I am a civil student in India and was confused regarding the software.I am confused to choose between Etabs,tekla and stadpro if you can guide me that will be helpful.

And I am considering to learn online like from udemy...

Waris Ahmed It all depends on what the company uses

Smith I am a student and wants to learn for future...

Long hours and no work life balance , I feel as if being at a desk for 8 hours a day everyday kinda robs you of your life …

Plan better for your projects and deadlines! I love how companies make promises to the clients at the expense of their employees! If you time it properly there is no need for longer hours. If it constantly requires long hours, regardless of who is working on the project, it means someone is creating unrealistic deadlines!

That's what i'm talkin about!

International students would take whatever they are offered. They are desperate.

@@bzq3386 do you blame them? They'll still get paid more than what they would back on their home countries

@@bzq3386 Because in some markets, employers avoid international students because of the potential chances they might need a visa sponsorship, also some employers might discriminate against them, leaving international students disparate for work, and they are usually the last hired, even if they are better than their local/US citizen counterparts. FYI

Rest of world: 4 or 5 weeks minimum pto. North America: 0 to 2 weeks. Also North america...why are people burning out, unhappy, unhealthy, and not travelling or seeing their families enough?

Amen

Exactly ON the Point📌

what does that mean? someone appreciates you like crazy anotherone does not care.

I am an engineer myself. I also teach engineering and I used to ask my students why they chose engineering and I will say 90% said they chose engineering because it pays “well”. If you measure job satisfaction based on worth (assuming that’s what you are referring) you will be always finding yourself reevaluating your career path/choices (it’s is like convincing yourself to be with someone when you know you are not meant for each other ) . My tip ; Find something you really love and stick to it trust me if you follow your true calling you won’t have the need to reevaluate anything (this is just my humble opinion )

Engineers solve problems that are mathematical in nature and are expected to provide multiple options that need to look elegant, shall be used to assess time and cost, for various options using different materials. An engineered design is still an interim product that of course has no means of course-correction during execution. This means the engineered solution has meet many targets from the beginning. An engineering mistake can be pin-pointed to the wrong assumptions or omissions, that is why a PE or SE licensure is required to give an assurance of public safety and credibility. Hence an engineer has many targets to achieve - aesthetics, financial viability, accountability, and credibility. Among the non-engineering tasks, say project management, that involve so called decision making between say only two outcomes (for simplicity), the teams do not run both outcomes to the ground, but collectively decide upon what they think is a better outcome. The decision makers go along with one path and have the ability to constantly course-correct and improvise, often learning from bad experience to make better decision the next time. The tricky part is - what may appear to be a lesson learnt in one instance is not a universal truth and even the outcomes can be either a favorable or unfavorable from the decision. There is never a really an awesome decision or a terrible decision, but a more optimal solution. Even though there is a much wider team to deal with those scenarios, there is never a bad decision to hold someone enough responsible, while in comparison to bad engineering. I think this is less risky, more satisfying, and for a better compensation. At the end if things go well, people celebrate together, if not they at least built a social network and cherish the good times. Engineers are rarely called for these celebratory moments, let alone allowed to advertise themselves during construction.

A hard truth for civil/structural though is that its normally the lowest paid of all the engineering fields. Generally on the order of ~$10k/yr less than electrical or mechanical. And that's just from my specific knowledge, but I've seen a fair number of surveys that corroborate that.

Leave that firm the minute you get your PE you are undervalued there. It is about the money especially when you start to think about buying a home and having a family all that passion BS they feed will go out the window then.

I got less than 53k with masters in Southern California when I started…something is definitely wrong with the engineers pay in this country

There are definitely underpaying you . You should do some research or your Salary Value to see your market worth ! I'm sure its more than 58K per year.

Wow, that’s awful. I do work in utilities and my salary was 80k starting and I’m willing to bet I don’t have half the stress structural engineers have. Civil engineering salaries are a scam 🤣

Bro, I also had the same issue few months back. (Was working in India in a reputed firm) Now, I am giving it a shot again in another country as changing my career didn't go well.

@@gjv9753 hey man! I really wish the best of luck and wishing you the best.

@@Applehamzzi thanks mate.

same, leaving the industry and not looking back

Man Im working in a contracting company as site engineer for a couple of months, however i hate it with a passion.. pushing labors screaming at old people is eating me alive and i feel i should be in the structural design section since it was my passion since university days.. what should i do??

I think the job market sucks no matter what field right now

@@josephcassano6296 I wish we were just winging. But my bro called today he applied to Tesla, but he was not brown osing enough.

@@rock801 Start your own business in a place like australia or canada or new zealand. You'll do much better, much less competition.

@@josephcassano6296 I do not monitor the rest, so I cannot tell, but I would concur with you opinion.

@@lawrencemayne1906 Whst kind of business and what kind of customers do I have there?

An engineering job that pays less than a teacher?? I'd suggest she'd move out

@@talkhtw55 She quit already and works a good paying job that doesn’t use her degree. We have a lot of engineering jobs in our area but they are mostly seeking supervisors.

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how can u do architecture after structural engineering in my country they don"t allow that I did civil engineer but later realized Im more interested in architectural aspects of design than structural

@@pranishvajarinkar8145 Hi, i am doing an undergraduate degree in architecture. So starting from the bottom again. Hoping to leverage my knowledge as ab engineer and understanding of structures to move up quickly in the architecture space.

sorry but i dont get how it isn't meaningful, perhaps your reasons for structural are different than mine but your building infrastructure!! what can be more meaningful and fulfilling than that contribution?

I did this and am in kenya the jobs are scarce

What did you transition to

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what engineering are you? I live in california too. The cost of living sucks here.

@@jimmyvila4443 What is that? Is the pay better and did you go back to school?

Lol that’s the modern liberal bullshit that goes on today. You work harder than others and put a better output up and yet same treatment. Nonetheless, how do you like your career in engineering? I’m a 1st year student.

@Actually Zack General contractor. And to counter the comment above, your work life balance will almost always be worse working for one, and getting out on site is definitely a personal preference. The pay will likely be better, but whether that makes up for the long saturdays, being on site for 18 months straights, and working in all weather conditions, is up to you.

I am done with "many hats" positions. Whenever the job responsibility lines are blurred, it can lead to frustration and chaos.

I would not advise people to go into engineering if they want to have a career.

@@rock801 why?

@@rock801 why

@@rock801 engineering is a career. Elaborate??

wtf in entire germany theres only 200 civil engineers, is this real???

Yes. And when did we start calling computer programmers/developers, “engineers”. 😂

@CarrieV9 No disrespect, but I think programming is only 1% of electrical engineering. But we only master 1% of coding type thing. So no judgement.

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Hey James, I'm a first year ME student from Ireland and was wondering if your job consists of much hands on work

@Seamus Walsh hi, I mean it depends what you mean by hands on work. If you're talking about fabrication I would say it's less likely you'd be doing that (I don't). But if you're talking about being in a workshop reviewing parts you've had made or assembling components together to check fitment or using testing equipment to verify dimensions or other mechanical properties I'd say yes. It depends if you go for a more design focused ME job or just a generic ME job. The former will likely have less hands on work.

@@jameshayes2022 Thanks alot for replying. Would there be any jobs for MEs that have the option of doing CNC work like milling.

@Seamus Walsh tbh those kind of jobs would be quite rare in my opinion. MEs tend to be on the design/manufacturing support side of things. If you would prefer to do that kind of stuff, I'd say do a college course in something like that. But, I'd speak to your course tutor for some advice. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that some companies have MEs working on prototypes like that. MEs tend to have far less physical fabrication skills as uni courses tend to focus on technical and academic skills.

@@jameshayes2022 oh okay, thanks James👍

I suggest not choosing the UK. Other countries in Europe have a much stronger curriculum (Netherlands, Germany even France). UK is good for the name, if that's what you are after, but in my experience not as good as other places (very superficial and rushed degrees)

All good, it’s a great career if you find fulfillment in designing and engineering buildings. If that doesn’t matter there are other careers that are better at pay.

@@MatPicardal I do find fulfillment in it, but in the country where I reside the construction industry is very backwards and opportunities just aren't there yk. I'm still doing my masters in Civil and thinking of taking additional courses in data science

Great advice on career advancement! Thank you 🙏 for putting the work to produce this video.

He isn't making people scared of anything. What is happening in engineering is a real thing and deserves to be discussed. There is a set of people that are growing dissatisfied with the industry. That is just a fact.

@@SMSBJM1981 I couldn’t agree more with you. It is a serious matter

@@SMSBJM1981 every job has it's problèmes WE Can't not just judge it from one side for me it dépends on many things (country/expérience/ur passion ...) As a student in civil engineering ND with my all respect i'll Never agree with that it's Disappointed.

@@nouhaelkhamsa9317 civil engineering is an underrated and underpaid profession. This is a fact.

@@nouhaelkhamsa9317 You will get to understand reality with time.