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This video is trending up (for me) which is great for the algorithm but a little bit unfortunate because I truly believe that the Mechatronics Education is relevant and wonderful. Therefore, I'd like to preface this video with the following: I hope if you're reading this (and watching the video) that you understand that I'm in no way bashing the Mechatronics degree program, education or the schools that offer the program. I believe that multidisciplined engineering education is the way to go, I majored in "Engineering Science" and while my focus/concentration was Mechanical Engineering, I took circuits, electronics, controls, digital logic, hi frequency electromagnetics and other electrical engineering electives because my dream job was working in the "Mechatronics" realm as a sales engineer for a company like Texas Instruments. The reality was that when I tried to find "Mechatronics" jobs and entry level engineering jobs, the mechatronics-targeted either simply did not exist, and the jobs that did exist were searching mostly for people with "Mechanical Engineering" and "Electrical Engineering" degrees and degrees with different names than the big three were not in the required degrees. I know for a fact that having a degree with a different name got me filtered out by recruiters, because once I was able to get my foot in the door anywhere, then I was able to get interviews. My argument is as follows: if we know that (currently) certain degrees are more sought after, and we have interest in their subject area, then we should major in one of the sought after degrees. Example: you're interested in mechanical and electrical engineering. You pick one, then take additional electives in the other. Again, I hope you appreciate my perspective on the issue and look forward to all of your comments! Best wishes to you and your own respective career development.

Be honest. The person you are talking to might be interviewing you for your next position. You aren’t causing them to not get a job. They did that to themselves

Most college graduates are mediocre to me. Some are intelligent but its not a proxy, most are just followers with few unique ideas. You can get into any college with money but you cant fix stupid.

Good luck❤❤❤

The dropout rate is high for 2 reasons. 1, the average person is a dunning-kruger case study because public school is a joke. The second reason is academia in the US is a disgusting joke. Most engineers are graduating completely incapable of applying or doing the basics now. Engineers waste their time dealing with incompetent teachers going through busy work while also not working any material that actually has any value.

As someone who dropped out of civil engineering to attending medical school: You really have to love math and physics and understand it to pass. In med school you still have chemistry and physics but you don’t have to really understand it in depth. I am glad that I will never have to take math 1 or thermodynamics, I’d rather do 1000 anki cards a day!

I go to a polytechnic institution. I cut out a lot of the “bs” classes, and there’s no way one could graduate in 18 months. As an engineer, you want to have a speciality, and take specialized classes your last four semesters, after taking all pre requisite classes your first four. 18 months? That would be horrific. You wouldn’t even be able to digest all the information presented to you.

Full agreement on this. I am 4th year chemical engineering student on track to finish in my 5th year and there is NO WAY I could have finished in 18 months. I would have actually killed myself! I also agree heavily on liberal arts being actually very valuable in engineering fields. It's for expanding your worldview and learning how to communicate and work with others. I really enjoyed the economics/poli sci classes I got to take too. Many people don't see it, but it's all connected. Good video with good insight

Cool, I'm an ME, have some experience but never launched my career. 😅

I agree you don't get it. People worship football players, rock stars, war heros, etc. Worship, love, idolize, these are all words used to describe how we feel about our leaders. You worry about this while WW3 is getting closer to reality? Grow up

Why would a mechatronics engineer be applying for ME or ee specific job? Mechatronics is robotics/automation and any company who works on that field will pick mechatronics eng before any other

Here in the UK expect a crap salary for all the effort.

Graduating as a physics major soon and idk whether to pursue a masters or switch to double major as mechanical engineering to become an engineer. If my undergraduate is paid for but the masters would cost me $30k, would that be more worth?

I am going back to school at 44. I am taking 13 credit hours this Spiring and that sounds like a lot.

I would say taking 18 college credit hours is insane. I know for me it is. I would be put into a straight jacket and in asylum if I even attempted it. This one complete lunatic that wrote on reddit took 28 credit hours. How in God's name he did it I have no clue. Type it in a Google search and will find it quickly.

In the fall of 2025 I am taking Data Structures I, Discrete Structures I, and Introduction to Advanced Mathematics. In the spring of 2026 I am taking Introduction to Digital Design, Advanced Calculus I, and Discrete Structures II. Both of those semesters are only 10 hours but them 3 classes are very challenging. In the Spring of 2025 I am taking Introduction to Programming, Linear Algebra, Art Appreciation, and Magic, Witchcraft and Religion. So 13 hours and 4 classes.

12 credit hours is also full-time and should be in the light load category.

LOL there's a think called syllabus there you can see all the courses you will take it's public god just check what you'll study

The audio echo sounds soooooo bad 😢

To finish this video's thought calculations on the 40 hour workweek and hourly wage: 52 week / 1 year x 40 hour / 1 week = 2160 hour / 1 year $35,000 / 1 year x 1 year / 2160 hour = $35,000 / 2160 hour = ~$16.20 / 1 hour But "Full-Time" is ambiguous as it is a Range. The absolute minimum hours to be considered full-time is outlined by the IRS which sets the standard at at least 130 hours per month (~30hrs 10min per week). The average full-time employee in the US works 1,892 hours per year (36hrs 24min per week). Of course, there is no upper limit to what a Full-time could entail only that anything over 44 hours a week is overtime. **1892 hour per year average:** 1892 hour / 1 year $35,000 / 1 year x 1 year / 1892 hour = $35,000 / 1892 hour = ~$18.50 / 1 hour **Best case with minimum hours as Full-Time:** 130 hour / 1 month x 12 month / 1 year = 1560 hour / 1 year $35,000 / 1 year x 1 year / 1560 hour = $35,000 / 1560 hour = ~$22.43 / 1 hour

Omw to EE now

That posting is likely a scam

If engineers understood what their drawings became i could respect this. I've been in engineering explaining why it can't happen the way they planned on the computer and it freezes their brain.

Everything that is of value, including degrees, are hard. So it is pointless to compare. hehe

Business major harder than both of them combined

Yes, fix your hair before the job fair, get the job, then see if your new company is woke enough to allow snowflakes with pink hair to work there. If so, great. If not, don't dye your hair stupid colors and keep your job.

The audio is awful. Crackling feedback sounds. Makes it hard to listen.

Why does this sound like garbage? Not sure how you expect anybody to sit through this. I lasted 30 seconds.

Wanted to listen but can't

Sounds like you may be feeding line-level audio into a mic-level input.

Fix your audio

Hey, can you post your full podcast episodes to youtube?

Dans doing great im sorry

Sweatshop not a company.

"Engineer - a person who gets excited about things that no one else cares about" - Interesting Engineering Engineers take the things that no one else cares about to solve the problems of the world and create things that people do care about. - Doug Hohulin "85% of economic growth was attributed to technological change in the period 1890 to 1950. ... almost all economic growth in the last 120-plus years was from technology." -Byron Reese "I think we're going to live in a world where there are going to be hundreds of millions, billions of different AI agents. Eventually probably more AI agents than there are people in the world" - Mark Zuckerberg It will be interesting to see what problems of the world can be solved by Engineers using AI to solve them.

I got a BSEE at Purdue and even though I had a 5.66 GPT (Purdue graded on a logarithmic 6 point scale - the logarithmic is a joke but the 6 point scale is not) there were many times I thought about switching majors before graduating. I was in a Co-op program that really helped me. After working for 7 years in engineering, I did a lot more bus dev and strategy work. I am now working on AI projects “When the AI System Has to Be Right" AI in Regulation/Governance/Policy, Healthcare, Road Safety/AV, Education and Energy. My recommendation to engineering students is to leverage AI to help with the theory, also find study groups to help you work together on tough problems.

Simple. Engineering school is very demanding.

My granddaughter is starting her senior year at UMich College of Engineering majoring in chemical engineering and is carrying a 3.875 GPA. So I guess she is doing really, really, really, Really good if a 3.75 GPA gets 3 really goods. BTW, her only non "A" grades were "B's" in organic chemistry. And she won a full ride tuition and all other costs scholarship. Will be laving Ann Arbor with no school debt.

Nice Video

The audio here is scratchy. Just a heads up.

The company should know this is going to eventually get out that the new guy is making more. It's not new guys fault, but the company is really opening up a can of worms with this.

Hey, whats your opinion on engineering technician programs, they are usually 2 year programs.

Great video

That’s a good idea, the only thing I would suggest is keep the intro call to 2-5 minutes. If your industry is that niche and you are a high demand professional, you could be spending hours completing these calls during, what sounds like, time outside of your current occupation. If you had 6 calls in a week or even 10 a month, that’s 5-10 hours in a month completing these calls and then having to serve as a consultant. However, if you’re just getting into consulting, I highly recommend this approach to attract new clients. Also, ensure that you have a good contract or terms for payment when you do ask for payment as a consultant.

I'm in Mechatronics and to advice a person not to do Mechatronic Engineering is an ignorance of the future industry.

i quit after 3 hours. nope.

Mechanic and mechanic

The problem is companies not keeping their promises!!!

I quit at day 2