Summary of the video: -Be the hardest working person in the room -Develop good maths habits: Be neat, show your steps, don't rely on your calculator -Do maths courses on khanacademy -Start learning programming -Get a website -Start working with an Arduino/Raspberry Pi -Work on your own projects instead of consuming video games -Make wise choices
In a sea of misinformation and self-promoting garbage, if we look hard enough, we can still find beacons of purity in people like Paul McWhorter. I have often questioned you motives Mr McWhorter, and after watching around 40 of your videos I have come to conclusion that your core desire is simply to help people, and so far you ask for nothing in return. When this period of uncertainty is over I will certainly become a Patreon. This is vital work you are doing, and it must continue.
I watched this 3 years ago and now i'm in my Final High school year and i'm so proud of my self and I can't believe I cannot imagine the extent of improvement that I have reached now and i really advise everybody here to really work on these tips cuz this is supppppppper helpful ! I really appreciate your efforts sir wish you all the best
While I generally agree, the decision to become an engineer can be made later in life. I decided I wanted to pursue an engineering career when I turned 30. I had a job that same year, and am now more happy with my job than i've ever been.
You're absolutely right! Kids, if you follow these guy advices you're not only gonna be the best in class but you're gonna save a lot of time during your career as an engineer, since you're gonna have all the necessary skills to thrive as an engineer. Congratulations Paul, you're inspiring.
I am currently a freshman in high school, and I have been getting into robotics for the past couple of months. I love all the advice that you give and I feel like it can be applied to many things. I have been programming for the last 3 years and the best advice according to me is to just start building. You will not learn more by watching tutorials and doing puzzles than you will by working on projects. Working on projects teaches you the most important skills like planning out big and complex programs, how to approach problems and solve them, how to maintain a huge project, and most importantly, how to debug and what to do when you fail. There is no better way to learn than by doing.
Yes, do Kahn Acadamy no matter how good your math program is. College Calculus 1-3, ODEs, Linear algebra, and PDEs was all no calculator classes. Don't rely on a calculator to do math, it's a tool just as a slide ruler or a table is just a tool. Don't just write out your math steps, also write out what math properties you used at each step... i.e. x^2-9 = 0 Solve for x^2 x^2 = 9 Solve for x by taking sqrt() x = +-3 in PDEs I wrote "applied Fundamental Theorems of Calculus" more times than I can think of, but it's a very important step in solving a PDE and if you read the solution you know what was done and why. Too many can give steps to solve a problem but lack the ability to articulate and explain why they did any of the steps.
The neat work is absolutely right. I was messing up my physics calculations as a freshman in hs although I understood the concepts of the question I was working on because of my work. I was sat with a classmate who would criticize my work for the rest of the semester. I ended up getting the questions right and even solving the "hard" questions with ease.
I am the final year student in Embedded System Engineering and your video for high school students is really great. When I was in high school, I've never had chance to really learn programming, there was optional Pascal and Microsoft Office classes but 90% of the time is theory. However, I did learn math very seriously because it is mandatory for me to get in to the college and learn the major that I like, but nobody tell me how important it is in engineering field like what you are doing now, until I learn the first lesson about C++ in 2nd year of college, I know that, math teaches us how to think. And it is always true that: Success in engineering is not about how smart you are, but it is about how hard you work. I hope you will have English and other languages subtitle instead of the automatic subtitle so that more students from non-English countries can understand this crucial lesson. For me, I'm gonna move to the next videos and learn more about engineering career from you. Thank you so much for teaching us these lessons. (sorry for my bad English)
watched this as a 25 yr old man that graduated high school at the age of 18...... all i gotta say is i should've watched this along time ago haha especially towards the end of the video. but with that said, its never too late to get disciplined and focus on your career, coming from the 25 year old man thats been going through your arduino tutorial playlist and eventually raspberry pi
1) do not save work until the last minute. Break it up into little increments and do the work with groups. 2) compare work with others. The final number doesn’t matter it’s the method. 3) if you understand something, teach it to others who don’t understand it. It will reinforce what you learned. 4) practice problem, practice problems, practice problems.
In my freshman year at Technical University of Kenya, I really struggled to fit in socially. I spent quite a considerable time doing silly activities(gaming, movies, etc) with the 'cool kids'. One day I came across a professor while gaming in one of the lecture rooms, whom I think noticed my struggles, and told me that I should think of developing the game rather than being just a consumer of the game. Game development had not been in my list of interest, therefore I took a different road. Today, with one year to my graduation, I've done a CNC machine for milling, 3D printing, Laser engraving; simple home automation and now working on an off-road electric buggy and I'm an Autodesk Certified Professional (Inventor) I agree with you on everything you just. It's all about the choices you make Maybe I should start a UA-cam channel or a website.
Really appreciate what Paul is doing here. Realized a lot of us got into engineering without realizing what it entails to be successful in engineering,me included. Question to Mugendi,i am also in Kenya and searching for a place to get autodesk(autocad) certification,where did you enroll for the tests?
So help me understand the opportunities for engineering jobs in Africa. What skills are needed, and then what type of jobs can one get. I have been to Africa 7 times, and have spent lots of time in Kitale, Kenya. I see a lot of poverty, and good people working very hard to try and survive. But, what are the opportunities to get higher paying jobs, and for people to break out of poverty. I am in the process of trying to move to Africa, but really do not see how I could impact people with education. If I taught a person to program, what programming jobs would they be able to find. Really love Africa and would like to make a positive impact but remain confused of what type of opportunities there are there.
Good to know you love Africa Paul,this is the land of opportunities as we are still developing.Engineering skills that are lucrative in Kenya as of now are in power;particularly power generation,renewable energy as well as most parts are still not connected to the grid and and also due to unreliability of our distribution system hence the demand for power engineers.However programming is still taking shape as most people become privy to it in college,but as we speak more and more IOT startups are coming up due to the incubation labs being established,some in conjunction with the governmentthrough the ICT ministry.For instance we have our own version of App-linked taxi services called 'Little cab' and also me and a few of my classmates in college are currently working on an Atmega based project,curtain opener(home automation),we've just submitted the project write up to a local company waiting for their approval to begin on the prototype after which we hope to upgrade to ESP-based system.Thus the field of programming and IOT in general is on the upward trajectory as more people get to understand it's benefits in this technological era and in the future business prospects. In a nutshell,there are many opportunities here in Kenya Mr.McWhorter as we are a hardworking bunch as you stated and eager to learn the necessary skills.Acquiring these skills from a mentor and tutor like you will greatly benefit us in opportunities such as automation.
If you don't drink at uni, you're already onto a winner. My focus in first year was to socialize and I came out with 55%, just constantly hungover, had no chance. The pandemic allowed me to work remotely and went on to score 80% in my second year
I wish someone had given me this advice in high school. Currently going into my second year of a mechatronics engineering degree and this summer I'm working to catch up on some of the things you mentioned in this video which I've neglected. Thanks so much for the video series!
I am a practicing engineer. I mainly write embedded code. I started watching the introductory video and I couldn't stop. This guy is right on. I wish I had stumbled upon his videos earlier on in my life.
Again, thank you for your time. I have told may people about all the things, that help go ahead in life. Your classes on Learn Fusion 360 or Die Trying and Khan Academy for many years. Both are free programs that are only made to help people get ahead. When I started with Khan he was helping kids in his family with homework on youtube. I was trying to help one of my grandkids and he was doing a much better job, as they could go back and watch the video as many times as we needed an had to get 10 right in a row before moving on. Well I was getting old and then the Doctors told me I had to exercise. If I needed that, I need to do the same with my brain. As a Welder-Stearfitter drawing was a must, so after looking at Fusion 360 I knew that would work great. Thanks to you it has easy to understand to get started. I have told my students about you and Khan, to help get them started down the right road.
Simple math how to ues tools and lathes and milling machines. Engineering is the fabric of life. One thing I've learnt going back 25 years . Having hands on experience using all the tooling over time you gain alot of experience. Engineers have to be very open minded and fixable also see things from the start to end.
Paul I couldn’t agree more with you. I was not the smartest student in high school or grade school, but starting my freshmen year of college I became a very hard worker, and I did receive a Civil Engineering degree. I wasn’t the top of my class and I didn’t earn the degree in record time, but I agree it was the hard work I put in that got me through. Looking forward to the rest of the lessons.
I’m a senior right now and took only 7 AP courses. I used to be certain that I wanted to be a Heart Surgeon until I took AP Biology and realized that I had no passion for it and hated the gore during surgery. However I realized that I love physics and math however never did Coding or programming. Right now I’m taking AP Calc AB. I want to be a Mechanical Engineer and have been trying to create a internal combustion engine. I’m just nervous because my whole family are doctors and I’m the first to not be a doctor. Now I did take honor classes for math where right I’m now taking AP CALC AB. I hope everything goes fine in college and I know I want to have a master on Mechanical Engineering. So far I’m did everything you stated for me to do. So, I should be on the track. Thank you so much for being mentor!
Hi Paul Thanks for the great videos. One thing I'd like to add is this. Before applying to any university, you need to find out not only the prerequisite courses you have to take in high school to get into the program, but the recommended courses as well. Because not all high schools offer courses such as computer science, many universities call this a recommended course as an entrance requirement. Living in a small rural town, my sons found this out the hard way and struggled through their first year. What this means for students in our town is that they must either have move to a bigger center in their senior year or to take these courses as online independent studies. Recruiters know this, but this information rarely gets passed down to parents and students. You are spot on with university professors weeding out students in the first semester. I see this as a cash grab by universities knowing 50% of students will not be there by the Christmas break. A lot of times I just think our kids really have good intentions when they leave home, but are not prepared for the onslaught that awaits them.
Very good point. Unfortunately, most public schools in the US are really bad. That is why we home schooled our daughter. Even though public schools are next to worthless, that is not an excuse to not get educated up. There is so much good info on youtube. I mean I watch several hours of videos a day learning new things . . . robotics, parallel computing, virtual reality, machine learning. Any topic you can find good resources on the web. We need to encourage our young generation to begin to take responsibility for their own educations, because the resources are there.
Sir you're the best and thank you for giving us this lessons because i'm a middle student i'm 12 and I started programming just a few months ago, I started of with python then furthered more into the basics of ML and AI and then I wasn't quite satisfied I had always had interest in robotics and being able to program hardware and then i saw your arduino lessons and followed it up till the end to be honest it took me more like 5 days because i wanted to be able to do things on my own and all i wanted was to understand how to but at that i started having doubts about spending most of my time programming all because i had time due to the corona holiday and after watching this I've been motivated because i now know the reason for all of my hard work and i know its not all in vain. Once again i want to say a very big thank you to you sir and may God bless you.
Paul, I agree with 95% of what you said. Where I disagree is where you need focus so much in high school. If you cannot have fun to be an engineer why be an engineer. I actually failed out of math in high school - I hated math! I grew up, got past that party phase, and tried engineering school (yes I still hated math but it was because I did not try). I failed at first but i worked very-very hard and ended up on the dean list, got a masters degree, and nearly have a doctorate in electrical engineering. I over came being weeded out (thanks to some classmates encouragement) and have a every successful career. On the note of being "top of your class" is a great goal but not THE GOAL. I will not hire the top guy in their class but I like the third or fourth, especially if they had other interests or jobs. These are the students that probably worked twice as hard and learned the hard lessons and probably learned it better! Just an engineer with a lifetime(20+ years) of learning - still working hard! ps - love your vids - still learning
i just started undergraduate degree in engineering,...I am waiting for the 1st sem exam after lockdown and ...i thought i was doing good till high school.....listening to you...i found that i just didn't do it right :the mathematics!.....I am jumping right next to khan academy till i get good at mathematics before next videos in playlists.....Thank You for all tutorials in this channel...I did your arduino tutorial during high school...love your efforts and advice!
I totally accept what Paul is trying to convey through this video. I will try to incorporate everything he has said in my engineering and academic career when I join uni. However, I might never be a Paul Mcwhorter or a Elon Musk or a Jeff Bezos or a Cal Newport. All I want to have is knowledge and experience. Never in my biggest dreams I wanted to own Super Cars. I might be the average guy, I might be decent in doing my thing. But I do realise I could be an average engineer and still have a learning attitude and curiosity and inquisitiveness that I have right now. I know that this attitude of mine will never fade away. I could be happy just knowing or learning something I didn’t know the previous day. But thank you Paul...
I agree 100% when you advised to NOT use a calculator as a crutch. I remember my Math Teacher during the 2nd Semester of my Freshman year (I took Pre-Algebra and had to take extra Math classes in Summer School to catch up to where I took Pre-Calculus and Physics by my Senior year. Ironically my Pre-Algebra was also my Pre-Calculus Teacher) didn't allow us to use our calculator. I actually taught Math to Middle school students (I'm currently a Software QA Analyst) years ago and we rarely used calculators because I wanted them to understand how to solve problems.
Being in university, you get taught programming and arduino type of skills much later than you should and so it is a very good thing to learn these things in the summer. get programming and building stuff because honestly sometimes those side projects are worth more than formal education and formal education (esp for engineering) has its own range of issues but thats the best way to counter it. find sometime in ur week, take 30 mins to learn some coding or making a drone or something
Can I just say this man is an absolute legend and an absolute God for aspiring engineers like me. I am 15 and wanting to be an electrical engineer and and I just want to thank Mr. Mcwhorter so much for your advice and your wisdom
Year 2 computer engineering student here, here's my 2cents. these first two videos have been solid! From my experience being the person that doesn't always pick things up right away, hard work and doing things early is a must. In highschool, but especially in college, you HAVE to preview the material. Taking a coding class in a language you've never seen, or a math class where you don't understand at least the main ideas before you go in, you're going to have a bad time. On that note, give yourself time to learn things, and don't worry if something takes you longer than you think it should. understanding and doing things right while your learning is way more important than speed. Personal projects are a must, and just having the mindset of building the things you like instead of just consuming them will keep you driven through school. I've always found I learn better chasing a personal goal than ones set for me in a classroom. But yeah! looking forward to the next one to find out all the things I'm doing wrong in college haha
Dear Mr McWhorter, I am an Indian PhD student in Israel. I enjoy working with your arduino tutorial (on video 9). Back home in high school calculators are absolutely banned from classes (Maths, Physics or Chemistry classes). Only when we enter college, and only in the statistics courses are we allowed to use sci-calc. Yes, what you are talking about is absolutely essential for students to actually learn and develop problem solving skills.
Hello paul McWhorter, I am an upcoming devoted engineer. I really love your advice, I strongly needed it as a motivation to hold on to. I am from Nigeria and the folks over here are a joke, I get ridiculed sometimes for being devoted and willing to learn the necessary skills to become a successful engineer. You truly motivated me on this, and I'll get back to you when I finally become successful.
Hi Paul, as a german (High School) Student who is verry interested in engeneering and programming I cant thank enough! ALL of your videos are great and highly motivating. I have learned so muchwatching your videos, its great. sry for my English
Thank you so much for the kind words, and keep watching this series. More videos will be out soon. Good luck in your career and look forward to hearing from you again.
HI Paul, I am also an engineer with 20 yrs experience. I have asked my son ( a budding engineer) to view your video. Thanks a lot a very pragmatic advice!!!
THIS Is what I’ve been looking for. I’m in high school and I’ve been looking for videos about engineering/ becoming an engineer and this so far has been the best video I’ve watched
Good words, Paul! I couldn't agree more with what you've said about preparing while you're young. When I got into Engineering school nearly 40 years ago I was very unprepared. I had to make up a lot of ground and it was a tough road. Like you said, it took hard work and a never quit attitude. I would say, in addition to what you said, that a young engineer (High school student or college graduate in their first job) needs to find a mentor. This can be a professor, a fellow student or a working engineer. But it must be someone that will push you and work with you to help you grow. And never stop learning. Heck, I've been at this for a long time and i've started learning Arduino programming from you.
Yes. I think that when any of us gets to the point where we don't think that we can learn something from somebody else, then we risk moving into the "stupid'' category. I had the great blessing to work with a man, who was my dad's age, shortly after completing my ME degree. He was a wise man in so many ways. It only lasted 3 or 4 years, but I think that I probably learned the equivalent of a practical masters degree in that time. Now I'm the mid fifties guy and I quote him frequently... and miss him greatly.
Thank You for these tips. This man really knows what he’s talking about. I will become a Mechanical Engineer or die trying. I will use these tips to success.
If you're in high school, and you want to be a successful engineer, take as many AP (advanced placement) courses as you can. AP math and science for sure, but also AP english. These classes will teach you the importance of working hard, put you substantially ahead of your college freshman peers, and also boost your GPA.
I wish to god at this night of miraj(shab e barat)... I found more people and platform like this to grow myself in every aspect of my life..... Jajak allah❤
Hi, I'm a high school junior, going into the senior year this fall. Thank you, Paul, for all the tips, and everyone in the comments, I am sad that I did understand these things my freshman year but very glad I watched tonight and have learned some of them in my last year. I'm a pretty avid gamer but smart enough and hard working enough to excel in every class with a 4.0 while taking AP courses in all subjects except social studies (taking one next year). I know that gaming has taken away at least a month or two of my life during high school alone. Time is very precious. One way I've combatted that free time activity is by filling it with good extra curricular activities such as Debate Club, Robotics (FIRST) Club, and Service clubs, not the smaller party clubs like Spanish club and ecology club. The robotics club allows you to do almost exactly that which you have said about fixing, debugging, doing projects, and being an engineer but it's only if you are willing to work harder than any one else. With the latter clubs, these may be different at other schools but at my high school they meet once a month for snacks and hanging out. I suggest to all freshman and any age to get involved in FIRST Robotics and really get working harder than any other person there. My years are ending for high school and I'm signing up for college. I've taken the ACT, got a 29, which is great but not going to make it very easy to get into the top colleges that I was looking at such as Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, and University of Michigan Ann Arbor. I'm going to retake it this fall in time for early admission and regular admissions. I was wondering, what is the real significance in a college and a degree? What's the value especially when comparing colleges that aren't Ivy League of top school and when comparing between an Ivy League and technical or state school? College is an awful lot of money and I wonder how that limits people from becoming engineers, if at all. Hopefully, some college freshman and others can give some clarity on this. Great series, Paul! Very helpful.
Sounds like you are on the right track. One strategy is to go to a good state school for engineering and then go to a premier school for Masters degree. I went to University of Texas for undergraduate, and then Stanford for Master's degree. I am not big on Ivy League schools for engineering. Find a good state school with solid engineering program.
Really like your content. Thanks for sharing what kind of mindset is needed to think like engineer that knows how to create and innovate. Educating, training, and working as engineer has been one of the greatest blessings of my life.
I spend 90% of my free time gaming AND I've already completed 3 out of 5 years in my electrical engineering bachelor's, checkmate Mr. McWhorter ;) But seriously, I've been looking for motivation heading into my 4th year and your videos are helping a lot. I've also started to follow your Arduino tutorials, since I'm going to be starting to do large projects soon and the last code I wrote was in my freshman coding class 3 years ago... I'm sure I'm not the first to say this, but keep up the good content! You really are awesome
This is a great point. College is about hard work and dedication. I started teaching myself how to use a 3D printer and now I am on my way on learning airduinos!
As a game developer, who taught himself C++, the best book for that programming language is "Starting out with C++ from control structure through object" From Tony Gaddis.
OK thanks for the info. I have never learned C++. I have always been more of an engineer and not so much of a programmer. I learned arduino and python a few years ago, but am more of a dabbler.
Yes, my real expertise is Solid State Physics, and how seminconductor devices like transistors work at the atomic level. My career was around developing IC technology and advancing the technology based on this understanding of how semiconductors work at the atomic level. Hence I was working way way down at the atomic level, which means I did not program or design or do circuits work. Not very much a home hobiest can do in solid state physics, so I am making videos about areas I am interested in but not really an expert in. Because I am not an expert, I explain things slow for new learners like me can understand
I really love that you also talk about good life choises because i feel like today (as a young person) thats hard for some people. So greetings from holland an keep up the good work!
Thanks for the feedback. Sometimes I invest a whole lot in a student, they go to college and make poor life choices and all is lost. It is like I wasted my time teaching them math and engineering if they make poor choices. Young people need to better understand the terrible implications of one stupid choice.
As a current electrical engineer at umass boston i appreciate your lessons and your skills with being very articulate and patient explaining piece by piece. also i am really shocked by integrals being taught in hs i wish my hs taught calculus
As a 30 year old man going for a career change I wish these were the things I knew back in high school (that and a good math teacher wouldve been a massive help) Thank you Mr. McWhorter going through your various series now.
Awesome Sr. every idea is super clear and relevant. I will add the following character traits that have been very helpful In my career: show up fist leave last. Arrive on time. Prepare before meetings. Be humble and recognize my mistakes. Have the willingness to teach others and aid in them shining on their jobs. Thank you for these amazing videos.
Well done, Paul. I'm not an engineer but I've worked with scores of engineers during my adult career (45+ years). They were mostly of the electrical, mechanical, civil and chemical varieties. In that time, I think I learned how to spot a "good engineer" in a crowd of engineers; and, I can tell you that each of those "good engineers" had, as their foundation, the very qualities that you are describing. Thanks and please keep it up ... Joe
In my humble opinion, I became succesful as a software engineer because I started teaching myself math, physics during my senior year in high school. My math teachers were very lenient, but thanks to the Schaum series I made it to college. I then started an engineering program in electronics. Being good at math was my way in, but I had no experience building anything, let alone a circuit. And so I dropped out after six semesters or so. That brings me to the next suggestion: Be a DIYer of any kind. You mention coding and building circuits, but I'd add wood working, car mechanics or any other hobby. I switched to software engineering 21 years ago, and have been able to make a pretty decent living. But I've always wanted to get back to electronics, so I got me one of those arduino kits. One thing led to another, and I diverted to your arduino program (which is more challenging).
FANTASTIC advice - and well communicated; having those exciting goals is empowering and focuses ones knowledge in engineering principles. If teachers would always try to relate concepts to the application and how this enables one to be more empowered, students find the motivation to get the information and skills fully mastered. Thanks!
thank you sir...im a student from algeria..i think its not too late for me to start again now.. but i wish i saw this video long time ago..i literally droped tears watching this...god bless you...thank you so much
Although I’m planning on becoming a data scientist, I am certainly sure that this series will help me become a better and smarter version of myself! I just got to high school 😂
thanks paul for these greate lesson , that very greate and i will walk through theres steps , I announced that i'm graduated from faculy of engineering in egypt and i never give up of leaning and listen to you , because you are greate man. thanks alot.
i love engineering and i definitely think it is the path i want to go through, but i am now kind of worried by the fact that the engineering unemployment rate is at an all time high and the field i want to enter is mechatronics/ robotics engineering, i hope that the situation gets better in the future
it is my dream to be a computer engineer. im 10th grade finished and learned the arduino tutorials you made when they said we will have a robotics subject ihave done alot of projects since and i just love doing it i also love math and science i remembered the time when i was doing a project and theres an error and it took me about 6 hours just to find the mistakes idid and debug 🤣 its hard but ilove the process. you are by far the best teacher that taught me robotics.💗
As someone who has finished his mechanical engineering degree, I suggest to talk to people who are working as a mechanical engineer before actually diving into one. What the counselors tell you vs what a real engineer tell you is vastly different
Last section whish someone had said those words to me when I was a bit younger so true every one of them, about decisions to whom to hang out and the choises you make that will effect hugely on your development as a professional but lesson learned through the hard way!!
Hi Paul, I agree a strong math background is very important. I was not good in math during middle school and high school. My focus was on music. I was fortunate that there is a connection between music, math and art that allowed me to do very well in math for my bachelor's and masters degrees in engineering. Being a hard worker and getting your hands dirty is important. Starting young is a good habit to foster. Having a competitive edge works well for most situations. Trying something different has worked well for me with 31 issued U.S. patents. Always think differently and consider ideas that aren't standard. No calculator - for all of my math classes in college, calculators were not allowed. I think your brain is stifled with relying on this tool. I agree that programming is important. It gives your mind a chance to think differently to solve a problem. There is a wealth of information on the internet now (videos, images, websites). Your comment on a web page is very good and it sparked a interest for me to register a domain name. I agree with your comments about video games/social media. I think that developing a LinkedIn profile in college (kind of like a online resume). It can provide visibility and allow companies/headhunters to get a look at what you are doing and interests. Good job!
You bring up a very good issue, and that is the issue of creativity, which I have not really covered yet, but which is critical. I think we first have to learn the conventional way of thinking, then we have to do things differently. I was always a non-conformist, and I think it was one of my greatest strengths. I always thought, if I do things like everyone else, I will end up in the same place they are. I wanted to end in a different spot. Hence, like you, I ended up with lots of patents, and almost always going my own path proved a wise way of doing things. Thanks for the important points you have made.
Hey Paul! Outstanding lesson!!! This is my first year in high school (9th grade) and I was wondering, what should I be studying if I want to be a mechanical engineer? You said to be doing hands-on things, and that is why I'm doing your MOST Excellent series of lessons on Arduino, python, 3D graphics, AI, Raspberry pi, and Fusion 360. Paul, you are a blessing to us all!!
Just keep doing what you are doing, and really focus a lot on math. supplement your math work by doing ALL the math material on the Khan Academy. Really build your math and programming skills in High School
I agree with everything you said, except the "don't go to parties". I mean, of course, it's not good to drink alcohol, smoke cigars or do drugs. It's not healthy and you shouldn't do that. But every once in a while it is important to go out and have some fun with other people. Once a week it is ok to go out with your friends and socialise or maybe go to the club and have a fun night. Like you said, communication is very important in engineering and every career for that matter. That's why you should not neglect your social activity. Learn to interact with people, develop social skills and make yourself a pleasurable person to communicate to.
I didnt say don't socialize, I said don't use drugs alcohol and get involved with women when in college. You guys are free to ignore my advice. My point is, if you want to get the results I got in life, this is how I did it.
@@paulmcwhorter Thanks for the reply. I agree, drugs and alcohol are a big nono and relationships with women can sometimes get you off track (it's better to invest in your studies and career than in a long relationship in college). I will continue to watch your videos as I am sure there is a lot more wisdom and great pieces of advice there. Have a great day, sir!
Hi, sir. I am a high schooler and I live in Korea. I was trying to find an arduino tutorial on UA-cam and I saw your videos and channel. By chance, I clicked this video and I could seriously think about my life. I want to be an engineer in the future, because I love making my own ideas come true and I was strongly impressed by Steve Jobs. But I had several worries. In my country, I mean South Korea, high school students have to spend all of their time on studying. I study 16 hours a day( I study even when I eat something or walt to somewhere ) anyway, the thing is that many Koreans are under pressure which is because thier parents and teachers tell them the only way to be successful is going to great college and in order to do that, we have to study to get good grades for the exams. But I love engineering so much so that I try to learn coding and I try my best to work on projects even though there is no place that I can even do soldering around my area. I am currently a junior and the only thing that I am doing well from what you said is math. Because I do math everyday and I usually do math for more than 7 hours a day. I study physics and chemistry for 6 hours a day. But I think I didn’t have a big chance to work on engineering and programming and that sort of makes me feel anxious because many great American engineers say that they started working on their jobs since they were young. I didn’t want to fall behind so that I spend all of my time on studying and working. I wake up 4:30 am everyday and start my day with math. I was invited to college so that now I am learning arduino. But I still feel anxious. I mean I feel like there are already so many great high school students who know better than me at engineering. So... What should I do sir?( I am not good at English because I am korean so if there was any mistake with grammar I am so sorry)
Your english is very good. Keep studying math. If you have time learn the arduino. Math is very important. Maybe is you have breaks you can study the arduino. Good luck!
I completely agree with your discussion thus far. I would add to the requirements - communication skills. During my career, I found many people that could do the "job', but couldn't express either their reasoning or conclusions either verbally or in written skills. You can be excellent at the task, but if you can't explain it, the results are worthless. Excellent series.
You are absolutely correct, and future lessons will cover communication. The guys that get the best raises and get promotions are not the guys that are the best at math, but the guys that are good enough in math, and can communicate. Communication tends to be a weak point for engineers, so being a good communicator can be a big differentiating strength for an engineer. I cover that later, because to first order, being a hard worker is the price of admission . . . then later we will look at how to be excellent.
Failure is an important tool; don't fear it. Challenge yourself. You will learn a lot from failed attempts. But you must not give up. I am a retired physician who enjoys engineering as a hobby. Your advice would serve pre-med students well also - In fact anyone who wants to be exceptional.
Take it from a retired engineer, learn how to communicate your ideas effectively. Get on the debate team or join toastmasters. Sound terrifying? That's the point! Get over your fear of public speaking as soon as possible and you will do that by practicing.
Totally agreed."No substitute for hard work". I'm doing my 3rd year in Electronics engg. and looking forward to watching videos for ppl of my grade. Plz make one!! From India :)
I'm in high school and still not sure, whether I should go for engineering or pure physics. Engineering can teach me the applications of various components, but physics can explain me how to components actually work. See, connecting and lighting up an LED is pretty simple in engineering. But, there's a lot of solid state physics going on in an LED, as you explained in one of your Arduino videos. I would be very grateful to you, if you help me out.🙏
Wow, really you need to go into engineering. That is where the jobs are. If you are interested in Physics, get an Electrical Engineering Degree with specialty in Solid State Physics. Believe me, you will understand how things work. A pure physics degree has very few good job opportunities.
Thank you so much for your reply.😀 But, I had a question. Is solid state physics a part of my engineering degree? Will solid state physics be available to me after my B.Tech in electrical engineering for my M.Tech? Or after completing my B.Tech in Electrical engineering, I will have to go for a B.Sc or M.Sc degree in solid state physics ?
When you go into Electrical Engineering, you then pick a specialty as part of your EE degree. You might choose power distribution, which preps you for a career associated with the power grid. You could choose RF, which would be associated with Cell Communications, and Radio Communications. Specialize in Control Systems, and you would design industrial control systems. You see, the EE degree is the broad category, and then they give you areas you can choose to specialize in, which primarily with be year 3 and year 4 of the degree. Specialize in solid state physics, and you would be the guy working at the fundamental physics level for Integrated Circuit designers, manufacturers, researchers and developers. It is a cool place to be.
I will have to choose either power distribution, RF or Control Systems in the first or second year or after that? I have decided to specialise in Solid state physics in my third or fourth year.
I'm really sorry for asking so many questions frequently. But, I have found a person in you, who can guide me and show me a way, through the chaos in my mind. 🙏 I checked out, that you've uploaded a course on robotics also. I am interested in making cool bots. That's why I joined your Arduino course. Then I will move on to your robotics course. Here, I have another question. Were you able to make robots with your knowledge about Electrical engineering only, or did you learn anything extra or went for any other degree?
Wow, I was just searching for some basic lessons for robotics. And boom I have found treasure here. Every lesson is amazing start from the basics. Really, enjoying.
Great advice for people who want to go into engineering. Back many years ago when I was getting my engineering degree, it really ticked me off how colleges substituted poor teaching as a method for weeding out students -- particularly since I personally was footing the bill for my education. After I realized that, I dropped out of the 4 year college and took all my math and other lower level courses at a junior college that had excellent teachers who really wanted to teach the material. When I went back to the 4 year college to complete my degree, I aced all my courses with the solid foundation I got at the junior college. Unfortunately, that is not an option for the younger generation today because a lot of engineering colleges no longer take in transfer students in masses like they use to. Likewise, I was able to pay for my college education with part time jobs without taking out any loans -- that would be nearly impossible to do today. It is a sorry state of affairs. My advice for people today is take math courses from MIT OCW before you go to college and get your foundation in mathematics that way.
Great advice. I am afraid now days lots of junior colleges have poor teachers as well. I think Technical Vocational schools are good options. I mean a two year instrumentation degree where you get real hands on engineering experience. . . those guys are in demand and getting good jobs and careers. I am thinking that for more and more people 4 year degrees are a waste of money, unless you get a real degree like engineering.
I went to language school because I had bad grades in the middle school. I had an ambition and passion to work for my finals and go to an engineering faculty. My math grades in high school were like really poor, but I managed to do my finals in top 90th percentile, and went to second best engineering faculty in my country. Now everything is new to me and I can't handle it. So much physics, math and programming. Till now I had never written a line of code in my life. It's not that I don't want to work hard but there is just no time. Do you have any advice? It's all moving so fast.
I am gonna cancel my spotify account and gonna open a website, its my last year in college i dont think its late, but for high school students; just think about doing this 5 years ago. Open a website as this man tells you and lets see what will happen in 5 years. Thank you.
I started electrical engineering school when I was 25 after 4 years in the military. I agree you have to put in the work. I could have worked harder and graduated cum laude. I saw the people that partied or gamed a lot loose a lot of time and money retaking courses. Like Paul recommends, most all the students that did better than me put in the work and also had there own independent projects.
Thanks for the advice sir. Would appreciate if you make a video about the difference between different bachelor programs like electrical engineering, mechanical engineering etc. to guide us in our choice in selecting the right programme for us.
I had 2 website fully made with HTML and CSS about 2 years ago and then my laptop got stolen and I had none of the files backed up. I haven't wanted to try to make a website since, but I think I'll give it a try!
I love it! this is really a huge booster for me, as I wonder if I've been spending too much time on my own arduino projects and studying outside of school; or if I'm not spending enough time trying to make an income with my wife. I'm only 1 year into college, and I feel like these personal projects have taught me more in a single week than I could ever learn in a whole college semester. (not to excuse school,) because the plan is to start strong, finish we'll, and make it great in college. the time that I'm investing on my own personal projects has been such an incredible thing to experience that I wouldn't trade for anything, and not even a dinky little job that I could make minimum wage...because WHAT IF I am able to make profit from the personal projects I'm working on? what if that profit turns out to be significantly greater than a full time position at a job I never really enjoyed? EVEN IF these projects never returned me a monetary profit, the educational profit that I've received from them have already been so amazing.
I think you are on the right track. Take a long term view. Doing projects, and being able to impress a recruiter with a project could allow you to land that primo job. Think about this . . . what can you design and build that when you interview for a job you could whip out and show your interviewer? Here, let me show you this color sorting robot I made. Dump a bog of M&M's in, ask him his favorite color, and then have it dispence only that color to him returning the remainder to the bin. Something like that. Projects are very important.
Thank you for this video. I'm hesitant to choose between electrical engineering and industrial engineering. What do you think? any suggestions? So glad I found your channel awesome content!
Nice video, sir. I'm in college I haven't done much of the stuff that you have mentioned but having good mathematics and not using calculators I have followed and ended with 7.21 CGPA in Btech.
Hello from Czech republic. I've just found your YT channel, because I've started some research on basics of electricity (--> arduino/programming,..). Im in the 4. class of high school and next year Im going to college. Im studying mechanical engineering, and we are doing nothing with electricity in my school. Im think robotics are future and there will be needed people who can costruct them and who can revive them --> person who will understand mechanical and electrical engineering will have good potential to be sucesfull. In quarantine I realised that education is imporant, and moreover, I found that interesting. Basics of mechanical engineering I have, and I'll continue with it on college. However I want to understand a little bit more to the programming, circuits, machine learning... Do you think its possible to learn this on my own? Do you know some good sites/texts where can I build good basics for all electrical fields except your YT channel, which Im going to explore, because you have a lot of good informations that can beginner follow. Thank you :) ( sorry for english, I hope its understandable)
I was revisiting these "Engineering Career" series videos last night. Again, I couldn't agree with Paul's points more. However, it is also important to realize that how difficult for one to actualy Do these rules in different cultures and companies. Applying these good rules from Paul can be very difficult or impossible in some cases. For example, in some companies where the their culture has been unfriendly toward new employees, etc. You will not achieve the results even if you follow the rules. I'm not saying the rules are not good, it's just unrealistic in some cases in some countries or organization/companies. Pretty sad, in fact.
Hi Paul, I found your channel when searched for GStreamer pipelines. Today I subscribed it, so now you have one more FEMALE in list of subscribers, and of course its my own account. :D Being embedded engineer from last 5 years, lately I was questioning myself; why I am an engineer? I really enjoyed my first job and worked with passion. Also second job till some point, but due to some reason I got bored. Thought to have a career change, so I took a break but did not help. But after watching this, I am feeling better. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge through this channel. I am very interested in Camera related stuff. Hope after learning from you and with practicals, I will feel alive again as an engineer. I am excited to try out your playlist with Raspberry Pi and Camera streaming. I wish I had known this channel way earlier, but its never too late!! Thanks :)
Actually I thought that making math harder was a kind of perversion of my Italian polytechnic University. Anyway, professors should teach and be clear, not just only make any freaking subject hard and incomprehensible, incomplete and chaotic just because "you're an engineer, you should be able to understand". Speaking for my experience.
Summary of the video:
-Be the hardest working person in the room
-Develop good maths habits: Be neat, show your steps, don't rely on your calculator
-Do maths courses on khanacademy
-Start learning programming
-Get a website
-Start working with an Arduino/Raspberry Pi
-Work on your own projects instead of consuming video games
-Make wise choices
thanks 900 iq
As someone who went through 4 years of college, I wish I heard this as a high school student. Everything you said is spot on.
In a sea of misinformation and self-promoting garbage, if we look hard enough, we can still find beacons of purity in people like Paul McWhorter. I have often questioned you motives Mr McWhorter, and after watching around 40 of your videos I have come to conclusion that your core desire is simply to help people, and so far you ask for nothing in return. When this period of uncertainty is over I will certainly become a Patreon. This is vital work you are doing, and it must continue.
You're really changing people's lives man this is the best channel and teacher I've ever found 😭
Maths and Science, another really good channel
I watched this 3 years ago and now i'm in my Final High school year and i'm so proud of my self and I can't believe I cannot imagine the extent of improvement that I have reached now and i really advise everybody here to really work on these tips cuz this is supppppppper helpful !
I really appreciate your efforts sir wish you all the best
how are you doing now
How are you doing now?
While I generally agree, the decision to become an engineer can be made later in life. I decided I wanted to pursue an engineering career when I turned 30. I had a job that same year, and am now more happy with my job than i've ever been.
Absolutely . . . It is never too late to learn, and never too late to become something new. Glad you did, and glad it worked out.
@@paulmcwhorter you are a legend
I'm going into high school next year, I will definitely follow your advice. I am prepared to work harder than I ever have before.
OK, well good luck and stay tuned into this series.
4 years later, still no sign of life...
You're absolutely right! Kids, if you follow these guy advices you're not only gonna be the best in class but you're gonna save a lot of time during your career as an engineer, since you're gonna have all the necessary skills to thrive as an engineer. Congratulations Paul, you're inspiring.
I am currently a freshman in high school, and I have been getting into robotics for the past couple of months. I love all the advice that you give and I feel like it can be applied to many things. I have been programming for the last 3 years and the best advice according to me is to just start building. You will not learn more by watching tutorials and doing puzzles than you will by working on projects. Working on projects teaches you the most important skills like planning out big and complex programs, how to approach problems and solve them, how to maintain a huge project, and most importantly, how to debug and what to do when you fail. There is no better way to learn than by doing.
Yes, do Kahn Acadamy no matter how good your math program is.
College Calculus 1-3, ODEs, Linear algebra, and PDEs was all no calculator classes. Don't rely on a calculator to do math, it's a tool just as a slide ruler or a table is just a tool.
Don't just write out your math steps, also write out what math properties you used at each step...
i.e. x^2-9 = 0 Solve for x^2
x^2 = 9 Solve for x by taking sqrt()
x = +-3
in PDEs I wrote "applied Fundamental Theorems of Calculus" more times than I can think of, but it's a very important step in solving a PDE and if you read the solution you know what was done and why.
Too many can give steps to solve a problem but lack the ability to articulate and explain why they did any of the steps.
The neat work is absolutely right. I was messing up my physics calculations as a freshman in hs although I understood the concepts of the question I was working on because of my work. I was sat with a classmate who would criticize my work for the rest of the semester. I ended up getting the questions right and even solving the "hard" questions with ease.
I am the final year student in Embedded System Engineering and your video for high school students is really great. When I was in high school, I've never had chance to really learn programming, there was optional Pascal and Microsoft Office classes but 90% of the time is theory. However, I did learn math very seriously because it is mandatory for me to get in to the college and learn the major that I like, but nobody tell me how important it is in engineering field like what you are doing now, until I learn the first lesson about C++ in 2nd year of college, I know that, math teaches us how to think. And it is always true that: Success in engineering is not about how smart you are, but it is about how hard you work.
I hope you will have English and other languages subtitle instead of the automatic subtitle so that more students from non-English countries can understand this crucial lesson.
For me, I'm gonna move to the next videos and learn more about engineering career from you. Thank you so much for teaching us these lessons.
(sorry for my bad English)
watched this as a 25 yr old man that graduated high school at the age of 18...... all i gotta say is i should've watched this along time ago haha especially towards the end of the video. but with that said, its never too late to get disciplined and focus on your career, coming from the 25 year old man thats been going through your arduino tutorial playlist and eventually raspberry pi
1) do not save work until the last minute. Break it up into little increments and do the work with groups.
2) compare work with others. The final number doesn’t matter it’s the method.
3) if you understand something, teach it to others who don’t understand it. It will reinforce what you learned.
4) practice problem, practice problems, practice problems.
You are a very wise man, and these are excellent suggestions! Thank you for contributing.
In my freshman year at Technical University of Kenya, I really struggled to fit in socially. I spent quite a considerable time doing silly activities(gaming, movies, etc) with the 'cool kids'. One day I came across a professor while gaming in one of the lecture rooms, whom I think noticed my struggles, and told me that I should think of developing the game rather than being just a consumer of the game. Game development had not been in my list of interest, therefore I took a different road. Today, with one year to my graduation, I've done a CNC machine for milling, 3D printing, Laser engraving; simple home automation and now working on an off-road electric buggy and I'm an Autodesk Certified Professional (Inventor)
I agree with you on everything you just. It's all about the choices you make
Maybe I should start a UA-cam channel or a website.
Sounds like you made good choices. Keep doing these good things.
Really appreciate what Paul is doing here. Realized a lot of us got into engineering without realizing what it entails to be successful in engineering,me included.
Question to Mugendi,i am also in Kenya and searching for a place to get autodesk(autocad) certification,where did you enroll for the tests?
So help me understand the opportunities for engineering jobs in Africa. What skills are needed, and then what type of jobs can one get. I have been to Africa 7 times, and have spent lots of time in Kitale, Kenya. I see a lot of poverty, and good people working very hard to try and survive. But, what are the opportunities to get higher paying jobs, and for people to break out of poverty. I am in the process of trying to move to Africa, but really do not see how I could impact people with education. If I taught a person to program, what programming jobs would they be able to find. Really love Africa and would like to make a positive impact but remain confused of what type of opportunities there are there.
Good to know you love Africa Paul,this is the land of opportunities as we are still developing.Engineering skills that are lucrative in Kenya as of now are in power;particularly power generation,renewable energy as well as most parts are still not connected to the grid and and also due to unreliability of our distribution system hence the demand for power engineers.However programming is still taking shape as most people become privy to it in college,but as we speak more and more IOT startups are coming up due to the incubation labs being established,some in conjunction with the governmentthrough the ICT ministry.For instance we have our own version of App-linked taxi services called 'Little cab' and also me and a few of my classmates in college are currently working on an Atmega based project,curtain opener(home automation),we've just submitted the project write up to a local company waiting for their approval to begin on the prototype after which we hope to upgrade to ESP-based system.Thus the field of programming and IOT in general is on the upward trajectory as more people get to understand it's benefits in this technological era and in the future business prospects.
In a nutshell,there are many opportunities here in Kenya Mr.McWhorter as we are a hardworking bunch as you stated and eager to learn the necessary skills.Acquiring these skills from a mentor and tutor like you will greatly benefit us in opportunities such as automation.
I sat for my certification exam at CITECH. It is Westlands. Here is their website: www.citech.co.ke/index.php/component/content/?id=82
If you don't drink at uni, you're already onto a winner. My focus in first year was to socialize and I came out with 55%, just constantly hungover, had no chance. The pandemic allowed me to work remotely and went on to score 80% in my second year
Your story is a common one . . . takes 3 years to dig out of the hole created in the first year. Glad you got things turned around.
I wish someone had given me this advice in high school. Currently going into my second year of a mechatronics engineering degree and this summer I'm working to catch up on some of the things you mentioned in this video which I've neglected. Thanks so much for the video series!
How are you liking mechatronics? That is what I am thinking of going into in 2 years. Care to explain some details?
I am a practicing engineer. I mainly write embedded code. I started watching the introductory video and I couldn't stop. This guy is right on. I wish I had stumbled upon his videos earlier on in my life.
Again, thank you for your time. I have told may people about all the things, that help go ahead in life. Your classes on Learn Fusion 360 or Die Trying and Khan Academy for many years. Both are free programs that are only made to help people get ahead. When I started with Khan he was helping kids in his family with homework on youtube. I was trying to help one of my grandkids and he was doing a much better job, as they could go back and watch the video as many times as we needed an had to get 10 right in a row before moving on. Well I was getting old and then the Doctors told me I had to exercise. If I needed that, I need to do the same with my brain. As a Welder-Stearfitter drawing was a must, so after looking at Fusion 360 I knew that would work great. Thanks to you it has easy to understand to get started. I have told my students about you and Khan, to help get them started down the right road.
I just found out about this channel today and all I want to say is I'm quite motivated to be the most successful engineer I know .
Simple math how to ues tools and lathes and milling machines. Engineering is the fabric of life. One thing I've learnt going back 25 years . Having hands on experience using all the tooling over time you gain alot of experience. Engineers have to be very open minded and fixable also see things from the start to end.
Paul I couldn’t agree more with you. I was not the smartest student in high school or grade school, but starting my freshmen year of college I became a very hard worker, and I did receive a Civil Engineering degree. I wasn’t the top of my class and I didn’t earn the degree in record time, but I agree it was the hard work I put in that got me through. Looking forward to the rest of the lessons.
I’m a senior right now and took only 7 AP courses. I used to be certain that I wanted to be a Heart Surgeon until I took AP Biology and realized that I had no passion for it and hated the gore during surgery. However I realized that I love physics and math however never did Coding or programming. Right now I’m taking AP Calc AB. I want to be a Mechanical Engineer and have been trying to create a internal combustion engine. I’m just nervous because my whole family are doctors and I’m the first to not be a doctor. Now I did take honor classes for math where right I’m now taking AP CALC AB. I hope everything goes fine in college and I know I want to have a master on Mechanical Engineering. So far I’m did everything you stated for me to do. So, I should be on the track.
Thank you so much for being mentor!
Hi Paul
Thanks for the great videos. One thing I'd like to add is this. Before applying to any university, you need to find out not only the prerequisite courses you have to take in high school to get into the program, but the recommended courses as well. Because not all high schools offer courses such as computer science, many universities call this a recommended course as an entrance requirement. Living in a small rural town, my sons found this out the hard way and struggled through their first year. What this means for students in our town is that they must either have move to a bigger center in their senior year or to take these courses as online independent studies. Recruiters know this, but this information rarely gets passed down to parents and students.
You are spot on with university professors weeding out students in the first semester. I see this as a cash grab by universities knowing 50% of students will not be there by the Christmas break. A lot of times I just think our kids really have good intentions when they leave home, but are not prepared for the onslaught that awaits them.
Very good point. Unfortunately, most public schools in the US are really bad. That is why we home schooled our daughter. Even though public schools are next to worthless, that is not an excuse to not get educated up. There is so much good info on youtube. I mean I watch several hours of videos a day learning new things . . . robotics, parallel computing, virtual reality, machine learning. Any topic you can find good resources on the web. We need to encourage our young generation to begin to take responsibility for their own educations, because the resources are there.
Sir you're the best and thank you for giving us this lessons because i'm a middle student i'm 12 and I started programming just a few months ago, I started of with python then furthered more into the basics of ML and AI and then I wasn't quite satisfied I had always had interest in robotics and being able to program hardware and then i saw your arduino lessons and followed it up till the end to be honest it took me more like 5 days because i wanted to be able to do things on my own and all i wanted was to understand how to but at that i started having doubts about spending most of my time programming all because i had time due to the corona holiday and after watching this I've been motivated because i now know the reason for all of my hard work and i know its not all in vain. Once again i want to say a very big thank you to you sir and may God bless you.
Paul, I agree with 95% of what you said. Where I disagree is where you need focus so much in high school. If you cannot have fun to be an engineer why be an engineer. I actually failed out of math in high school - I hated math! I grew up, got past that party phase, and tried engineering school (yes I still hated math but it was because I did not try). I failed at first but i worked very-very hard and ended up on the dean list, got a masters degree, and nearly have a doctorate in electrical engineering. I over came being weeded out (thanks to some classmates encouragement) and have a every successful career. On the note of being "top of your class" is a great goal but not THE GOAL. I will not hire the top guy in their class but I like the third or fourth, especially if they had other interests or jobs. These are the students that probably worked twice as hard and learned the hard lessons and probably learned it better!
Just an engineer with a lifetime(20+ years) of learning - still working hard! ps - love your vids - still learning
Where did you start learning math?
i just started undergraduate degree in engineering,...I am waiting for the 1st sem exam after lockdown and ...i thought i was doing good till high school.....listening to you...i found that i just didn't do it right :the mathematics!.....I am jumping right next to khan academy till i get good at mathematics before next videos in playlists.....Thank You for all tutorials in this channel...I did your arduino tutorial during high school...love your efforts and advice!
I totally accept what Paul is trying to convey through this video. I will try to incorporate everything he has said in my engineering and academic career when I join uni.
However, I might never be a Paul Mcwhorter or a Elon Musk or a Jeff Bezos or a Cal Newport. All I want to have is knowledge and experience. Never in my biggest dreams I wanted to own Super Cars. I might be the average guy, I might be decent in doing my thing. But I do realise I could be an average engineer and still have a learning attitude and curiosity and inquisitiveness that I have right now. I know that this attitude of mine will never fade away. I could be happy just knowing or learning something I didn’t know the previous day. But thank you Paul...
I agree 100% when you advised to NOT use a calculator as a crutch. I remember my Math Teacher during the 2nd Semester of my Freshman year (I took Pre-Algebra and had to take extra Math classes in Summer School to catch up to where I took Pre-Calculus and Physics by my Senior year. Ironically my Pre-Algebra was also my Pre-Calculus Teacher) didn't allow us to use our calculator. I actually taught Math to Middle school students (I'm currently a Software QA Analyst) years ago and we rarely used calculators because I wanted them to understand how to solve problems.
Being in university, you get taught programming and arduino type of skills much later than you should and so it is a very good thing to learn these things in the summer. get programming and building stuff because honestly sometimes those side projects are worth more than formal education and formal education (esp for engineering) has its own range of issues but thats the best way to counter it. find sometime in ur week, take 30 mins to learn some coding or making a drone or something
Can I just say this man is an absolute legend and an absolute God for aspiring engineers like me. I am 15 and wanting to be an electrical engineer and and I just want to thank Mr. Mcwhorter so much for your advice and your wisdom
Year 2 computer engineering student here, here's my 2cents.
these first two videos have been solid! From my experience being the person that doesn't always pick things up right away, hard work and doing things early is a must. In highschool, but especially in college, you HAVE to preview the material. Taking a coding class in a language you've never seen, or a math class where you don't understand at least the main ideas before you go in, you're going to have a bad time.
On that note, give yourself time to learn things, and don't worry if something takes you longer than you think it should. understanding and doing things right while your learning is way more important than speed.
Personal projects are a must, and just having the mindset of building the things you like instead of just consuming them will keep you driven through school. I've always found I learn better chasing a personal goal than ones set for me in a classroom.
But yeah! looking forward to the next one to find out all the things I'm doing wrong in college haha
All good points. Thanks for sharing, and look forward to hearing from you on future videos on this series.
Wish I had this advise back when I was in school.
Kids, listen up and apply yourself 😀
Dear Mr McWhorter, I am an Indian PhD student in Israel. I enjoy working with your arduino tutorial (on video 9). Back home in high school calculators are absolutely banned from classes (Maths, Physics or Chemistry classes). Only when we enter college, and only in the statistics courses are we allowed to use sci-calc. Yes, what you are talking about is absolutely essential for students to actually learn and develop problem solving skills.
Thanks for the comment . . .interesting to hear things are same over there. Good luck in your studies.
Hello paul McWhorter, I am an upcoming devoted engineer. I really love your advice, I strongly needed it as a motivation to hold on to. I am from Nigeria and the folks over here are a joke, I get ridiculed sometimes for being devoted and willing to learn the necessary skills to become a successful engineer. You truly motivated me on this, and I'll get back to you when I finally become successful.
Hi Paul,
as a german (High School) Student who is verry interested in engeneering and programming I cant thank enough!
ALL of your videos are great and highly motivating. I have learned so muchwatching your videos, its great.
sry for my English
Thank you so much for the kind words, and keep watching this series. More videos will be out soon. Good luck in your career and look forward to hearing from you again.
HI Paul, I am also an engineer with 20 yrs experience. I have asked my son ( a budding engineer) to view your video. Thanks a lot a very pragmatic advice!!!
This content is priceless! Thanks for the inspiration!
Glad you are finding the material useful, thanks for the feedback.
THIS Is what I’ve been looking for. I’m in high school and I’ve been looking for videos about engineering/ becoming an engineer and this so far has been the best video I’ve watched
Do all the simple things I explain in these videos and you will go far in life.
@@paulmcwhorter thank you!!
Good words, Paul! I couldn't agree more with what you've said about preparing while you're young. When I got into Engineering school nearly 40 years ago I was very unprepared. I had to make up a lot of ground and it was a tough road. Like you said, it took hard work and a never quit attitude. I would say, in addition to what you said, that a young engineer (High school student or college graduate in their first job) needs to find a mentor. This can be a professor, a fellow student or a working engineer. But it must be someone that will push you and work with you to help you grow. And never stop learning. Heck, I've been at this for a long time and i've started learning Arduino programming from you.
That is a good point . . . I should probably add a video to the series on mentorship. That is really a key to success. Thanks for the comments.
Yes. I think that when any of us gets to the point where we don't think that we can learn something from somebody else, then we risk moving into the "stupid'' category. I had the great blessing to work with a man, who was my dad's age, shortly after completing my ME degree. He was a wise man in so many ways. It only lasted 3 or 4 years, but I think that I probably learned the equivalent of a practical masters degree in that time. Now I'm the mid fifties guy and I quote him frequently... and miss him greatly.
Thank You for these tips. This man really knows what he’s talking about. I will become a Mechanical Engineer or die trying. I will use these tips to success.
Do it!
If you're in high school, and you want to be a successful engineer, take as many AP (advanced placement) courses as you can. AP math and science for sure, but also AP english. These classes will teach you the importance of working hard, put you substantially ahead of your college freshman peers, and also boost your GPA.
I wish to god at this night of miraj(shab e barat)...
I found more people and platform like this to grow myself in every aspect of my life..... Jajak allah❤
Hi, I'm a high school junior, going into the senior year this fall. Thank you, Paul, for all the tips, and everyone in the comments, I am sad that I did understand these things my freshman year but very glad I watched tonight and have learned some of them in my last year. I'm a pretty avid gamer but smart enough and hard working enough to excel in every class with a 4.0 while taking AP courses in all subjects except social studies (taking one next year). I know that gaming has taken away at least a month or two of my life during high school alone. Time is very precious. One way I've combatted that free time activity is by filling it with good extra curricular activities such as Debate Club, Robotics (FIRST) Club, and Service clubs, not the smaller party clubs like Spanish club and ecology club. The robotics club allows you to do almost exactly that which you have said about fixing, debugging, doing projects, and being an engineer but it's only if you are willing to work harder than any one else. With the latter clubs, these may be different at other schools but at my high school they meet once a month for snacks and hanging out. I suggest to all freshman and any age to get involved in FIRST Robotics and really get working harder than any other person there.
My years are ending for high school and I'm signing up for college. I've taken the ACT, got a 29, which is great but not going to make it very easy to get into the top colleges that I was looking at such as Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, and University of Michigan Ann Arbor. I'm going to retake it this fall in time for early admission and regular admissions. I was wondering, what is the real significance in a college and a degree? What's the value especially when comparing colleges that aren't Ivy League of top school and when comparing between an Ivy League and technical or state school? College is an awful lot of money and I wonder how that limits people from becoming engineers, if at all. Hopefully, some college freshman and others can give some clarity on this.
Great series, Paul! Very helpful.
Sounds like you are on the right track. One strategy is to go to a good state school for engineering and then go to a premier school for Masters degree. I went to University of Texas for undergraduate, and then Stanford for Master's degree. I am not big on Ivy League schools for engineering. Find a good state school with solid engineering program.
Thanks for the advice Paul!
I know everyone says this, but I wish I had a mentor like Paul to advise me years back. Great content!
Really like your content. Thanks for sharing what kind of mindset is needed to think like engineer that knows how to create and innovate. Educating, training, and working as engineer has been one of the greatest blessings of my life.
I spend 90% of my free time gaming AND I've already completed 3 out of 5 years in my electrical engineering bachelor's, checkmate Mr. McWhorter ;) But seriously, I've been looking for motivation heading into my 4th year and your videos are helping a lot. I've also started to follow your Arduino tutorials, since I'm going to be starting to do large projects soon and the last code I wrote was in my freshman coding class 3 years ago... I'm sure I'm not the first to say this, but keep up the good content! You really are awesome
Yeah but you do know those video games ain't gonna help you a lot
This is a great point. College is about hard work and dedication. I started teaching myself how to use a 3D printer and now I am on my way on learning airduinos!
As a game developer, who taught himself C++, the best book for that programming language is "Starting out with C++ from control structure through object" From Tony Gaddis.
OK thanks for the info. I have never learned C++. I have always been more of an engineer and not so much of a programmer. I learned arduino and python a few years ago, but am more of a dabbler.
Which is understandable, because you cover a wide range of topics from the engineering field.
Yes, my real expertise is Solid State Physics, and how seminconductor devices like transistors work at the atomic level. My career was around developing IC technology and advancing the technology based on this understanding of how semiconductors work at the atomic level. Hence I was working way way down at the atomic level, which means I did not program or design or do circuits work. Not very much a home hobiest can do in solid state physics, so I am making videos about areas I am interested in but not really an expert in. Because I am not an expert, I explain things slow for new learners like me can understand
I really love that you also talk about good life choises because i feel like today (as a young person) thats hard for some people.
So greetings from holland an keep up the good work!
Thanks for the feedback. Sometimes I invest a whole lot in a student, they go to college and make poor life choices and all is lost. It is like I wasted my time teaching them math and engineering if they make poor choices. Young people need to better understand the terrible implications of one stupid choice.
As a current electrical engineer at umass boston i appreciate your lessons and your skills with being very articulate and patient explaining piece by piece. also i am really shocked by integrals being taught in hs i wish my hs taught calculus
As a 30 year old man going for a career change I wish these were the things I knew back in high school (that and a good math teacher wouldve been a massive help) Thank you Mr. McWhorter going through your various series now.
Awesome Sr. every idea is super clear and relevant. I will add the following character traits that have been very helpful In my career: show up fist leave last. Arrive on time. Prepare before meetings. Be humble and recognize my mistakes. Have the willingness to teach others and aid in them shining on their jobs. Thank you for these amazing videos.
Excellent!
Well done, Paul. I'm not an engineer but I've worked with scores of engineers during my adult career (45+ years). They were mostly of the electrical, mechanical, civil and chemical varieties. In that time, I think I learned how to spot a "good engineer" in a crowd of engineers; and, I can tell you that each of those "good engineers" had, as their foundation, the very qualities that you are describing. Thanks and please keep it up ... Joe
Joe, thanks for the comment. Glad you have found some of the same things I have noticed.
In my humble opinion, I became succesful as a software engineer because I started teaching myself math, physics during my senior year in high school. My math teachers were very lenient, but thanks to the Schaum series I made it to college.
I then started an engineering program in electronics. Being good at math was my way in, but I had no experience building anything, let alone a circuit. And so I dropped out after six semesters or so. That brings me to the next suggestion: Be a DIYer of any kind. You mention coding and building circuits, but I'd add wood working, car mechanics or any other hobby.
I switched to software engineering 21 years ago, and have been able to make a pretty decent living. But I've always wanted to get back to electronics, so I got me one of those arduino kits. One thing led to another, and I diverted to your arduino program (which is more challenging).
Definitely . . . be a DIYer of any type.
FANTASTIC advice - and well communicated; having those exciting goals is empowering and focuses ones knowledge in engineering principles. If teachers would always try to relate concepts to the application and how this enables one to be more empowered, students find the motivation to get the information and skills fully mastered. Thanks!
thank you sir...im a student from algeria..i think its not too late for me to start again now.. but i wish i saw this video long time ago..i literally droped tears watching this...god bless you...thank you so much
I am just glad I met this awesome teacher in my life!
This is one of the best education advice I have really had in a long time.
i can not thank you enough mr. McWorther. Priceless tips!
Thanks for watching!
Although I’m planning on becoming a data scientist, I am certainly sure that this series will help me become a better and smarter version of myself!
I just got to high school 😂
Same. High schooler here too. Dunno if i'm bad at maths or just lazy.
thanks paul for these greate lesson , that very greate and i will walk through theres steps , I announced that i'm graduated from faculy of engineering in egypt and i never give up of leaning and listen to you , because you are greate man. thanks alot.
i love engineering and i definitely think it is the path i want to go through, but i am now kind of worried by the fact that the engineering unemployment rate is at an all time high and the field i want to enter is mechatronics/ robotics engineering, i hope that the situation gets better in the future
it is my dream to be a computer engineer. im 10th grade finished and learned the arduino tutorials you made when they said we will have a robotics subject ihave done alot of projects since and i just love doing it i also love math and science i remembered the time when i was doing a project and theres an error and it took me about 6 hours just to find the mistakes idid and debug 🤣 its hard but ilove the process. you are by far the best teacher that taught me robotics.💗
As someone who has finished his mechanical engineering degree, I suggest to talk to people who are working as a mechanical engineer before actually diving into one. What the counselors tell you vs what a real engineer tell you is vastly different
Last section whish someone had said those words to me when I was a bit younger so true every one of them, about decisions to whom to hang out and the choises you make that will effect hugely on your development as a professional but lesson learned through the hard way!!
Mr. Paul you are a good person, keep up the good work.
I'm a computer science student at my final semester and all you said is very true!
Hi Paul,
I agree a strong math background is very important. I was not good in math during middle school and high school. My focus was on music. I was fortunate that there is a connection between music, math and art that allowed me to do very well in math for my bachelor's and masters degrees in engineering.
Being a hard worker and getting your hands dirty is important. Starting young is a good habit to foster. Having a competitive edge works well for most situations. Trying something different has worked well for me with 31 issued U.S. patents. Always think differently and consider ideas that aren't standard.
No calculator - for all of my math classes in college, calculators were not allowed. I think your brain is stifled with relying on this tool.
I agree that programming is important. It gives your mind a chance to think differently to solve a problem. There is a wealth of information on the internet now (videos, images, websites).
Your comment on a web page is very good and it sparked a interest for me to register a domain name.
I agree with your comments about video games/social media. I think that developing a LinkedIn profile in college (kind of like a online resume). It can provide visibility and allow companies/headhunters to get a look at what you are doing and interests.
Good job!
You bring up a very good issue, and that is the issue of creativity, which I have not really covered yet, but which is critical. I think we first have to learn the conventional way of thinking, then we have to do things differently. I was always a non-conformist, and I think it was one of my greatest strengths. I always thought, if I do things like everyone else, I will end up in the same place they are. I wanted to end in a different spot. Hence, like you, I ended up with lots of patents, and almost always going my own path proved a wise way of doing things. Thanks for the important points you have made.
Can you please advise on how you got better at math?
Hey Paul! Outstanding lesson!!! This is my first year in high school (9th grade) and I was wondering, what should I be studying if I want to be a mechanical engineer? You said to be doing hands-on things, and that is why I'm doing your MOST Excellent series of lessons on Arduino, python, 3D graphics, AI, Raspberry pi, and Fusion 360. Paul, you are a blessing to us all!!
Just keep doing what you are doing, and really focus a lot on math. supplement your math work by doing ALL the math material on the Khan Academy. Really build your math and programming skills in High School
I wish I was given this advice when I was in high school
I regret not watching this earlier. Thank you so much!
I agree with everything you said, except the "don't go to parties". I mean, of course, it's not good to drink alcohol, smoke cigars or do drugs. It's not healthy and you shouldn't do that. But every once in a while it is important to go out and have some fun with other people. Once a week it is ok to go out with your friends and socialise or maybe go to the club and have a fun night. Like you said, communication is very important in engineering and every career for that matter. That's why you should not neglect your social activity. Learn to interact with people, develop social skills and make yourself a pleasurable person to communicate to.
I didnt say don't socialize, I said don't use drugs alcohol and get involved with women when in college. You guys are free to ignore my advice. My point is, if you want to get the results I got in life, this is how I did it.
@@paulmcwhorter Thanks for the reply. I agree, drugs and alcohol are a big nono and relationships with women can sometimes get you off track (it's better to invest in your studies and career than in a long relationship in college). I will continue to watch your videos as I am sure there is a lot more wisdom and great pieces of advice there. Have a great day, sir!
I am glade listening it while I am in high school.
Thanks you so much
Hi, sir. I am a high schooler and I live in Korea. I was trying to find an arduino tutorial on UA-cam and I saw your videos and channel. By chance, I clicked this video and I could seriously think about my life. I want to be an engineer in the future, because I love making my own ideas come true and I was strongly impressed by Steve Jobs. But I had several worries. In my country, I mean South Korea, high school students have to spend all of their time on studying. I study 16 hours a day( I study even when I eat something or walt to somewhere ) anyway, the thing is that many Koreans are under pressure which is because thier parents and teachers tell them the only way to be successful is going to great college and in order to do that, we have to study to get good grades for the exams. But I love engineering so much so that I try to learn coding and I try my best to work on projects even though there is no place that I can even do soldering around my area. I am currently a junior and the only thing that I am doing well from what you said is math. Because I do math everyday and I usually do math for more than 7 hours a day. I study physics and chemistry for 6 hours a day. But I think I didn’t have a big chance to work on engineering and programming and that sort of makes me feel anxious because many great American engineers say that they started working on their jobs since they were young. I didn’t want to fall behind so that I spend all of my time on studying and working. I wake up 4:30 am everyday and start my day with math. I was invited to college so that now I am learning arduino. But I still feel anxious. I mean I feel like there are already so many great high school students who know better than me at engineering. So... What should I do sir?( I am not good at English because I am korean so if there was any mistake with grammar I am so sorry)
Your english is very good. Keep studying math. If you have time learn the arduino. Math is very important. Maybe is you have breaks you can study the arduino. Good luck!
I wish my engineer managers were like you say and took pride in their trade.
I completely agree with your discussion thus far. I would add to the requirements - communication skills. During my career, I found many people that could do the "job', but couldn't express either their reasoning or conclusions either verbally or in written skills.
You can be excellent at the task, but if you can't explain it, the results are worthless.
Excellent series.
You are absolutely correct, and future lessons will cover communication. The guys that get the best raises and get promotions are not the guys that are the best at math, but the guys that are good enough in math, and can communicate. Communication tends to be a weak point for engineers, so being a good communicator can be a big differentiating strength for an engineer. I cover that later, because to first order, being a hard worker is the price of admission . . . then later we will look at how to be excellent.
When I was hiring employees I focused on three broad areas, the 3 A's: Available, Able, Affable. You are giving outstanding advice.
I had not thought of it in those terms, but really agree those are three really big ones. Thanks for the comment.
Failure is an important tool; don't fear it. Challenge yourself. You will learn a lot from failed attempts. But you must not give up. I am a retired physician who enjoys engineering as a hobby. Your advice would serve pre-med students well also - In fact anyone who wants to be exceptional.
Take it from a retired engineer, learn how to communicate your ideas effectively. Get on the debate team or join toastmasters. Sound terrifying? That's the point! Get over your fear of public speaking as soon as possible and you will do that by practicing.
Totally agreed."No substitute for hard work". I'm doing my 3rd year in Electronics engg. and looking forward to watching videos for ppl of my grade. Plz make one!! From India :)
Stay tuned, lots more lessons coming on this.
Waiting already!!
I'm in high school and this is very useful. thanks :) I'd never of thought to bulid a website :)
OK, glad it got you thinking. Stay tuned, and hope you will like the next videos in this series.
I'm in high school and still not sure, whether I should go for engineering or pure physics. Engineering can teach me the applications of various components, but physics can explain me how to components actually work.
See, connecting and lighting up an LED is pretty simple in engineering. But, there's a lot of solid state physics going on in an LED, as you explained in one of your Arduino videos.
I would be very grateful to you, if you help me out.🙏
Wow, really you need to go into engineering. That is where the jobs are. If you are interested in Physics, get an Electrical Engineering Degree with specialty in Solid State Physics. Believe me, you will understand how things work. A pure physics degree has very few good job opportunities.
Thank you so much for your reply.😀
But, I had a question. Is solid state physics a part of my engineering degree? Will solid state physics be available to me after my B.Tech in electrical engineering for my M.Tech? Or after completing my B.Tech in Electrical engineering, I will have to go for a B.Sc or M.Sc degree in solid state physics ?
When you go into Electrical Engineering, you then pick a specialty as part of your EE degree. You might choose power distribution, which preps you for a career associated with the power grid. You could choose RF, which would be associated with Cell Communications, and Radio Communications. Specialize in Control Systems, and you would design industrial control systems. You see, the EE degree is the broad category, and then they give you areas you can choose to specialize in, which primarily with be year 3 and year 4 of the degree. Specialize in solid state physics, and you would be the guy working at the fundamental physics level for Integrated Circuit designers, manufacturers, researchers and developers. It is a cool place to be.
I will have to choose either power distribution, RF or Control Systems in the first or second year or after that? I have decided to specialise in Solid state physics in my third or fourth year.
I'm really sorry for asking so many questions frequently. But, I have found a person in you, who can guide me and show me a way, through the chaos in my mind. 🙏
I checked out, that you've uploaded a course on robotics also. I am interested in making cool bots. That's why I joined your Arduino course. Then I will move on to your robotics course.
Here, I have another question. Were you able to make robots with your knowledge about Electrical engineering only, or did you learn anything extra or went for any other degree?
you're epic paul :) im going to implement your tips starting today, i want to be flying first class too
Wow, I was just searching for some basic lessons for robotics. And boom I have found treasure here. Every lesson is amazing start from the basics. Really, enjoying.
Welcome aboard!
Great advice for people who want to go into engineering.
Back many years ago when I was getting my engineering degree, it really ticked me
off how colleges substituted poor teaching as a method for weeding out
students -- particularly since I personally was footing the bill for my
education. After I realized that, I dropped out of the 4 year college and
took all my math and other lower level courses at a junior college that
had excellent teachers who really wanted to teach the material. When I
went back to the 4 year college to complete my degree, I aced all my
courses with the solid foundation I got at the junior college.
Unfortunately, that is not an option for the younger generation today
because a lot of engineering colleges no longer take in transfer
students in masses like they use to. Likewise, I was able to pay for my
college education with part time jobs without taking out any loans --
that would be nearly impossible to do today. It is a sorry state of affairs.
My advice for people today is take math courses from MIT OCW before you
go to college and get your foundation in mathematics that way.
Great advice. I am afraid now days lots of junior colleges have poor teachers as well. I think Technical Vocational schools are good options. I mean a two year instrumentation degree where you get real hands on engineering experience. . . those guys are in demand and getting good jobs and careers. I am thinking that for more and more people 4 year degrees are a waste of money, unless you get a real degree like engineering.
I went to language school because I had bad grades in the middle school. I had an ambition and passion to work for my finals and go to an engineering faculty. My math grades in high school were like really poor, but I managed to do my finals in top 90th percentile, and went to second best engineering faculty in my country. Now everything is new to me and I can't handle it. So much physics, math and programming. Till now I had never written a line of code in my life. It's not that I don't want to work hard but there is just no time. Do you have any advice? It's all moving so fast.
Perfect explanation, thank you for the tips and advise
I am gonna cancel my spotify account and gonna open a website, its my last year in college i dont think its late, but for high school students; just think about doing this 5 years ago. Open a website as this man tells you and lets see what will happen in 5 years.
Thank you.
47 yo father and engineer, listening for my daughter. Great content
I started electrical engineering school when I was 25 after 4 years in the military. I agree you have to put in the work. I could have worked harder and graduated cum laude. I saw the people that partied or gamed a lot loose a lot of time and money retaking courses. Like Paul recommends, most all the students that did better than me put in the work and also had there own independent projects.
Thanks for the advice sir. Would appreciate if you make a video about the difference between different bachelor programs like electrical engineering, mechanical engineering etc. to guide us in our choice in selecting the right programme for us.
Amazing video, very useful content! Congrats.
I had 2 website fully made with HTML and CSS about 2 years ago and then my laptop got stolen and I had none of the files backed up. I haven't wanted to try to make a website since, but I think I'll give it a try!
Paul McWhorter You are the BEST !!!
I love it! this is really a huge booster for me, as I wonder if I've been spending too much time on my own arduino projects and studying outside of school; or if I'm not spending enough time trying to make an income with my wife. I'm only 1 year into college, and I feel like these personal projects have taught me more in a single week than I could ever learn in a whole college semester. (not to excuse school,) because the plan is to start strong, finish we'll, and make it great in college. the time that I'm investing on my own personal projects has been such an incredible thing to experience that I wouldn't trade for anything, and not even a dinky little job that I could make minimum wage...because WHAT IF I am able to make profit from the personal projects I'm working on? what if that profit turns out to be significantly greater than a full time position at a job I never really enjoyed? EVEN IF these projects never returned me a monetary profit, the educational profit that I've received from them have already been so amazing.
I think you are on the right track. Take a long term view. Doing projects, and being able to impress a recruiter with a project could allow you to land that primo job. Think about this . . . what can you design and build that when you interview for a job you could whip out and show your interviewer? Here, let me show you this color sorting robot I made. Dump a bog of M&M's in, ask him his favorite color, and then have it dispence only that color to him returning the remainder to the bin. Something like that. Projects are very important.
Thank you for this video.
I'm hesitant to choose between electrical engineering and industrial engineering.
What do you think? any suggestions?
So glad I found your channel awesome content!
I prefer electrical. More cool stuff
Nice video, sir. I'm in college I haven't done much of the stuff that you have mentioned but having good mathematics and not using calculators I have followed and ended with 7.21 CGPA in Btech.
Hello from Czech republic. I've just found your YT channel, because I've started some research on basics of electricity (--> arduino/programming,..). Im in the 4. class of high school and next year Im going to college. Im studying mechanical engineering, and we are doing nothing with electricity in my school. Im think robotics are future and there will be needed people who can costruct them and who can revive them --> person who will understand mechanical and electrical engineering will have good potential to be sucesfull. In quarantine I realised that education is imporant, and moreover, I found that interesting. Basics of mechanical engineering I have, and I'll continue with it on college. However I want to understand a little bit more to the programming, circuits, machine learning... Do you think its possible to learn this on my own? Do you know some good sites/texts where can I build good basics for all electrical fields except your YT channel, which Im going to explore, because you have a lot of good informations that can beginner follow. Thank you :) ( sorry for english, I hope its understandable)
I was revisiting these "Engineering Career" series videos last night. Again, I couldn't agree with Paul's points more.
However, it is also important to realize that how difficult for one to actualy Do these rules in different cultures and companies.
Applying these good rules from Paul can be very difficult or impossible in some cases.
For example, in some companies where the their culture has been unfriendly toward new employees, etc.
You will not achieve the results even if you follow the rules.
I'm not saying the rules are not good, it's just unrealistic in some cases in some countries or organization/companies.
Pretty sad, in fact.
Hi Paul, I found your channel when searched for GStreamer pipelines. Today I subscribed it, so now you have one more FEMALE in list of subscribers, and of course its my own account. :D
Being embedded engineer from last 5 years, lately I was questioning myself; why I am an engineer? I really enjoyed my first job and worked with passion. Also second job till some point, but due to some reason I got bored. Thought to have a career change, so I took a break but did not help.
But after watching this, I am feeling better. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge through this channel. I am very interested in Camera related stuff. Hope after learning from you and with practicals, I will feel alive again as an engineer. I am excited to try out your playlist with Raspberry Pi and Camera streaming. I wish I had known this channel way earlier, but its never too late!! Thanks :)
Actually I thought that making math harder was a kind of perversion of my Italian polytechnic University. Anyway, professors should teach and be clear, not just only make any freaking subject hard and incomprehensible, incomplete and chaotic just because "you're an engineer, you should be able to understand". Speaking for my experience.
grate advices and i really respect you dear master
you're driving me up the wall man, wow! am lucky i got the best vid in my life.
Glad to hear it!