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Great video brother, 3:55 is a good point too, also here are some notes: 1. Your passions will change over time- acquire transferable skills 2. Choose a career path with solid backup plans. 3. Money matters 4. Intelligence doesn't matter compared to determination and discipline - you must have a very ambitious goal in mind, discipline will follow 5. Don't waste time in mediocre relationships
It's easy to not have regrets going through school just by excelling at goals others have created for you and your peers. At some point you start facing increasingly many choices, and it's not clear which one you should take. Every choice has pros and cons, so whatever you choose, you risk looking back with regret, even though you did what felt right at the time, forgetting what you got, only remembering what you didn't get.
I've been following you for quite some time now and you've shared some great insight and provided a lot of value with your videos. That being said, I disagree with some of the points you've made lately. Of course, job prospects should play a role when choosing a subject to study, but so should your passion for that subject. Sure, interests do change over time but how should a teenager know what his or her interests in 10 years will be? Life and career paths are just not linear by nature, we deviate and reorientate all the time and that is totally fine. Studying Physics and later pivotting into Computer Science is totally fine. In your example, you were more interested in Physics at that point, so what? It led you to where you are right now. Also, understanding and solving hard quantitative problems is a highly transferable skill in itself. Also in my opinion, this whole relationship topic is way too complex to just brush over it in 2 minutes. That it applied on your relationship doesn't mean that it also applies for other people. I would just be a bit more cautious with giving out these kinds of generalized tips.
Hey, so I never said that you shouldn't take your passion as a factor to choosing your career. As a matter of fact, it should be the main factor in deciding your career. My point though is that you should't make it the only factor. Instead, you should also let all these other factors weigh in when making a decision
I think Samuel could state his message more forcefully and it still wouldn't be forceful enough. There are way too many people entering top-tier Phds that have very naive views of what a PhD is and what their life will be after it. I would say at least 50% think they are the new Einstein just because they were the best in high-school + bachelor's. You'd be surprised how much being passionate about something is conflated with being good at something. When people are confronted with reality they swiftly become very demotivated (even depressed). Hedging your bets or at least knowing the risks is excellent advice. (EPFL alumni btw :)))
Finally, specifically for problem solving skills that you get from physics it is interesting how much they are often *not* valued. In particular why hire a physics PhD when you can get a CS PhD with solid math knowledge or an Applied Math PhD with CS knowledge. Alot of the math from Physics translates well only to certain applied settings + Physics Phds are from what I've observed considered to be on the low end of CS skills.
@@konstantinospitas1993 epfl grad? damn your opinion is important then! sarcasm aside, no that is nonsense. entirety of it. bs achivements are clearly irrelevant to ones scientific success, and i dont mean it isnt enough, i e mean neither nessecary nor sufficent.
Samuel, can you please make a video for those people who are bit lost life, have zero friends but at the same time are ambitious. What we are supposed to with our time and energy? I'm talking about Young men in their mid 20s. Please also include how did you manage your negative thoughts or Mental Health. Thanks
I'm just trying to live to become what I want to be, but based on reality. So I dream big and on the other hand consider overall reality things to update my dream and to-do list daily. In this way I can be simple enough to follow my path willingly and complex enough to set the right direction of the path. So I'm just following my passion in realistic way. It's also about the balance between doing what I want to do and have to do. Following passion is so important to me because it cured lots of mental problems of mine and it's just the reason why I'm alive and do something. But reality does matter too so I have to find balance between them.
I think the best advice that i would give to my younger self is that other people can only convey flat representations of what they have experienced and that you know nothing and there are many hidden sources of joy.
I can find myself in the part from minute 10 onwards soo much. Currently pursuing a masters in management TUM which is among the best in Germany but don't really want to become a consultant or banker anymore. however I am not sure about that advice with very tricky situations, even though its intriguing to find something that releases your determination
This is truth. Simple, raw truth. I want to add that there are a lot of paths that aren't very glamorous (electrician, plumber, roofer, ...) but in constant demand and can lead to a good salary and time to pursue other passions. The beautiful thing is that those paths entail transferable skills, backup plans and money.
It’s hard to be determined in something that you have no interest or pre disposition to, it’s easy for you to be ambitious when your interest are in activities that are known to generate money, finance, computer science, hard sciences, but what about more artistic minded folks? I have a friend that’s been doing music since he was 10, he got a free ride to college to study music theory and now preforms to make a living, he makes an average income ~$50,000 USD and that includes tutoring. He wants to make more money but has no interest in the activities that “make money” (the ones I mentioned before). The silver lining is that he’s very happy / fulfilled but plans on having a family one day and the career trajectory of making music isn’t financially viable. Just some food for thought Im glad my interest alighn with “making money” so I don’t nessarly have to face this problem but for those who don’t I wonder what your solution is
Find how technology can be integrated with your artistic interests and pursue education/skill development in that tech. Make sure its something that give your transferrable skills and also augments your art. This way you can still keep doing your art, but also get a high-paying job with said technology. Also, if its art, get into using 3D since it overlaps with a lot of simulation and AI tech, which you can bring in during your studies at university and future tech jobs. You can still perform, etc. - yes a bit less, of course. But is doing like 40% less performing worth having no $ concerns for life? Of course it is. PLUS you can afford more/better gear for your art/music, which will open your horizons and quality of your music/art. If your just gonna just do music or art, your going to have a worse studio and lower quality output than someone else who has the money to pay for those things. Think about that.. By only doing music and not incorporating something that brings in more $ like tech as well, you are actually limiting your odds anyway. BIG determinants in how successful artists or musicians these days are 1) how well produced is their work, and 2) how well marketed/branded are they. A lot of musicians who do solely music or art can't even buy themselves great gear or branding/marketing hep that steps up the quality of their music anyway! And no, you can't wait till you have a big record label contract to worry about those things - nowadays they only pick up artists who have already gotten traction and made a name for themselves, so you need the resources to do that. Many musicians/artists aren't realizing how many factors actually need to align to make your career take off - money can do a lot of that bruntwork. This is coming from someone who has multiple Ivy league degrees, successful business (financially set for life), makes a very good second income from selling my artwork, professional music & film studio (all the music/art gear I'd ever want), and is currently working on a film/music project featuring several very large names in the music industry. There are 1000s of ways someone can satisfy all their life needs. And keep in mind no one piece of advice, regardless of how helpful, from anyone covers all the possibilities. You got to put in the effort/work to find your way while incorporating happiness and realism. If you make the effort to find a path in life, you will walk it.
I have been around for some time now. I have a bsc in mechanical engineering and worked for over 5 years in industry. If I could start my life all over again I would have done a lot differently. First of all, always prioritise friends and family, you can never party or travel to much. By the time you reach a certain age those memories will always mean the most to you. A grey monday morning on your way to work can be less annoying by good old memories. I can guarantee you the achievement of that degree will get old quickly, eventually your piece of paper will go to storage. But laughs and fun with people close to you will always mean the most. Be smart with what degrees you chose, if you are young and want to "take over the world" a 2 year professional degree in sales might be more than enough. You do not have to graduate with a mechanical engineering degree to be successful on the contrary, that degree might not help you at all. Oh well do not want to write to much, but good luck and I sincerely would avoid engineering if I could have a do over.
@@erwinschulhoff4464 Well, then you should chose it, if you are interested in maths and physics, in my case I was not very interested. And I do not recommend to study it then. Because if you are not that interested in it, it will be more difficult to get work, imo Good luck with the studies.
@@jakoblindelof92 i am good at maths and i enjoy physics but i dont like practicals! I just like doing the questions beacuse they are really mathsy. However i wouldent want to do a physics or maths degree beacuse they feel too abstract and feel so far removed from daily experience i feel as if I wont learn anything transferrable at uni although i might like it. That is why im choosing to do engineering, even though i have never built a thing in my entire life! Am i wrong for choosing engineering
Thank you for sharing your valuable life experience! I am currently looking at potential topics for my master's thesis in mechanical engineering. I am overwhelmed by the possibilities (controls, dynamics, fluid mechanics, optimization, etc.). Do you have any suggestions for topics that would offer good transferable skills? Thanks!
i generally don't recommend studying computer science to smart people since it is so easy to learn at home if you want to. last year, without any higher education than high school, i got a job programming manufacturing machines. within half a year i got praised for being a better programmer than many of the educated programmer at the (somewhat small) company. with hard work i quickly gained respect and got responsibility over a lot of different systems. and my main interest isn't even programming, it's electronics. that's also what i got hired for. but when making electronics you almost always need to program it too so i've just had to learn programming. and then at the company, there turned out to be too few programmers so i just got sucked in to it. but now, after a year i'm going back to school studying physics. why? three reasons: 1. i miss hanging around people the same age as me. 2. to make amazing electronics (semiconductors, rf etc) you need to know the underlying physics. 3. i really enjoy physics but don't think i could learn it at home. i find it easy to learn by practice at home, just choose a project and try to build it. that's why programming is easy to learn, the only thing you need is a computer. electronics is also doable but you need some more gear and components that can be hard to require with a tight budget. but to learn physics i'd have to build things like sputtering chambers and particle accelerators. that underaking is too big for me. thus i'd have to learn it only through theory. and that's exactly what a university is good for. message to samuel: stop whining about choosing the wrong career path. if you truly want to get into computer science, just start building things. it's not hard. it's only ones and zeros.
@Samuel Wenn ich bereits einen Master in CS in DACH gemacht habe, würdest du MBB (Consulting) und dann US MBA nach 2-3 Jahren empfehlen, um nach Amerika zu kommen, oder in Europa bei Big Tech/prop shops als Software Engineer anfangen und L1 Visum wechseln versuchen intern nach US? Siehst du allgemein SWE > Consulting? Vielen Dank für deine Hilfe! :)
Samuel this an amazing video. Can you also make a video that Do we really need to get into Top University in order to have a successful Startup or to live a successful life. Do I really have to get into MIT - Oxford - Cambridge or any other prestigious university? Thanks
Great idea. And you definitely don't need to get into a top university to start great startups. It definitely gives you a bit of a head start. But look at Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, and so many others. They never went to an elite university and still made it
Are there any books that go into more depth on this topic? More on taking into account the full set of consequences of a given decision you make. Any suggestions greatly appreciated :).
Yes, the success of a man at 30+ makes dating better, BUT signs of aging AND/OR lacking in looks can really knock that down several notches. VERY important that men take steps necessary to resolve signs of aging - loss of hair, wrinkles, facial volume, sagging, etc. and even if not aging signs they need to improve their facial aesthetics as much as possible. That could be a mix of several things. But looks matter regardless of how ripped/muscular or financially well-off you are. Not taking action on that is naive. Its the cold hard truth and affects not just dating, but how the world in general perceives you and treats you. Even if you meet someone in real life they will still be comparing your looks to the looks of potential partners on the apps. Career and muscles cant fix issues on facial aesthetics, which is needed for pure, raw, physical attraction - which every relationship honestly needs.
I would have thought the stereotype is that this applies much more to women. I don't agree with it, regardless of gender, but it's curious you would single out men.
Thats why you have to invest in things to resolve that. Losing hair? Go to Turkey for a transplant. If you are in a disadvantaged position why just sit there and be like "Boohoo. Oh well." or even worse act like the world will suddenly stop caring what you look like when you can fix it. We live in a world where dating is predominantlt based on looks. Most relationships start on dating apps, and even if you meet someone inperson doesnt mean they arent on apps and comparing you to the looks of potential partners on the apps. Being someone who ignores that looks matters just results in being cheated on, your partner not being seriously attracted to you physically (which limits the relationship), and many other things. Everyone should take care if their appearance and improve looks as much as possible because it matters. Thats the cold, hard truth
@@SP-Demos That's just total nonsense. If you have a good sense of humor, are well-educated and well-travelled, then you won't have a problem with attraction, no matter what you look like. Forget your hair transplant and read a book!
@@weetabixharry you are very naive & ignorant if you honestly believe that.. How is someone gonna SEE your sense of humor and all those traits from your pictures on an app? They wont. Why would someone date you when they could date someone betterLooking who is also funny, etc.? They wouldnt. Dont be so naive.
@@weetabixharry The evidence that looks are the most important factor in dating has been proven countless times. It's just that's in the interest of certain authors to sell people the hope that they have a chance despite being short or ugly. I'm sure there a some rare cases where that works but if you are attractive you don't need to read a book on that, people will just be attracted to you
*Money doesn't matter...* I remember fighting with my mom always over money for stupid things like buying a pair of shoes for €60 (which I spend my own damn money on). Money was always an issue. Thats also why I was saving money like a lunatic for 6 years to get out of the house. It cost me 6 years of my life doing literally nothing besides working, saving, investing.
Sam, I appreciate the video and the fact that your are so willing to share your real-time reflections on your life with us. You are clearly an intelligent and highly reflective person. I agree with much of the general advice you land on throughout the video, but to be honest I think a lot of your underlying logic (or at least how your present it) has some flaws. It might not be immediately obvious to you how some of what you're saying comes off. Just to show some examples: 1) You spend much of the video comparing and contrasting the possible career paths of "theoretical physics" and "computer science". You have to realize that (at least in the way you present it) there is no real "difficulty" here. You say that you are "slightly" more passionate about physics but then go on to say that CS gives you way more options and way more money. If this is truly the case, this is a no brainer decision. Of course, most people are not in a position where they have two very closely competing passions and just happen to excel exceptionally in both. In many cases people will have a large tradeoff between passion, money, and happiness while also having to consider the competitiveness and feasibility of their chosen paths. This is where the actual "difficulty" comes in. Later in the video you seem to suggest that you lost your passion for physics during your Ph.D. as well, so there really isn't any tradeoff at all. What I'm getting at is that the personal example you use is just about the easiest case, a bit of a "first world problem" if you will - making much of the video come off as extremely tone-deaf to how most people will struggle with these kinds of decisions. 2) You make the point that many people overvalue raw intelligence and don't emphasize hard work/dedication enough. This is probably true, but the personal example you use honestly just hurts your conclusion instead of helping it. All of the cases you site are those where a very intelligent person (you) isn't very dedicated and then you contrast those to cases in which you were both intelligent and dedicated. These tell you nothing about whether hard work or intelligence is more important. Just that both is better than intelligence alone - which is very obvious... You are clearly in the top of the top percentiles of intelligence and you know this. The way you talk about intelligence not being important honestly just comes off as very tone-deaf. Of course it won't seem important to you when you already have tons of it. I think your conclusion is correct, how you explain your logic however is a bit off... Again, I enjoy your video and appreciate the willingness to share your real and unfiltered opinions with us. Just trying to give some hopefully helpful feedback. You seem like genuinely kind-hearted and well-intentioned person, I just think you are missing a bit of perspective about how some of what you say comes off and how your own life path introduces some pretty strong biases into your thinking.
Thank you for the feedback. Appreciate it! Yup, I definitely wouldn't publish my video scripts to a scientific journal, as there are certainly many flaws with them. But that's just the nature of making UA-cam videos
The question is, where do i get this goal, that makes me obsessed....though i get what you mean and i seem to function in a similar way....but mission a goal right now :)
Yes, we are in the same situation right now I believe. I used to have such clear visions/goals. But right now, I am also on a mission to find the next goal. Honestly, I don't have a good answer. I hope I manage to figure it out soon. But I am sure such clear goals don't just magically appear, right?
Studying organic chemistry leads to solid industrial prospects at the industrial level however if you take this major you have to deal with academia BS. Like just recently I was kicked out of my lab as a chemistry major and without research experience I’m pretty much shit out of luck for graduate school. Keep in mind I have a 4.0 in the major so you are at the whim of what a single professor thinks of you. Granted studying chemistry allows you to pursue research but you can also go med school or pa school. I was dead set on pursuing some type of graduate education so working as a BS level chemist wasn’t much of a worry to me. I also chose the major over chemical engineering as the chemistry major is more flexible and let’s you fill your schedule with graduate level classes and more chemistry courses. It’s also slightly easier to get your foot in the door initially for research
You really thing you couldn’t be a quant anymore? I think you would learn the stuff so fast that in a year from now you could work in every big saunt firm with your current CV
Good advice not to fear ending romantic relationships. At age 21, I broke up with the woman I would eventually marry at age 33. Neither of us regrets the 10+ years we spent apart - we both needed that time to figure out what the hell we were doing with our lives.
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Great video brother, 3:55 is a good point too, also here are some notes: 1. Your passions will change over time- acquire transferable skills 2. Choose a career path with solid backup plans. 3. Money matters 4. Intelligence doesn't matter compared to determination and discipline - you must have a very ambitious goal in mind, discipline will follow 5. Don't waste time in mediocre relationships
“Do what you love or what you’re passionate the most” I pretty much agree with your arguments.
It's easy to not have regrets going through school just by excelling at goals others have created for you and your peers. At some point you start facing increasingly many choices, and it's not clear which one you should take. Every choice has pros and cons, so whatever you choose, you risk looking back with regret, even though you did what felt right at the time, forgetting what you got, only remembering what you didn't get.
Perhaps the most solid career advice I ever heard, coming from someone who has been working for a number of years.
Thank you :)
I've been following you for quite some time now and you've shared some great insight and provided a lot of value with your videos. That being said, I disagree with some of the points you've made lately. Of course, job prospects should play a role when choosing a subject to study, but so should your passion for that subject. Sure, interests do change over time but how should a teenager know what his or her interests in 10 years will be? Life and career paths are just not linear by nature, we deviate and reorientate all the time and that is totally fine. Studying Physics and later pivotting into Computer Science is totally fine. In your example, you were more interested in Physics at that point, so what? It led you to where you are right now. Also, understanding and solving hard quantitative problems is a highly transferable skill in itself. Also in my opinion, this whole relationship topic is way too complex to just brush over it in 2 minutes. That it applied on your relationship doesn't mean that it also applies for other people. I would just be a bit more cautious with giving out these kinds of generalized tips.
Hey, so I never said that you shouldn't take your passion as a factor to choosing your career. As a matter of fact, it should be the main factor in deciding your career. My point though is that you should't make it the only factor. Instead, you should also let all these other factors weigh in when making a decision
I think Samuel could state his message more forcefully and it still wouldn't be forceful enough. There are way too many people entering top-tier Phds that have very naive views of what a PhD is and what their life will be after it. I would say at least 50% think they are the new Einstein just because they were the best in high-school + bachelor's. You'd be surprised how much being passionate about something is conflated with being good at something. When people are confronted with reality they swiftly become very demotivated (even depressed). Hedging your bets or at least knowing the risks is excellent advice. (EPFL alumni btw :)))
Finally, specifically for problem solving skills that you get from physics it is interesting how much they are often *not* valued. In particular why hire a physics PhD when you can get a CS PhD with solid math knowledge or an Applied Math PhD with CS knowledge. Alot of the math from Physics translates well only to certain applied settings + Physics Phds are from what I've observed considered to be on the low end of CS skills.
@@konstantinospitas1993 epfl grad? damn your opinion is important then! sarcasm aside, no that is nonsense. entirety of it. bs achivements are clearly irrelevant to ones scientific success, and i dont mean it isnt enough, i e
mean neither nessecary nor sufficent.
your honesty in sharing your thoughts and life experiences is admirable
I hope it helps :)
The older brother we needed ❤ cheers Samuel
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Thank you man. Needed to hear this
I always look forward to when when you upload
Samuel, can you please make a video for those people who are bit lost life, have zero friends but at the same time are ambitious. What we are supposed to with our time and energy? I'm talking about Young men in their mid 20s.
Please also include how did you manage your negative thoughts or Mental Health. Thanks
I'm just trying to live to become what I want to be, but based on reality. So I dream big and on the other hand consider overall reality things to update my dream and to-do list daily. In this way I can be simple enough to follow my path willingly and complex enough to set the right direction of the path. So I'm just following my passion in realistic way. It's also about the balance between doing what I want to do and have to do. Following passion is so important to me because it cured lots of mental problems of mine and it's just the reason why I'm alive and do something. But reality does matter too so I have to find balance between them.
My goat has returned! You’re an inspiration to me Samuel!
Glad to hear that :)
everything is so true in this video! thanks
this was the highest quality advice I've ever heard
Glad to hear this :)
I think the best advice that i would give to my younger self is that other people can only convey flat representations of what they have experienced and that you know nothing and there are many hidden sources of joy.
For sure, it is hard learning from other people's experiences
Great point
I can find myself in the part from minute 10 onwards soo much. Currently pursuing a masters in management TUM which is among the best in Germany but don't really want to become a consultant or banker anymore. however I am not sure about that advice with very tricky situations, even though its intriguing to find something that releases your determination
Great advice! Especially contrasting discipline and determination. Arnold always formulated this idea as a clear vision can make you achieve anything
Yes, having a clear vision (and not just some loose goals) is so much more powerful than most people could ever imagine
I think as opposed to the idea about doing what you’re passionate about Ikigai is a really good framework for thinking about your career
This is truth. Simple, raw truth.
I want to add that there are a lot of paths that aren't very glamorous (electrician, plumber, roofer, ...) but in constant demand and can lead to a good salary and time to pursue other passions. The beautiful thing is that those paths entail transferable skills, backup plans and money.
Im always so happy when you post sth! You’re so inspiring Samuel:)
Thank you so much! :)
It’s hard to be determined in something that you have no interest or pre disposition to, it’s easy for you to be ambitious when your interest are in activities that are known to generate money, finance, computer science, hard sciences, but what about more artistic minded folks?
I have a friend that’s been doing music since he was 10, he got a free ride to college to study music theory and now preforms to make a living, he makes an average income ~$50,000 USD and that includes tutoring. He wants to make more money but has no interest in the activities that “make money” (the ones I mentioned before).
The silver lining is that he’s very happy / fulfilled but plans on having a family one day and the career trajectory of making music isn’t financially viable.
Just some food for thought Im glad my interest alighn with “making money” so I don’t nessarly have to face this problem but for those who don’t I wonder what your solution is
Find how technology can be integrated with your artistic interests and pursue education/skill development in that tech. Make sure its something that give your transferrable skills and also augments your art. This way you can still keep doing your art, but also get a high-paying job with said technology. Also, if its art, get into using 3D since it overlaps with a lot of simulation and AI tech, which you can bring in during your studies at university and future tech jobs.
You can still perform, etc. - yes a bit less, of course. But is doing like 40% less performing worth having no $ concerns for life? Of course it is. PLUS you can afford more/better gear for your art/music, which will open your horizons and quality of your music/art. If your just gonna just do music or art, your going to have a worse studio and lower quality output than someone else who has the money to pay for those things. Think about that.. By only doing music and not incorporating something that brings in more $ like tech as well, you are actually limiting your odds anyway.
BIG determinants in how successful artists or musicians these days are 1) how well produced is their work, and 2) how well marketed/branded are they. A lot of musicians who do solely music or art can't even buy themselves great gear or branding/marketing hep that steps up the quality of their music anyway! And no, you can't wait till you have a big record label contract to worry about those things - nowadays they only pick up artists who have already gotten traction and made a name for themselves, so you need the resources to do that. Many musicians/artists aren't realizing how many factors actually need to align to make your career take off - money can do a lot of that bruntwork.
This is coming from someone who has multiple Ivy league degrees, successful business (financially set for life), makes a very good second income from selling my artwork, professional music & film studio (all the music/art gear I'd ever want), and is currently working on a film/music project featuring several very large names in the music industry.
There are 1000s of ways someone can satisfy all their life needs. And keep in mind no one piece of advice, regardless of how helpful, from anyone covers all the possibilities. You got to put in the effort/work to find your way while incorporating happiness and realism.
If you make the effort to find a path in life, you will walk it.
I have been around for some time now. I have a bsc in mechanical engineering and worked for over 5 years in industry. If I could start my life all over again I would have done a lot differently. First of all, always prioritise friends and family, you can never party or travel to much. By the time you reach a certain age those memories will always mean the most to you.
A grey monday morning on your way to work can be less annoying by good old memories. I can guarantee you the achievement of that degree will get old quickly, eventually your piece of paper will go to storage. But laughs and fun with people close to you will always mean the most. Be smart with what degrees you chose, if you are young and want to "take over the world" a 2 year professional degree in sales might be more than enough. You do not have to graduate with a mechanical engineering degree to be successful on the contrary, that degree might not help you at all. Oh well do not want to write to much, but good luck and I sincerely would avoid engineering if I could have a do over.
100% agree. I should have added this to my video too
why avoid engineering my friend? i am only 17 and i want to apply for engineering at university beacuse I like maths and physics.
@@erwinschulhoff4464 Well, then you should chose it, if you are interested in maths and physics, in my case I was not very interested. And I do not recommend to study it then. Because if you are not that interested in it, it will be more difficult to get work, imo Good luck with the studies.
@@jakoblindelof92 i am good at maths and i enjoy physics but i dont like practicals! I just like doing the questions beacuse they are really mathsy. However i wouldent want to do a physics or maths degree beacuse they feel too abstract and feel so far removed from daily experience i feel as if I wont learn anything transferrable at uni although i might like it. That is why im choosing to do engineering, even though i have never built a thing in my entire life! Am i wrong for choosing engineering
Thank you for sharing your valuable life experience! I am currently looking at potential topics for my master's thesis in mechanical engineering. I am overwhelmed by the possibilities (controls, dynamics, fluid mechanics, optimization, etc.). Do you have any suggestions for topics that would offer good transferable skills? Thanks!
Really nice video with much wisdom, reminds me of Niklas ones
Glad to hear that :)
i generally don't recommend studying computer science to smart people since it is so easy to learn at home if you want to.
last year, without any higher education than high school, i got a job programming manufacturing machines. within half a year i got praised for being a better programmer than many of the educated programmer at the (somewhat small) company. with hard work i quickly gained respect and got responsibility over a lot of different systems.
and my main interest isn't even programming, it's electronics. that's also what i got hired for. but when making electronics you almost always need to program it too so i've just had to learn programming. and then at the company, there turned out to be too few programmers so i just got sucked in to it.
but now, after a year i'm going back to school studying physics. why? three reasons:
1. i miss hanging around people the same age as me.
2. to make amazing electronics (semiconductors, rf etc) you need to know the underlying physics.
3. i really enjoy physics but don't think i could learn it at home. i find it easy to learn by practice at home, just choose a project and try to build it. that's why programming is easy to learn, the only thing you need is a computer. electronics is also doable but you need some more gear and components that can be hard to require with a tight budget. but to learn physics i'd have to build things like sputtering chambers and particle accelerators. that underaking is too big for me. thus i'd have to learn it only through theory. and that's exactly what a university is good for.
message to samuel: stop whining about choosing the wrong career path. if you truly want to get into computer science, just start building things. it's not hard. it's only ones and zeros.
how is your physics study going? Did you get in? Did it verify what you are thinking?
How are you learning to code? Are you able to make a video on it? Thanks
@Samuel Wenn ich bereits einen Master in CS in DACH gemacht habe, würdest du MBB (Consulting) und dann US MBA nach 2-3 Jahren empfehlen, um nach Amerika zu kommen, oder in Europa bei Big Tech/prop shops als Software Engineer anfangen und L1 Visum wechseln versuchen intern nach US? Siehst du allgemein SWE > Consulting? Vielen Dank für deine Hilfe! :)
Samuel this an amazing video. Can you also make a video that Do we really need to get into Top University in order to have a successful Startup or to live a successful life. Do I really have to get into MIT - Oxford - Cambridge or any other prestigious university? Thanks
Great idea. And you definitely don't need to get into a top university to start great startups. It definitely gives you a bit of a head start. But look at Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, and so many others. They never went to an elite university and still made it
Are there any books that go into more depth on this topic? More on taking into account the full set of consequences of a given decision you make. Any suggestions greatly appreciated :).
Yes, the success of a man at 30+ makes dating better, BUT signs of aging AND/OR lacking in looks can really knock that down several notches.
VERY important that men take steps necessary to resolve signs of aging - loss of hair, wrinkles, facial volume, sagging, etc. and even if not aging signs they need to improve their facial aesthetics as much as possible.
That could be a mix of several things. But looks matter regardless of how ripped/muscular or financially well-off you are. Not taking action on that is naive. Its the cold hard truth and affects not just dating, but how the world in general perceives you and treats you.
Even if you meet someone in real life they will still be comparing your looks to the looks of potential partners on the apps. Career and muscles cant fix issues on facial aesthetics, which is needed for pure, raw, physical attraction - which every relationship honestly needs.
Once the first signs of aging appear men also loose value in the dating market quickly, especially if they go bald. Don't think your time is infinite
I would have thought the stereotype is that this applies much more to women. I don't agree with it, regardless of gender, but it's curious you would single out men.
Thats why you have to invest in things to resolve that. Losing hair? Go to Turkey for a transplant. If you are in a disadvantaged position why just sit there and be like "Boohoo. Oh well." or even worse act like the world will suddenly stop caring what you look like when you can fix it.
We live in a world where dating is predominantlt based on looks. Most relationships start on dating apps, and even if you meet someone inperson doesnt mean they arent on apps and comparing you to the looks of potential partners on the apps.
Being someone who ignores that looks matters just results in being cheated on, your partner not being seriously attracted to you physically (which limits the relationship), and many other things.
Everyone should take care if their appearance and improve looks as much as possible because it matters. Thats the cold, hard truth
@@SP-Demos That's just total nonsense. If you have a good sense of humor, are well-educated and well-travelled, then you won't have a problem with attraction, no matter what you look like. Forget your hair transplant and read a book!
@@weetabixharry you are very naive & ignorant if you honestly believe that..
How is someone gonna SEE your sense of humor and all those traits from your pictures on an app? They wont.
Why would someone date you when they could date someone betterLooking who is also funny, etc.? They wouldnt.
Dont be so naive.
@@weetabixharry The evidence that looks are the most important factor in dating has been proven countless times. It's just that's in the interest of certain authors to sell people the hope that they have a chance despite being short or ugly. I'm sure there a some rare cases where that works but if you are attractive you don't need to read a book on that, people will just be attracted to you
Want the skills and money to pursue passions, as they change through life ❤🎉
Why didn’t you go to quant hedge fund and chose a startup?
"Intelligence doesnt matter bro" says the person with an IQ of 150
*Money doesn't matter...*
I remember fighting with my mom always over money for stupid things like buying a pair of shoes for €60 (which I spend my own damn money on).
Money was always an issue. Thats also why I was saving money like a lunatic for 6 years to get out of the house.
It cost me 6 years of my life doing literally nothing besides working, saving, investing.
That's definitely tough. I've had experiences like that too in my life. It's not easy
Sam, I appreciate the video and the fact that your are so willing to share your real-time reflections on your life with us. You are clearly an intelligent and highly reflective person. I agree with much of the general advice you land on throughout the video, but to be honest I think a lot of your underlying logic (or at least how your present it) has some flaws. It might not be immediately obvious to you how some of what you're saying comes off. Just to show some examples:
1) You spend much of the video comparing and contrasting the possible career paths of "theoretical physics" and "computer science". You have to realize that (at least in the way you present it) there is no real "difficulty" here. You say that you are "slightly" more passionate about physics but then go on to say that CS gives you way more options and way more money. If this is truly the case, this is a no brainer decision. Of course, most people are not in a position where they have two very closely competing passions and just happen to excel exceptionally in both. In many cases people will have a large tradeoff between passion, money, and happiness while also having to consider the competitiveness and feasibility of their chosen paths. This is where the actual "difficulty" comes in. Later in the video you seem to suggest that you lost your passion for physics during your Ph.D. as well, so there really isn't any tradeoff at all. What I'm getting at is that the personal example you use is just about the easiest case, a bit of a "first world problem" if you will - making much of the video come off as extremely tone-deaf to how most people will struggle with these kinds of decisions.
2) You make the point that many people overvalue raw intelligence and don't emphasize hard work/dedication enough. This is probably true, but the personal example you use honestly just hurts your conclusion instead of helping it. All of the cases you site are those where a very intelligent person (you) isn't very dedicated and then you contrast those to cases in which you were both intelligent and dedicated. These tell you nothing about whether hard work or intelligence is more important. Just that both is better than intelligence alone - which is very obvious... You are clearly in the top of the top percentiles of intelligence and you know this. The way you talk about intelligence not being important honestly just comes off as very tone-deaf. Of course it won't seem important to you when you already have tons of it. I think your conclusion is correct, how you explain your logic however is a bit off...
Again, I enjoy your video and appreciate the willingness to share your real and unfiltered opinions with us. Just trying to give some hopefully helpful feedback. You seem like genuinely kind-hearted and well-intentioned person, I just think you are missing a bit of perspective about how some of what you say comes off and how your own life path introduces some pretty strong biases into your thinking.
Thank you for the feedback. Appreciate it! Yup, I definitely wouldn't publish my video scripts to a scientific journal, as there are certainly many flaws with them. But that's just the nature of making UA-cam videos
The question is, where do i get this goal, that makes me obsessed....though i get what you mean and i seem to function in a similar way....but mission a goal right now :)
Yes, we are in the same situation right now I believe. I used to have such clear visions/goals. But right now, I am also on a mission to find the next goal. Honestly, I don't have a good answer. I hope I manage to figure it out soon. But I am sure such clear goals don't just magically appear, right?
Is it still worth studying chemistry nowadays if you don't want to go into research?
if u r asking that, u know the answer😂😂
Depends on the kind of Chemistry, lmao
Imo study Chemical Engineering, it’s more practical. It’s a good combination of weighing passion and career if u really enjoy chemistry.
Studying organic chemistry leads to solid industrial prospects at the industrial level however if you take this major you have to deal with academia BS. Like just recently I was kicked out of my lab as a chemistry major and without research experience I’m pretty much shit out of luck for graduate school. Keep in mind I have a 4.0 in the major so you are at the whim of what a single professor thinks of you. Granted studying chemistry allows you to pursue research but you can also go med school or pa school. I was dead set on pursuing some type of graduate education so working as a BS level chemist wasn’t much of a worry to me. I also chose the major over chemical engineering as the chemistry major is more flexible and let’s you fill your schedule with graduate level classes and more chemistry courses. It’s also slightly easier to get your foot in the door initially for research
I meant prospects at the phd level not industrial level
You really thing you couldn’t be a quant anymore? I think you would learn the stuff so fast that in a year from now you could work in every big saunt firm with your current CV
Good advice not to fear ending romantic relationships. At age 21, I broke up with the woman I would eventually marry at age 33. Neither of us regrets the 10+ years we spent apart - we both needed that time to figure out what the hell we were doing with our lives.
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