Engineering Interns on their first day be like...

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I’ve had over 6 different first days as an engineering intern from my previous internships. So, I created this realistic skit-type video re-enacting what it’s like and all the similarities I’ve noticed. I hope this brings you value and you hopefully find it entertaining! Timestamps are as follows:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Being Shown Around
01:49 Setting Up My Laptop
02:09 Conversation with Manager
03:50 Onboarding Documentation
04:23 Lunch (12pm)
04:52 Big Conference Meeting
05:35 Meeting with Electrical Engineer
06:46 End of Day (5pm)
07:28 Bloopers lol
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My name is Tamer Shaheen, and I am a recent mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo, currently working as a Mechanical Design Engineer. I like to make videos about university/college, engineering, and personal development. Thank you so much for watching!!

[@boostaddict_]

The jump from "We use google docs and slack" to "Integrate solidworks and AutoCAD with 3 other programs for manageent and communication" is so relatable lmao.

[@nonnonn265]

1K likes and no replies? Let me change that.

[@user-zj1zk7nu2c]

No shit... in my experience theres a project proposal at Day 2 and I get to design Test Development Software for a product.

[@tristanfirepro]

This is the most realistic depiction I've ever seen. Everything is exactly what I experienced on my first day. Good work 😂

[@oumaaboubaker2600]

is it actually like that??

[@bdh711]

0:13 had me crying because everything he said was so true

[@youngman7655]

@@oumaaboubaker2600I hope not lmao

[@imnemo2327]

You had car?

[@gregd9260]

You had job ?

[@BimmerWon]

Even as a full time engineer, I have no idea what the fuck anyone is talking about 90% of the time in my meetings.

[@alextasarov1341]

😂 I feel that. 90% of the discussion doesn’t concern me, then I hear a word or phrase I know and the switch comes back on

[@imsethtwo]

lmfao me with literally everything

[@Crossfirev]

I'm about a year into my first engineering job, I felt that 90% figure for a good 8 or so months. I'm happy to report at 1 year only about 80% things go over my head now 😊

[@knagen]

Bro, I felt this

[@antonishacooper6083]

Glad to know I’m not the only one.

[@boggless2771]

As a Software Engineering (ex) student, this is exactly what I expierienced last year. Remember though, 90% of why you're there is to learn and get experience. They dont expect an intern to be able to do what a full time engineer with 100 years of experience can do (these job requirements are getting out of hand). So make sure to ask a lot of questions, especially early on. Even if you dont absorb all of it, you'll start catching on.

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

thats reassuring

[@mrnobody1546]

Thanks for this man

[@paydayvideos4924]

Aight that sounds great guess ill keep applying getting frustrated af tho

[@Napert]

If they don't expect me to have experience then why do they still say "528 years of experience in this or similar positions (required)" on the job ad

[@paydayvideos4924]

@@Napert and if you dont lie they ignore your resume

[@tarynbutler5864]

“Even if I do I’m just an intern anyway” 😂 sooo accurate.

[@dylanduke8389]

Actually insanely accurate, the constant sense of awkwardness you feel on the first day is exactly like this! Especially with how friendly all the higher ups are!

[@samwilson4597]

not just the first day, he will feel that for at least week

[@REOsama]

Man this is so ridiculously timely, I am starting in an Engineering firm next week and was looking for something like this, thank you so very much

[@maxadonna6545]

LITERALLY SAME

[@HiHi-ek1dd]

GL bro.

[@nguyencanh7424]

Dawg same, I am nervous out of my mind

[@bryan_350_5]

I start an AWS internship next week lol

[@tavi7181]

How’d it go bro

[@abbasdharamsi]

Great video! As a fellow Mechanical Engineer, I can definitely relate to the excitement and nerves on the first day as an intern. It's refreshing to see someone share their experiences in a humorous and relatable way. I cover various topics in the field of Mechanical Engineering also and would love to connect with fellow engineering enthusiasts. Keep up the great work Tamer!

[@vladv2291]

Are you a mechanical engineer?

[@abbasdharamsi]

@@vladv2291 yes i am

[@jach2513]

This video could not have come at a better time, I just started my internship and I thought I was a major screw up, I didn't realize that they were all like this.

[@leightonmitchell2564]

Trust me this is all normal and part of the process. They don’t expect you to know everything. They just want to see you make an earnest effort to learn.

[@nathanheidt1047]

I've been working in the industry for over a decade at this point, and honestly it's great to have a video like this so I can get a feel for what the experience is like for an intern. A video I'd love to see is the best things you've seen done for companies onboarding new interns and junior hires. That can always be a struggle to get right.

[@ari-mcbrown]

Honestly... I think this could probably help some people to manage their nerves better, before a first work day. Wholesome vid

[@mynameisname6162]

the nerves seems to be everyone's greatest enemy when starting a new job.

[@mynameisname6162]

the nerves seems to be everyone's greatest enemy when starting a new job.

[@adamabathily3050]

that is so nice to share your knowledge with us who still in school . now i know how it gonna be my first intern. thank you man

[@enami_0136]

The self doubt part is so REAL im struggling with it every moment right now

[@houliangyu8493]

This is exactly what I felt on my first day, LOL! Couldn't agree more about the abbreviation part! There are a bunch of abbreviations to get familiar with, which makes me anxious in the first few months.

[@trafalgard.mkopgr8635]

Bro I ve been following your channel since the beginning, and you drop this video 2 days before I start my first internship as a mechanical engineer 🤯 Keep up the good work !

[@mendy3268]

The boss talking in 2x speed is so relatable 😅

[@bjornipasha2603]

I wish you all the best! I hope one one day I’ll become a mechanical or electrical engineer as well. Your videos are helping me a lot, so keep up with new content.

[@garibaldidev8946]

This is so wholesome, thank you for making this :)

[@Lemurai]

My first day on the job as a Chem E intern started in a bio pharmaceutical lab, It was awesome! I’m kind of glad my time didn’t start out like this, everyone I was with was very supportive, friendly & energetic. There was also a multidisciplinary team there, of pharmacologists, microbiologists, chemists & the engineers were there to scale up the production process. It was nothing like this, I would have been really disappointed & uninterested if my internship started of like this, the inside of the building looks old, moldy, dim & depressing.

[@xmzru]

how did you get a internship like that???

[@CountlessPWNZ]

ok, nerd

[@pyrotechnicalbirdman5356]

Chemical Engineering is my major! How did you find an internship if you don't mind me asking?

[@MasonM326]

Thank you for the video! Good content as always. I start my first engineering internship this summer so this video gave me a lot of insight. Not sure how well it will go for me, wish me luck!

[@keyeslord]

Hey man, how did it go? I had my first internship over the summer too. Things are going well, I’ll be starting my third internship soon.

[@usukhu7569]

@@keyeslord waiting for update..

[@DRPLEY]

This is awesome! sharing made me more relaxed about it

[@user-st3pv2nc3o]

This is so helpful thank you for uploading this.

[@omegawolf850]

This makes me so happy that my first internship into software development and web development was smooth sailing and very supportive with me.

[@vishnurajiv99]

Haha, this was so relatable! But I had the best manager anyone could ever ask for, so that helped throughout my co-op.

[@chrisyang5138]

This is sooo accurrate oml. Great video!

[@andrewnguyen777]

As a current engineering intern that 2x speed manager explanation and "I have to jump into another meeting right now so I'll let you figure it out right now" intern: "oh ok makes sense" hits right on the bullseye 🤣. That is literally one of my default replies while I'm processing, along with "uhh", "I can't really seem to find the . . .", and "for sure" while not knowing jacksh*t and trying not to internally have a mental short circuit while more meetings I'm in go over my head

[@Cmdr_Kraid]

And then you go home and overthink all interactions you had and then are unable to sleep. And then you wake up late.

[@niklastikka5260]

Man, you got it down to the minute. This feels extremely accurate

[@eng3511]

maan i just love this channel

[@alextasarov1341]

As a software engineering intern this was still very accurate 😂

[@tecassowebandwebappssoluti4337]

Thanks for this bro 💯

[@jakobpetrik72]

Best investment I made for my maintenance internship was a little notepad. Really helpful for when they ask you to do three things at once lmao.

[@tribopower]

Edge computing refers to a decentralized computing paradigm that brings computational power and data storage closer to the location where it is needed, rather than relying on a centralized cloud infrastructure. In edge computing, data processing and analysis are performed on or near the edge devices, such as smartphones, IoT devices, routers, or edge servers, which are located closer to the data source. The concept of edge computing has emerged as a response to the growing need for low-latency, real-time processing of data generated by devices at the edge of the network. By processing data locally, edge computing reduces the need to transmit vast amounts of raw data to a central data center or cloud for analysis, resulting in faster response times and improved efficiency.

[@grandsome1]

wasn't that the paradigm pre-2007 when internet was way slower?

[@silverback3633]

@@grandsome1 Even better, microcontrollers are inherently designed to use built-in resources. For the lack of processing power, they mostly use look-up tables stored in their memory which were computed earlier by the external processing and stored.

[@lt7115]

tqsm i understand even less now

[@yake2685]

Big dum-dum question here. Wouldn't the paradigm still be centralized but with further steps? Straight out of my thoughts, it would look more like a tree, where the cloud server is the center, the nodes to which the end devices connect act as an intermediary with the cloud server in order for it to reduce latency.

[@chinedumatthew8978]

The heading out part got me 😂

[@ahmadessamsoliman]

محتوى جامد جداً و جه في وقته قبل ما ابدأ summer internship على طول عش يا تامر❤

[@suryakamalnd9888]

I'm not an engineering student yet.. but i somehow understood everything that the manager told to do.. and, that acting like "I know what I'm doing" was so connecting! 😂😂

[@EchoZoid]

i literally have my first intern tomorrow this gave me a good insight thank you

[@HiHi-ek1dd]

Hope it went well.

[@ItchyBoots.2]

@@HiHi-ek1dd ⤴️

[@jay.jay.]

How did it go?

[@orea1930]

I started my first internship last week and this video couldn't be closer from my experience, especially with the abbreviations.

[@ingmarbm]

Really cool seeing a whole day. Were those actual co-workers that participated in your video? If so, big kudos to them!

[@Adventure_fuel]

This was great!

[@Rayanoo2003]

Great job!! I love your content keep going Tamer

[@nosensetj]

actually realistic. got my sub

[@Naes1204]

man adjusting to the number of meetings on top of the work was exhasuting. Was taking naps after work for months when i first started.

[@chaudharyameet4282]

best approach to reality buddy. thanks

[@Alkis05]

That is why entered to mechatronics engineering after being a mechanic technician of a few years. Nowadays every device has some embedded electronics and software. I was familiar with everything I was able to hear in the video. It looks like IOT is a big part of the product of this company. It sounds like they were discussing the physical layer of a radio communication system. Something about modulation maybe, for an edge device. There is, a device that is going to get data that is probably going to be processed in the cloud.

[@SquatSimp]

Dude this was spot on!!

[@funtechu]

As someone who helps onboard new engineers and interns, this is super accurate. My main suggestions for new people are to relax, and to not worry about getting everything in the first few days. Feel free to ask again if you forgot something, or need help getting up to speed on a new tool or project. No one expects you to be able to meaningfully contribute in your first few days there, so take the opportunity to meet people, and to start familiarizing yourself with the tools, workflow, and projects. You'll be part of the team in no time!

[@k1llsh0t_87]

As a random person on the internet who's not an engineer i can confirm this is extremely accurate

[@rex_8618]

loved it!

[@DarthJeremy364]

im so glad other people feel this way

[@harshpatel8940]

Perfect man!

[@b-radiii-engineer]

As someone who has done two engineering internships in college this is so realistic lol 😂

[@MagnumTechnicalAcademy]

Helpful and insightful, this video is.

[@challajuzalei6126]

4:30 as someone who is currently a comp sci student, but has also been working in different industries for the last 15 years the drama/gossip is always prevalent no matter where you go. It’s unfortunate so many people get dragged into it and even if you abstain from it sometimes you’ll end up being the gossip.

[@rrl9786]

"Can I keep this laptop" lmao. Bro really shot his shot.

[@Chris-ss8zt]

I'm freelancer. I feel this everytime I got a new project I should be working on. Hope it'll get a routine for me one day.

[@antonishacooper6083]

My first time starting as a Full time controls engineer I was confused about everything 😂😂😂

[@alienmoondudes8071]

I could relate to the part where Tamer wondered why there were so many acronyms to learn lol

[@Yossef_M]

اظن ان الفديو اخد كتير من وقت حضرتك و انا استفدت من ف شكرا جدا لمجهودك يا باشمهندس تامر 3>

[@bigyang5847]

My first day at a "real company" was 3 signatures, a box of merch and my colleagues showing me where the beer is. First week was just waiting for a remote vdi, and then, it came, the setup hell. 3 days I struggled to set everything up, but me and a couple of colleagues did it. After that, smooth sailing.

[@luthermthembu9003]

You nailed it

[@TheJanstyler]

Man, I remember my first days as an electricians apprentice in a huge firm the exact same way. I didn't know shit about anything. A year later and it felt like I had been there for years. None of the problems I had at the start remained. Instead, I was the dude that new guys sought out to ask questions. Honestly, it felt pretty rewarding to god from not knowing a thing, to knowing more than enough to teach the new guys. By year 3 I and two of my other other apprentices were basically teaching the new guys more than the instructors did. (We got about 30 new apprentices every year) Honestly, teaching was probably one of the most fun parts about the job. Maybe I should take that into considertation going forward.

[@batagur4233]

Lmao, a Mac book for an engineer 🤣

[@Ali-pf9vl]

Amazing 😂👏

[@user-mz6ee3wi8c]

bro this is so relatable

[@SelfConsciousAiResistance]

Spot on true!!! everything!!!

[@ObsessedWithGames21awesomeguy]

I hope I’m able to relate to this video next summer 😭

[@omartareq1787]

please make more videos about the internship experience and a small advice by the end

[@karamany9870]

Tomorrow’s my first day as an intern and you drop this video :D

[@AdrianMero26]

How did it go

[@dio1407]

I'm an intern at a soft dev company, and on my first day there were literally 3 people including me. And one of them was also an intern, rest of them all worked from home:)))

[@user-qo7hd2ju3t]

fantastic video - hopefully i can start working at an internship too !

[@jonathancamarena3117]

LOL bro, the Abbreviations killed me my first few days.

[@AdrianMero26]

Would major would you stick with if you had to relive your bachelor experience all over again?

[@vla_music_ai]

Coming from a country that 80% are small medium companies, can’t be happier for you specially after seen how they treat people in Apple recruitment process.

[@TheyCalledMeT]

being too hesitant to ask questions is a major problem for new people

[@senaajitraghu]

tamer is acting soo nervous, its like a different side of him that we don't see in his other vids

[@Baraka_SYP]

Speaking of abbreviations, my last coop at Kellogg’s was all about abbreviations 😂 Omg the first week was so confusing

[@itsosonny]

Great Video!😂

[@orangeheartguy]

Asking what G-suite is the most noob intern thing to do. Come on Tamer 😢😂😂😂

[@devsda1]

It’s called Google Workspace now

[@vincenthugo4036]

I´ve just finished my internship at Porsches developement department (body in white) and my first day felt pretty similar xD

[@the_third_edition]

Dude, that pizza scene is so relatable. Not an intern experience, but when I just started my PhD.

[@titanplanet1352]

I feel so attacked but at the same time this is EXACTLY what it’s like and what I was like my first day😂😂

[@rightslip8345]

Excellent!

[@Ewoof]

Yep. This was how my engineering internship worked. 😂😂

[@nickolaisimmons4638]

As an electrical engineering student this is accurate

[@georgejoseph2601]

this was so funny!!

[@naughti_penguin2340]

This is pretty much exactly what happened this monday for me but swap the electrical engineer with a mechanical engineer haha

[@SaltyBoi420]

this is exactly what happened in my first day on my first job, it's just funny 😂😂😂

[@samarthaj7920]

So end of the day was so accurate as I am interning now and I always have wait till 5 or 6 to be able to go home when HR gives the permission. But where I am interning I don't usually get works like 1 work in a day is like avg which takes like less then half hour to complete😂😂.

[@munther1071]

Allah is generous - inshAllah he will grant both, a permanent job for you and an internship for me.

[@bisher7661]

Inshallah my brother

[@hamzaalberta8335]

Ameen

[@bilalabdi9148]

Imagine someone learning mechanical engineering in somalia and there is no jobs out there

[@TimmYCode]

Sorry but he can't help you with that

[@munther1071]

@@TimmYCode Allah is capable of the unimaginable.

[@hyderabadildarshiv174]

Watching the title itself made me laugh😂

[@Superlinguini]

John is the kinda of person who always gets me nervous as hell for no reason. He's the kind of person who'd talk wild s*** about you and would try to get you fired over the smallest s***.

[@davidchang2477]

"I'll get full time, don't worry" 😂😂😂

[@enigmatico6209]

Having a laptop for yourself right in the first day? That's too good to be true. You'd normally have to wait from 3 days to an entire week to have the company give you a computer, they have to order it, file the asset, set it up, set up your accounts, and you know... it usually takes time. And all that time you are not going to be able to do actual work, you are going to spend it reading manuals and doing minor stuff they give you to keep you busy. That's how it went for me at least. Oh yeah, and then they'll make you use a thousand databases and software you probably never heard about. That mention about Jira really calls home.

[@sardissozo3399]

Sounds like the IT team really sucks where you were... -Former IT Manager

[@supermamoru]

You are ahead of most of us here. We as interns did not have cars. We walk to work.

[@jrisplays3177]

i wish to experience this 5 years from now especially I'm Studying Computer Engineering 1st year.

[@JS-kb4bk]

You should be able to get an internship/co-op in your 2nd year. At least in Canada/US

[@lumieretunakiese4075]

😂😂so accurate !

[@lukedowneslukedownes5900]

Damn dude, your channel is blowing up. Im glad you are still consistent with your videos after years of low views, no offense. I hope you are getting enough rest. You looked tired at the end of the video ;/

[@bafian]

Man if this is how you people approach internships you have to work on your confidence, you already got the job, now make questions all the time it doesn't matter if you end up looking stupid. Relax and bound with people when eating lunch together and stuff, everyone is human, just be you.

[@kuroxell]

That's actually hard

[@antonykustura1713]

@@kuroxellFr why tf would you need to talk on your lunch

[@blah7983]

On day one you’re still figuring out the deal with the company and the people. If this was portraying how someone acted a couple weeks in, I’d agree with you. Day one, especially of the very first internship is an adjustment period.

[@alextasarov1341]

I never liked “just be you.” idek who I am 🤣 so now what

[@prateekpanwar646]

@@alextasarov1341Like you act and think like when you’re doing a project at home. Just with bit formal language.

[@abdelholms3651]

So so true, I am not an engineer. I am electronic technician and I went through everything he said

[@kozaks5727]

Great.. now im much more excited to start my engineering program next year..