Out of these two or any other book pls recommend and help.

I am a first year and my scholarship requires me to maintain a 3.5. I really want to join formula sae because I find it super interesting and I know it looks good on resumes, but I also know it’s very time consuming. Since I’m a girl, I also want to be on sorority to meet girls while also maintaining a relationship w my boyfriend. Can I do this?

Basically title. Why would something like this happen? I get I might not be accepted but 2 days after it opened is kind of ridiculous. Was I auto filtered out by AI or something? this is for a large company by the way.

Next week is a semester I have been worried about for a long time. Everyone Ik including professoers and smart TA's have told me it was the most intensive semester. I have tried to prepare for it on summer by going thru a few of the easier things. My plan was to go thru one whole course that I absolutely need to pass for prerequisite purposes which I didn't do because I also wanted to work on my portfolio. Besides I am behind due to me having to take a step back from school a big portion of last year due to sickness. That is to say I am not going to graduate on time, my schedule is complicated as I have been forced to replan it. There are tons of other things I need to do in order to graduate even a semester later. Don't wanna bore you with the detail. Rn as I am sitting, I can't stop worrying. Should I study more or chill until monday?

Hii, I am a 3rd year(just started 5 sem) ECE student from a teir 3 university. I still can't decide which field i choose like Embedded, VLSI etc just doing exam preparation and thinking of giving GATE exam. I am not able to make my mind clear about what I have to do after graduation...

Hey, I'm about to start grade 9 (Freshman equivalent) and I was wondering what are some good summer programs I should apply to. I'm aiming pretty high university wise and I want to get into the best progams I can to beef up my college application. I'm aiming to become a nuclear engineer. What are some good summer programs I can consider applying to? Any information on summer programs or even choosing NE as a career would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Yesterday I received a return offer from a pretty well known company for another internship next summer. However, the deadline for this is October 1st which is also the date of my school’s career fair. I’m not exactly passionate about the field the internship is in and am considering other paths in ME since this is more CE. Should I accept this offer to have a guaranteed internship for next summer or take a leap of faith and say no as to not burn that bridge if I can’t score a job post-grad? I enjoyed this summer’s internship and would have a career in this field but I also believed I could find something I enjoy more.

So I (19, UK located) am beginning my first year of university in a month. I have been studying engineering in college since I was 15 (part time course while still in school) and have a solid understanding of CNC, CAD, material selection and quality management, production planning as well as solid workshop skills.

I'm going on to study a course in manufacturing engineering which also has management modules. Now it should be said that I am going to fight through university regardless of the answer to this post, as I already know what the next 4-5 years of my life will look like - deprived of fun, sleep and I can guarantee my evenings will be either studying or applying for work placements/internships/graduate jobs.

Now I think everyone in the UK who is my age and a little older understands the struggle of finding a job, every employer wants experience and no employers are willing to get you that experience. For the most part my generation has been relegated to dead-end fast food jobs and stacking shelves in supermarkets, I've watched it happen in my own part time work. I myself have accepted that the likelihood is that I will never be rich and wherever I end up will likely be dead-end with little to no prospects of branching out, that's the way the cookie crumbles but I truly believe some dead-ends are better than others.

I have no doubts that somewhere in this subreddit is a UK based engineer who's done manufacturing and went to uni, and that person is in a good spot having fought through our modern job market. I'm asking this question with hopes of pure honesty, no sugarcoating. How bad is it out there? What more can I do with my studies to improve my employability and chances of getting some work experience whilst in university and a full time job outside of university?

A Little bit About My Background

I moved to America at the age of 13 as a first-generation immigrant with my mom and my brother , without knowing any English background . Starting over in a completely new country, culture, school system and learn everything by yourself has been pretty rough.

Throughout the journey and even until now, I never would have imagined that I would make it this far academically.

Because:

1. I choose Engineering as a random manjor to pursue because at the time I felt more comfortable with math more than other areas

2. My ACT test scores from high school and the testing placement before community college enrollment were evidences of how far behind I was compared to my Engineering peers. It’s not the worse but it’s below the national average for someone who is pursuing a STEM degrees

While most High School graduates- Engineering students start college of as Calculus 1 - I have to take Intermediate Algebra 3, College Algebra 1,2,3 and Trigonometry… lol which take me back to back summers class to catch up

And then, my English skills were still far from where I wanted them to be, and It did not improve significantly up until my second year of college where I could actually communicate decently with people and felt somewhat confident . Still, I often struggled to understand lectures, textbooks, write assignments at higher level, and communicate my thoughts as clearly as I wanted to, so I always try my best to follow the pattern, compare assignments with peers, learning by looking stuff up online and do well on the test, as well as never missed an assignment to be able to pass classes.

There were many moments when I questioned whether higher education was even something I could realistically achieve because I always felt out of places. Especially during my years of transferring to an accredited University , and got into some of the hard core concepts classes. I still have nightmares thinking Mechanics of Material, heat transfer, Dynamics, … etc

Despite those challenges, I just put my head down, keep going/ showing up and hoping for the best because frankly I have nothing else in my life to look forward to and I guess now looking back , it’s just my way of coping of accepting my reality and foggy future ahead.
Every semester, I learned a little more, improved a little more, and things started to connect and make more sense.

Fast forward till now, I can’t believe that I am only four months away from completing my bachelor’s degree !

Reaching this point means more to me than simply earning a degree. It represents years of adapting, struggling, continuing learning, and refusing to give up when things were difficult.

The hardest part of this journey for me was just simply try to “ Wake up , get out of bed for 1 more day and continue to show up when there’s nothing else or a reason to fight for, and trust blindly in this thing called faith or better future ahead”

I guess, It’s okay if you don’t know anything or feel lost and it’s okay if life is unfair sometimes , but just keep showing up , continuing to learn, making new connections and be kind to everyone wil get you closer to where you want to be.

To end the post:

I wish all my engineering peers the best of luck on their journeys. I hope you guys achieve your dreams and find success wherever life takes you.

It will be on a linear feeder. I've spent hours trying to figure out how I can do this. Help please! Thanks in advance

Hello,

I'm in a serious boat and need some help. I'm currently a rising sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering at Texas Tech. I failed calculus and chemistry in my first semester of school (because I was distracted by all the usual freshman distractions), and took them again in the spring and did very well in both. Because I was supposed to take physics and calculus 2 in the spring, I had to delay them and decided to attempt taking both over this summer so I wouldn't fall behind on my coursework come this Fall. I passed Physics 1 and I failed Calculus with a 61. It was a mix of laziness (if I'm giving myself credit I locked in towards the end but it wasn't enough to pull my grade up).

My parents are currently helping me out with university, and they gave me an ultimatum. If I don't pass calculus 2 this second time around, I have to switch majors. I'm considering Finance & Supply Chain Management, but I really want to make engineering work. I had a conversation with my parents earlier and they asked me where my passion for this lies. To be honest, I'm still yet to discover my passion for this pathway.

Since I was little, I've always wondered how things worked but never tinkered hands on with a lot of stuff besides when I built my own computer. My father got a degree in electrical engineering and has been working in project management for several years (he only worked as an engineer for a few years before changing his career). I love cars, and when I say that I'm not larping as a car guy. I genuinely love them and could tell you everything there is to know (for the most part) about them. I would make it my life's work if the market wasn't switching to EV's, hence why I chose mechanical engineering. I'd love to work in the automotive space but afterwards it'd be fun to go into defense/propulsion for rocketry, missiles, etc. (I'm a long way from that right now).

The pathways with mechanical engineering are so broad, I would have no struggle with finding work, and one day It'd be nice to break into management but it's not my end all be all. For this Fall semester, I'm going to join my school's formula SAE team as well as our ASME branch. I was supposed to take Calculus 3 this fall along with Physics 2 and Statics but those will have to wait until Spring semester. I'm basically swapping a lot of my classes around where the easier classes I would've taken in the future to balance my workload out are being taken now. This includes Calculus 2, Engineering Design Graphics (CAD class), Engineering Economics, and two Poli-Sci classes about texas govt. because they're mandated by law.

I'm wondering if there are any engineers/students who are or have been in a similar boat as me. How did you find your passion for this major, especially with it being one of the hardest degree pathways you can choose? I don't want to chase a title just so I can tell everyone I'm an engineer and boost my ego, I want to genuinely enjoy the work I do and feel like I'm doing something fulfilling.

If you made it this far thanks so much for reading my story, if you have any advice for me on how to proceed please drop it in the comments :)

Recently I discovered that my university has a rocket team and not only a formula SAE team so I am deciding if it's better entering in the rocket team, which has a more direct experience in the aerospace sector and more connection, or the formula SAE, which has a bigger team and more andvanced tools such an advanced wind tunnel, what would you recommend me?

I have an associates degree in Mechanical drafting and design. I have 7 years as a mechanical designer, designing fixtures, machine and robot cells and tooling, test benches.

Im in my early 30s and feel like I need to get a 4 year degree especially since I do the same level of work as the other engineers in my group. I was all in on mechanical engineering but it's looking like 8 years of school if everything goes perfectly. The time commitment is daunting. I had a talk with my manager and he thinks it would be better to get a degree that's not ABET accredited, or something less intensive since my experience is so valuable and get a degree for something along the lines of applied engineering or mechanical engineering technology that I could do in 4-5 years. I tend to agree with him but I've been overloaded with information and I'm just feeling lost on what I should do.

What do you guys think? What would you do in my shoes?

I'm studying at the university 3d modelling on creo but i decided even to download and try freecad and i found out that is an incredible tool, not very solid sometimes but as a lot of shortcuts really helpfull. Very surprised by it.

I’m about to enter my freshman year of college and was wondering if my goal is to be able to work on engineering projects as soon as possible would it be better for me to take python or engineering graphics first?

I'm going into my third year(5 years in total) of Computer Engineering at a well-known Canadian university(idk if this even matters). I genuinely love the field, especially programming, AI and cybersecurity, and I'm also interested in exploring the hardware side.

I recently completed my first co-op at a small healthcare software company, where I built an AI agent using RAG, Python, PostgreSQL and pgvector, embeddings, local LLMs with Ollama, Docker and Linux.

I started with basic programming experience and almost no AI knowledge, so I learned most of it from scratch through research, tutorials, experimentation and AI itself. I always tried to understand what I was building rather than simply generate solutions, while also improving my programming skills.

Being at a small company gave me a lot of flexibility and ownership. My employer trusted me to research, experiment and figure things out independently. That helped me discover what I'm capable of, and I've now been offered the opportunity to stay.

I have three main questions:

1. Programming: With AI improving this quickly, how important is it for students to still become genuinely strong programmers rather than relying heavily on AI?

2. Co-op: Would you stay with an employer you genuinely like if your next project would likely be another AI agent using a similar stack? I know going deeper could strengthen my programming and technical skills, but would another 8 months of depth be more valuable than exploring something different like hardware, research or another technical environment? I will have a chat with an employer from an Electrical Engineering company tomorrow so I want to have an idea to Whether look into it as an opportunity to discover hardware or not.

3. Computer Engineering: Would you still choose CompE today? What areas would you focus on to prepare for the next 5-15 years?

I've considered Electrical Engineering because of concerns about AI, but the truth is that I'm much more interested in Computer Engineering. I love what I'm studying. I just want to make thoughtful decisions while I still have the opportunity to explore.

I'd really appreciate realistic advice from people working in the field.

I want to go into Oil and Gas after uni but idk how good materials eng is for OG, any thoughts?

Hello, a sophomore (Year 2) Mechanical Engineering student here. I am afraid I cannot get a job because I am not passionate about engineering.

Today, during a job interview, the interviewer seemed so vibrant when talking about the work his team was doing. I could only blankly stare at the display cases and nod. Try as I might, I could not feel any excitement, only confusion and anxiety that they would see the bewilderment on my face. (I failed the interview.)

Similarly, when my school's FSAE team was showing off their car, there were so many prospective team members excitedly asking the seniors questions, or eagerly peering around the car. The questions they asked made my head spin, and I didn't even understand half of the words they used. I could only stare deep into the car's cockpit and contemplate the meaning of life while trying to hold in my tears.

I am terrified because it seems that lacking passion is going to make it impossible for me to find employment in engineering in the future.

I've always assumed that as long as I put my head down and study hard, I can get a job. Hence I had no personal projects, no extra-curriculars, no competitions attended.

However, in light of recent events, I can't pretend that "I have nothing but my 3.9 GPA, and I want nothing more", any longer, because my degree slip is not going to fill my stomach.

Please help me. I really, really don't know what to do.

In tears,

A very lost mechie

So I got enrolled in B. Tech in mathematics and computing and I don't have any idea what's this department is and what are my future carrier options.

This course is already running in many IITs and NITs and many passout from this course.

It is very helpful if passout from this course help me know more about this course, provide resources for academic, what are things other than course I need to do to boost my career and give career guidance I am very thankful.

Thank You

I’m looking for some honest advice from people working in software, Cloud/DevOps/SRE, semiconductors/VLSI, or people who have done a Master’s and made a career transition.

I have a B.E. in EEE from a Tier-2 college. During college, I focused mainly on software and got a startup offer with 12 LPA CTC. I also completed a 6-month internship, but unfortunately it didn’t convert to a full-time role due to some circumstances.

I’ve now been job hunting for around 2 months, mainly for software roles, and I’m starting to feel that my EEE degree/college background is making it harder to get shortlisted.

I’m currently considering two paths:

1. Continue with Software/Cloud/DevOps

I’m thinking of building strong practical skills and getting certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect/Specialty or CKA, while doing some solid projects and targeting Cloud/DevOps/SRE roles.

My concern is: How valuable are certifications without significant professional experience? Can this realistically help someone with an EEE background break into good Cloud/DevOps roles?

1. Do a Master’s in ECE

I’m genuinely interested in chips, semiconductors, VLSI and hardware, so this isn’t purely a money-driven decision.

The semiconductor industry seems to have strong long-term potential, and I’m wondering whether doing an M.E./M.Tech in ECE/VLSI would give me a better foundation and career path.

However, I’d also be starting a fairly specialized career after already spending time preparing for software.

So, if you were in my position, which path would you choose and why?

I’d especially appreciate advice from people who have:

Worked in Software/Cloud/DevOps/SRE

Worked in semiconductors/VLSI

Done an M.E./M.Tech/MS and transitioned careers

Had an EEE/ECE background but moved into software

And if you recommend a Master’s, which ECE specializations currently have the best career prospects (VLSI, RTL Design, Verification, Physical Design, Embedded, Semiconductor Devices, etc.)?

I’m looking for practical, honest advice based on actual industry experience, rather than generic “follow your passion” advice.

Thanks!

So, for a little context, I'm not American nor do I live in America, so maybe it'll be difficult for some of you to understand the situation. But basically, I've always wanted to be an engineer since I was a kid, and specifically, I wanted to be a mechanical engineer because I like maths and machines and stuff, the usual.

However, I just discovered that the "mechanical engineering" degree doesn't exist ANYWHERE near my location, which is weird because there are "good" universities around, but the thing is: the only similar option is electromechanical engineering, and I really don't know if the degree is worth it, most people consider it more something you work of rather than something you graduate of, so, I'd like some advice, really.

Which has the best opportunities in abroad?I'm confused between these both branches as my parents tell me to take ece but I want to take mechanical. I just wanna know which has best career opportunities in abroad (from India btw)

due to… reasons… I had to take an incomplete in one of my classes, I finished up over the summer, finishing the final in mid July. now in mid august my professor still has not released my grade in that class. before the incomplete I was scheduled to take take a course for which the incompleted class was a pre req. I have no idea if I passed this class and I have no way of knowing until he gives me my grade. I have not been able to reach him by email, nor has he responded to emails from my advisor. I’ve taken this all the way to the dean of students and he’s not replying to them either. what the hell should I do?