Thanks to the open internet and online manual if effectively used data and facts can be accessible if officially mandated by companies hired or granted contract
Great video, couldn’t agree more with the Scientific Method. I feel a sense of rush when there is an opportunity to learn more about something I am passionate about.
Hi Shannoc, thanks for watching. Learning something new is something we should all strive for, and approaching it from a scientific mindset you can extend you knowledge faster.
Yep agree 100%, illusion of knowledge and lack of expertise are definitely rife in AEC. I genuinely worry that the lack of active mentoring in our industry as well as the skill inversion burying the knowledge behind our programs is causing an environment where this is so much the younger generations 'don't have to know', or the older generations don't have the ability to review, audit and interact with meaningfully. Tight project deadlines and loose QMS process' are also contributing to an environment where risk is everywhere, and I feel is less mitigated as time goes on. I've been baffled by things I've seen and heard in the industry when it comes to gaps in QA systems, or grads being expected to 'just know how things work' with no mentoring provided to ensure this.
Hi Bim Guru, thanks for watching. Agree better mentoring needs to happen. with people trusting the blackbox too much and outsourcing it is becoming harder and harder for the younger generations to get the required experience. I worry too where the industry is going. The changes coming into NSW are a step in the right direction, tho will likely take sometime for the benefit to be seen.
nice one! Keep it up! A similar theme is discussed in the Why Expertise Can Hold Us Back podcast by Dr S Brady - if i recall correctly he uses an example from fire fighters.
Great video once again. I totally agree. Always having a student mentality can get you very far. I'm currently treading the thin line between always doubting myself and having the confidence to make certain calls.
Hi Theuns, thanks for your ongoing support. Sounds likely you are coming out the other end, it is a hard journey climbing out of the valley of despair.
@@BrendanHasty Thanks. Yes it's a long, and sometimes frustrating, road, but so worth it! I'd rather struggle and figure things out and properly understand them, than to blindly memorize and use formulas without understanding why. And "mentors" like you make the road a bit easier!
I am a structural engineer myself and I know. How hard is your job? Also making videos and doing structural work. You work in a very good company.I hope I will work with you sometime in my life. W SP is a very good company.Now I will try my best to become an international employee.
The real problem was labeling of degree. In my opinion when engineer degree is graduated he or she considered qualified in all engineering branch only 2 weeks of orientation if switching specialty and same like nurse or doctor. The only hindered is the backdoor inside system like micro chips or virtual encryption or virtual switch ect
Hi Eric, it depends on where you are from, most places around the world now need to become charted. in the US PE, in Euro IstructE and in Australia CPeng. you need to show experience of at least 4 years for PE or IstructE you also need to pass a additional test to show your ability in engineering.
Good topic. I think you have identified one of the major issues. As an Engineering client in a road authority where part of my role is to investigate illegal structures built on public land and receiving engineering certification from Engineers I am alarmed by some people running around purporting to be a Civil, Structural and Geotechnical Engineer. I regularly deal with real geotechnical engineers and engineering geologists and note it is a very deep and specialised area. I think some Engineers have the problem of not knowing what they don’t know and practicing outside their competency. I suspect capitalism again is to blame, the drive for cash flow and chasing clients claiming to be able to do it all. This is why EA, CPEng and the NER is important. I request you talk more on engineering ethics.
Thanks Matthew, the unknowns unknowns are a big problem. practicing outside of your competency can lead to disaster, when you think how much you have learned since graduation there is so much you dont know.
From The Internets... "The humorist Mark Twain is often credited with a variation of this: 'It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.'” I despise working with haughty engineers. The best engineers I have worked with have been remarkably humble people who have been remarkably open-minded.
Total agree, you need to be open-minded to get better. I have the same experience. The most humble engineers are typically the best and can be often overlooked.
@@BrendanHasty Bad CEOs foster dysfunctional "corporate cultures." A bad system will beat a good man... almost every time. For an individual engineer the key is simple: keep changing jobs until you find a good boss and a good CEO. Easier said than done. I know. That being said, almost always, smaller companies are more likely to have better corporate cultures than large ones. Not all small companies are good, but almost all large ones are bad.
A number of failures have been due to "not knowing what you don't know". The Harbor Cay Condominiums of 1981 is one. The recent Champlain Towers collapse is likely to become another one. I think the FIU bridge collapse would be attributed to this. (Honestly I don't know why all 3 of these are in the same state.) The Hard Rock Hotel is another one (not in Florida this time).
Hi Bill, thanks for watching and support. Yea the illusion of knowledge("not knowing what you don't know") is something that is very dangerous. Sometimes a failure no on knew, other times tho failure can also occur from things that they should have know but they didn't know what they didn't know. Wonder which these fell into.
Talking of bias, Some times at my Uni it felt like some part time lecturers were just sent by their companies to advertise their products(like beams and Connections etc). They would spend the majority of time talking about the benefits of their product and why they are superior and use the slides for product placement, rather than explaining the design process and concepts.
Yea when the supplier presents, it can be more a sales pitch then technical presentation. You always need to be more sceptical as they likely have some bias. Tho I have had some good presentation from Hilti on anchor design.
Thanks to the open internet and online manual if effectively used data and facts can be accessible if officially mandated by companies hired or granted contract
Great video, couldn’t agree more with the Scientific Method.
I feel a sense of rush when there is an opportunity to learn more about something I am passionate about.
Hi Shannoc, thanks for watching. Learning something new is something we should all strive for, and approaching it from a scientific mindset you can extend you knowledge faster.
Yep agree 100%, illusion of knowledge and lack of expertise are definitely rife in AEC. I genuinely worry that the lack of active mentoring in our industry as well as the skill inversion burying the knowledge behind our programs is causing an environment where this is so much the younger generations 'don't have to know', or the older generations don't have the ability to review, audit and interact with meaningfully. Tight project deadlines and loose QMS process' are also contributing to an environment where risk is everywhere, and I feel is less mitigated as time goes on. I've been baffled by things I've seen and heard in the industry when it comes to gaps in QA systems, or grads being expected to 'just know how things work' with no mentoring provided to ensure this.
Hi Bim Guru, thanks for watching. Agree better mentoring needs to happen. with people trusting the blackbox too much and outsourcing it is becoming harder and harder for the younger generations to get the required experience. I worry too where the industry is going. The changes coming into NSW are a step in the right direction, tho will likely take sometime for the benefit to be seen.
nice one! Keep it up! A similar theme is discussed in the Why Expertise Can Hold Us Back podcast by Dr S Brady - if i recall correctly he uses an example from fire fighters.
Hi Phil, Dr S Brady podcast are amazing. His podcast partly inspired this video. He talked about fire-fighters training as an example.
Great video once again. I totally agree. Always having a student mentality can get you very far. I'm currently treading the thin line between always doubting myself and having the confidence to make certain calls.
Hi Theuns, thanks for your ongoing support. Sounds likely you are coming out the other end, it is a hard journey climbing out of the valley of despair.
@@BrendanHasty Thanks. Yes it's a long, and sometimes frustrating, road, but so worth it! I'd rather struggle and figure things out and properly understand them, than to blindly memorize and use formulas without understanding why. And "mentors" like you make the road a bit easier!
Yes, always be continuously learning. There are so much more to learn in soils, steels, wind calculations , mining etc
Hi Finance Crypo, Agree there is always something to study.
Interesting topic of choice, keep it up Brenden.
Hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for the on going support,
I just followed the experts advice by clicking like button. Cheers!
Thanks Taimoor, your support is greatly appreciated.
You are inspiration... Love your work
Thanks Aman, hope to keep inspiring you.
I am a structural engineer myself and I know. How hard is your job? Also making videos and doing structural work. You work in a very good company.I hope I will work with you sometime in my life. W SP is a very good company.Now I will try my best to become an international employee.
The real problem was labeling of degree. In my opinion when engineer degree is graduated he or she considered qualified in all engineering branch only 2 weeks of orientation if switching specialty and same like nurse or doctor. The only hindered is the backdoor inside system like micro chips or virtual encryption or virtual switch ect
Hi Eric, it depends on where you are from, most places around the world now need to become charted. in the US PE, in Euro IstructE and in Australia CPeng. you need to show experience of at least 4 years for PE or IstructE you also need to pass a additional test to show your ability in engineering.
Good topic. I think you have identified one of the major issues. As an Engineering client in a road authority where part of my role is to investigate illegal structures built on public land and receiving engineering certification from Engineers I am alarmed by some people running around purporting to be a Civil, Structural and Geotechnical Engineer. I regularly deal with real geotechnical engineers and engineering geologists and note it is a very deep and specialised area. I think some Engineers have the problem of not knowing what they don’t know and practicing outside their competency. I suspect capitalism again is to blame, the drive for cash flow and chasing clients claiming to be able to do it all. This is why EA, CPEng and the NER is important. I request you talk more on engineering ethics.
Thanks Matthew, the unknowns unknowns are a big problem. practicing outside of your competency can lead to disaster, when you think how much you have learned since graduation there is so much you dont know.
hi， brendan . I have a question . Does the stiffness of members affect its internal bending moment
if the member changes in stiffness along it's length it can. if it is constant, the bending moment will be as per standard statics.
Well said
Thanks for Watching, Nehemiah.
From The Internets... "The humorist Mark Twain is often credited with a variation of this: 'It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.'” I despise working with haughty engineers. The best engineers I have worked with have been remarkably humble people who have been remarkably open-minded.
Total agree, you need to be open-minded to get better. I have the same experience. The most humble engineers are typically the best and can be often overlooked.
@@BrendanHasty Bad CEOs foster dysfunctional "corporate cultures." A bad system will beat a good man... almost every time.
For an individual engineer the key is simple: keep changing jobs until you find a good boss and a good CEO. Easier said than done. I know.
That being said, almost always, smaller companies are more likely to have better corporate cultures than large ones. Not all small companies are good, but almost all large ones are bad.
A number of failures have been due to "not knowing what you don't know". The Harbor Cay Condominiums of 1981 is one. The recent Champlain Towers collapse is likely to become another one. I think the FIU bridge collapse would be attributed to this. (Honestly I don't know why all 3 of these are in the same state.) The Hard Rock Hotel is another one (not in Florida this time).
Hi Bill, thanks for watching and support. Yea the illusion of knowledge("not knowing what you don't know") is something that is very dangerous. Sometimes a failure no on knew, other times tho failure can also occur from things that they should have know but they didn't know what they didn't know. Wonder which these fell into.
Sir iam a working civil engineer in mumbai metro project from 3 years do u have a job for me in ur country
There are lots of jobs in Australia for infrastructure. However, I am not in a position where I can make hiring decisions.
@@BrendanHasty sir plz try something for me
haaaa so true!
Glad that you like it Grzegorz
Talking of bias, Some times at my Uni it felt like some part time lecturers were just sent by their companies to advertise their products(like beams and Connections etc). They would spend the majority of time talking about the benefits of their product and why they are superior and use the slides for product placement, rather than explaining the design process and concepts.
Yea when the supplier presents, it can be more a sales pitch then technical presentation. You always need to be more sceptical as they likely have some bias. Tho I have had some good presentation from Hilti on anchor design.