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Mr Scott. I am glad the coin flipping thing worked out pretty well for Civil Engineering as a career choice. The industry might have missed a great professional. cheers!
Hi Regina, I'm a Civil Engineer based out of California with 10 years of experience. Civil Engineering is a broad field, what I do in my day-to-day job is one of two jobs, doing government infrastructure projects (big pipes in the ground) or being hired by a developer to do infrastructure improvements in support of development (install utilities / build roads for a residential tract / commercial center / industrial plaza). The most complicated math I do *occasionally* is basic algebra. For my work, if I need to do something mathematically heavy I have a program purpose built to handle those applications. It is important to have an understanding generally of the math, my job isn't to do the math so much as to gauge if the program's output makes sense. Long story short, do not be afraid to pursue this profession on the basis of a weakness in math, you will be fine. It is not difficult to get into this field. My experience with Civil Engineering is that experience is 10x more important than formal education (though both are important). The job is scalable too, there is a very natural ramp and ladder you progress up as you learn more /take on more responsibilities / add more skills to your tool-kit. As you start, your job will likely be akin to that of a "drafter", someone who works within a specialized program (autocad) to draw up the plans taking advice from an engineer. You'll learn to love Autocad. Final thoughts, I would recommend the career. The pros are that right now, the economy is very good for a civil engineer (relatively easy to find a job), pays well (starting engineer probably paid 70k - 80k, when i started i was paid $23 an hour but it's gone up), challenging, rewarding, engaging, and very scalable as you learn more. The biggest con for me is that it's stressful. There are times where I have to throw hours at a project to get things done which can be disruptive to work-life balance. Let me know if I can answer any questions for you. If you have a good work ethic, I am confident you can make a career out of Civil Engineering. You will not look back and regret this career path.
@@KiwiZama what about electrical engineering if you know anything ? Is civil better than electrical? It's really important decision for me right now lol
@@allenrivera9744 actually where I work the designers do all of the calculations, know how to make the computer sing and when we are done the engineer comes in and redlines misspellings and maybe a leader crossing here or there. Engineers especially in civil don't need to think much except to remember their PE number. This is all in fun. Engineers are great, just keep them away from the booze and red pencils.
I’m an architect and i would kill to have a degree in civil engineering I my mother forced me to study architecture. Im currently 24 and I am planning on switching to civil engineering.
Mr Scott. I am glad the coin flipping thing worked out pretty well for Civil Engineering as a career choice. The industry might have missed a great professional. cheers!
Nice. I'm a Civil Engineer at Brazil.
well said. what a great idea to interview a positive person
Good video! 👍🏾
I did the same I flipped a coin too and now im a software engineer
Lmao what were the other options? Software engineer is a great job
hey engineers are you trying to see your future
Yes
Is this guy a Somali? Very proud of you walalo
i thought so too
Same. He looks very Somali.
I’m 18 and I’m stressed af atm. I can’t figure out what I want to do I’m gng into college in 4 months
I just graduated recently in high school and my college degree be a bachelor of science in civil engineering
Nice vid. A lot of infrastructure out there gets taken for granted and people often don't realize how much work is put into it. Keep it up king .
an engineering degree is a pain in the ass ngl
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Why
@@clutchgod1806hella math, physics etc. not even that, if you get a good teacher you are half lucky tbh
Civil Engineer from Ghana
A coin toss to decide is crazy, what a G!
He seems like a sharp engineer.
I like his honesty!!!
Really tough job
I am also a Civil engineer
Back in college midlife and still undecided about a major, but I am really inspired by this video
Is it difficult to get into this field? I really want to study for it but the math part is what might stop me.
Don’t let fear stop you, you don’t have to be a math genius to pursue engineering just work ethic and discipline
Hi Regina,
I'm a Civil Engineer based out of California with 10 years of experience. Civil Engineering is a broad field, what I do in my day-to-day job is one of two jobs, doing government infrastructure projects (big pipes in the ground) or being hired by a developer to do infrastructure improvements in support of development (install utilities / build roads for a residential tract / commercial center / industrial plaza).
The most complicated math I do *occasionally* is basic algebra. For my work, if I need to do something mathematically heavy I have a program purpose built to handle those applications. It is important to have an understanding generally of the math, my job isn't to do the math so much as to gauge if the program's output makes sense. Long story short, do not be afraid to pursue this profession on the basis of a weakness in math, you will be fine.
It is not difficult to get into this field. My experience with Civil Engineering is that experience is 10x more important than formal education (though both are important). The job is scalable too, there is a very natural ramp and ladder you progress up as you learn more /take on more responsibilities / add more skills to your tool-kit. As you start, your job will likely be akin to that of a "drafter", someone who works within a specialized program (autocad) to draw up the plans taking advice from an engineer. You'll learn to love Autocad.
Final thoughts, I would recommend the career. The pros are that right now, the economy is very good for a civil engineer (relatively easy to find a job), pays well (starting engineer probably paid 70k - 80k, when i started i was paid $23 an hour but it's gone up), challenging, rewarding, engaging, and very scalable as you learn more. The biggest con for me is that it's stressful. There are times where I have to throw hours at a project to get things done which can be disruptive to work-life balance.
Let me know if I can answer any questions for you. If you have a good work ethic, I am confident you can make a career out of Civil Engineering. You will not look back and regret this career path.
@@KiwiZamaIn terms of money which field is better software or civil ?
@@ghaziabdullah9640software
@@KiwiZama what about electrical engineering if you know anything ? Is civil better than electrical? It's really important decision for me right now lol
Billy and he is somali??? hmm
hahahah Billy aka Bilal. He could be ethiopian as well but looks very Somali.
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Excellent video, sir! I relate to, and agree with, everything you stated! From a civil engineer who works for Illinois D.O.T. but grew up in Florida 😊
👌🏾
God his cubicle looks depressing
Coming from someone whose office doesnt even have air conditioning or finished walls, it looks like a major upgrade
I could have done this job, but I dropped out of college
What do you do now
@@sammoj9186 I drive Uber Eats, amazon warehouse, and donate plasma to CSL
I’m glad you escaped the matrix
@@JJ-gl3qrescaped???? Lol he’s in it
Why?
Don't forget about all the techs. We do all the work and the engineers get all the money. 😉
probably cuz engineers studied more ?
It’s bcuz techs follow the design of the engineer who bring in together all the calculations
@@allenrivera9744 actually where I work the designers do all of the calculations, know how to make the computer sing and when we are done the engineer comes in and redlines misspellings and maybe a leader crossing here or there. Engineers especially in civil don't need to think much except to remember their PE number. This is all in fun. Engineers are great, just keep them away from the booze and red pencils.
@@subicstationditosailor4053 skill issue
Jesus is King!
Amen!
Amen
Amen
Jesus is the best foundation you could have, all other ground is sinking sand!
That shit sounds weak af 😂😂😂 that dude is about to waste his life building roads
what do you do?
@@raihanhussain2416 he stays salty writing youtube comments while he fails out of community college
You probably work at a warehouse job that pays below minimum wage.. wtf is this type of comment lol
Without roads your country's economy would go downhill,have fun driving your car on muddy dirt paths.
Seriously,you probably don't even have a job
I’m an architect and i would kill to have a degree in civil engineering I my mother forced me to study architecture. Im currently 24 and I am planning on switching to civil engineering.