and two of my other other apprentices were basically teaching the new guys more than the instructors did. (We got about 30 new apprentices every year) Honestly, teaching was probably one of the most fun parts about the job. Maybe I should take that into considertation going forward.
@enigmatico6209 9 ай бұрын
Having a laptop for yourself right in the first day? That's too good to be true. You'd normally have to wait from 3 days to an entire week to have the company give you a computer, they have to order it, file the asset, set it up, set up your accounts, and you know... it usually takes time. And all that time you are not going to be able to do actual work, you are going to spend it reading manuals and doing minor stuff they give you to keep you busy. That's how it went for me at least. Oh yeah, and then they'll make you use a thousand databases and software you probably never heard about. That mention about Jira really calls home.
@sardissozo3399 9 ай бұрын
Sounds like the IT team really sucks where you were... -Former IT Manager
@TheyCalledMeT 11 ай бұрын
being too hesitant to ask questions is a major problem for new people
@the_third_edition 11 ай бұрын
Dude, that pizza scene is so relatable. Not an intern experience, but when I just started my PhD.
@dio1407 10 ай бұрын
I'm an intern at a soft dev company, and on my first day there were literally 3 people including me. And one of them was also an intern, rest of them all worked from home:)))
@itsosonny 5 ай бұрын
Great Video!😂
@munther1071 Жыл бұрын
Allah is generous - inshAllah he will grant both, a permanent job for you and an internship for me.
@bisher7661 Жыл бұрын
Inshallah my brother
@hamzaalberta8335 Жыл бұрын
Ameen
@bilalabdi9148 Жыл бұрын
Imagine someone learning mechanical engineering in somalia and there is no jobs out there
@TimmYCode Жыл бұрын
Sorry but he can't help you with that
@munther1071 Жыл бұрын
@@TimmYCode Allah is capable of the unimaginable.
@harshpatel8940 11 ай бұрын
Perfect man!
@user-mz6ee3wi8c 9 ай бұрын
bro this is so relatable
@harvey2539 10 ай бұрын
Bruh so true of just the first engineering job too 🤣🤣 the whole should I leave now part is spot on.
@sambrackett1975 3 күн бұрын
"Just keep nodding and smiling" I've never heard something more real LMAO
@Baraka_SYP Жыл бұрын
Speaking of abbreviations, my last coop at Kellogg’s was all about abbreviations 😂 Omg the first week was so confusing
@Siosifa 11 ай бұрын
You forgot the "damn she's cute" thought.
@georgejoseph2601 Жыл бұрын
this was so funny!!
@senaajitraghu Жыл бұрын
tamer is acting soo nervous, its like a different side of him that we don't see in his other vids
@luthermthembu9003 Жыл бұрын
You nailed it
@jhonnydiego8935 4 ай бұрын
wish I could even land an internship in the first place :( im envious youre able to experience something like this
@thatguy799 Ай бұрын
This is strangely accurate as I was a coop student
@hyderabadildarshiv174 Жыл бұрын
Watching the title itself made me laugh😂
@ForeverMasterless 11 ай бұрын
GOD the receptionist is a baddie.
@naughti_penguin2340 Жыл бұрын
This is pretty much exactly what happened this monday for me but swap the electrical engineer with a mechanical engineer haha
@davidchang2477 Жыл бұрын
"I'll get full time, don't worry" 😂😂😂
@morfiusx 6 ай бұрын
This is me on the first day of any new job.
@nickolaisimmons4638 Жыл бұрын
As an electrical engineering student this is accurate
@kozaks5727 11 ай бұрын
Great.. now im much more excited to start my engineering program next year..
@OscarLT321 11 ай бұрын
So realistic. Do have to say, the only engineering companies that use apple macbooks are the ones that focus only on the PR side
@AdrianMero26 8 ай бұрын
what is PR?
@jrisplays3177 9 ай бұрын
i wish to experience this 5 years from now especially I'm Studying Computer Engineering 1st year.
@JS-kb4bk 9 ай бұрын
You should be able to get an internship/co-op in your 2nd year. At least in Canada/US
@rightslip8345 Жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@Ewoof 9 ай бұрын
Yep. This was how my engineering internship worked. 😂😂
@bigchungus6936 11 ай бұрын
Literally me on my first day, so realistic
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