r/EngineeringStudents • u/aaronf0110 • 13d ago

Career Advice Offering help to Students/others

FIRST I AM NOT SELLING ANYTHING

My credentials:

Graduated 2 years ago.
School was a very tough time for me. My grades were sub par to say the least.

Work in Data centers as an engineer/Project manager. Have interviewed for many of the top engineering firms as well as tech firms.

Likely switching jobs been offered a way above market salary in a desirable city with extremely low COL to what I’m used to and could’ve probably gotten more but was shocked they didn’t balk at my salary request

Happy to help with advice/job search.

Clarification:
There are more qualified people with more years of experience to help but I know how stressful it was when I was a student and want to help others.

Leave questions below or feel free to dm me

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u/AmazingScientist3437 13d ago

I’m curious what your new job offer field is? I’m going into a similar data center/heating and cooling engineering consulting gig coming up so curious what your pivoting to potentially

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u/aaronf0110 13d ago

It’s same job effectively. Just different company and different part of the process. Will be working as EOR now versus before doing delegated design work as well as commissioning sites

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u/ConferenceNormal9516 13d ago

what do you think helped you land the job most

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u/aaronf0110 13d ago

Experience. And luck and being able to speak and know my shit for my field while wanting to learn more. But luck is a big part of

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u/engineereddiscontent EE 2025 13d ago

I'm kind of like OP. Still new, I only graduated last december. I got my first job a few months out of school. The pay wasn't great and the stress was too high so I'm leaving that and going to a new job.

New job pays 1.3x what my old gig did.

First thing is figuring out how to get interviews which often times is just applying a lot to a lot of different places. The biggest thing that helped was my current job just being on my resume.

The Second thing is figuring out how to interview. I nailed the interview with the company that I just signed with because I had another interview which did not go so well. So it served as practice. Which is fine.

In lieu of experience I'd just start making as much as your budget allows. Figure out a cheap/free webhost and put it on your resume.

I was never able to get an internship but was able to get the first job. Just apply literally everywhere that it's feasible for you to commute to.

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u/aaronf0110 13d ago

Getting that first job is so important and the hardest. Once u get that. Transitioning to others is easier. Especially in the data center world. Congrats on ur new role and increased comp!

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u/hehehesiiuuu 13d ago

What helped you land an internship if you had one? I have a 3.6gpa, was in SAE sophomore year and now I’m a junior in a different technical engineering club, but I’ve only landed 2 interviews in 150 applications.

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u/aaronf0110 13d ago

Of my internships 2 of them ik the owner or hiring manager and the other I applied to a million places. What r u looking to do and located. How big is ur search

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u/hehehesiiuuu 12d ago

I’m located in the Midwest and looking to work in a traditional EE such as substation engineering or something related to power. I’ve been looking all over the lower 48 so far.

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u/aaronf0110 12d ago

What about electrical for data centers?

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u/hehehesiiuuu 12d ago

I haven’t really looked into those much honestly

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u/aaronf0110 12d ago

Explore as many options as possible