How to Get Ahead of 99% of Engineering Students

[@YashivYash]

I myself have come to realize these things over my past 2 years as a Structural Engineer and always regret not doing these earlier. I guess it is part of the learning process in some ways, but for those still in a position to implement these, don't think twice.

[@naimulislamsaikat]

Bro you became my inspiration to be a better engineer... Thank you very much for all of your hard work and suggestions

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you! I’m glad it’s helping :)

[@PacMappy]

depending on what you want to do within civil engineering: tip #7: if the opportunity arises at a point in your university studies where it seems comprehensive enough that you understand some of the basic concepts about math, science, surveying, and some engineering classes (pretty much the lower level relevant stuff) get your certification (at least here in the US, the 'EIT') tip #8: piggy backing off #7, once you start working, maintain connections to registered engineers; you'll need them as references when you obtain licensure (the 'PE' exam)

[@Farzan__Bayat]

I find your videos truly helpful. I have a suggestion for your next videos Ben. Speak with clients directly and ask them about what features they are looking for in design services that are missing in engineers, how constructability of designs can be improved and how manpower requirements can be reduced. Thanks 👍

[@BEngHielscher]

My pleasure and thanks for the suggestion :)

[@redmagus7334]

Thank you so much for your help! I really appreciate this information!

[@BEngHielscher]

My pleasure!

[@zacklabs7192]

Great video, thank you so much for the tips. Now its time for the work..

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks! You got this :)

[@zacklabs7192]

@@BEngHielscher thxs man, appreciate it

[@nidharshanaprabakaran127]

Thanks a lot. Your videos are helpful.

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!

[@jurunamanji4025]

Nice work bro you always come through

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!

[@bea-w1v]

The contents of your videos are of high quality! Great great stuff

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks!

[@whssavy]

i'm ready for this

[@AyaanKhan-ei3gk]

You are so helpful for me ...Thanks alot for what you do

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!

[@josephmagolele7766]

I am a second year Engineering student. I am actually struggling with managing my time and studying all my modules at once. I have daily classes to attend from 8 am to 12midday , then a one hour break, and then a tutorial session from 2pm to 4:30pm. This actually happens daily from Monday to Friday. What do you think I should go about studying and balancing all my seven my modules. Each day have a tutorial session and a tutorial test for a different module😭.

[@coniston3106]

great video mate, happy Christmas

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you and same to you!

[@vitmahong]

thank you a lot for the tips! may I ask what programs do I need to study? I have been studying autocad and revit structure, what else do you recommend?

[@BEngHielscher]

You’re welcome! The programs you need to study really depends on what’s popular in the part of the world where you want to work. As a beginner I would focus on some sort of beam/frame analysis software. In Australia, my suggestion would be to learn spacegass. Hope this helps :)

[@prem3957]

Great Video Hielscher! Do you edit them yourself?

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you and yes :)

[@prem3957]

@@BEngHielscher That's Great. I'm a video editor and will help you edit them for you. So you can save your time as well.I can share my portfolio too.Let me know we can connect (:

[@phantienminhthuy3805]

for the spreadsheet for tip #5, do you save every formula and concept ever or do you just compile PDFs and Textbooks? Do you have an example .DOC? Thank you so much, Ben. This video is a life-saver!

[@BEngHielscher]

I save anything that has helped me and I think would be good to reference in the future. Yes, this can be both pdfs and textbooks. Often I write calculations from things I have referenced in pdfs or textbooks, and keeping a copy of the calculations as well as these other things, allows me to see where everything is coming from. I hope this helps and I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks :)

[@phantienminhthuy3805]

@@BEngHielscher Do you intend on this worksheet being a "cheatsheet" but for when you work, that succintly compile everything in your degrees? Do you do this right after a lecture? a finals? a semester? or a school-year? Does it feel overwhelming to have all these compilation sheets on top of a lot of schedules? Genuinely, I think your personal anecdotes in between the videos make them very genuine and memorable! Keep up the good work! Thank you so much.

[@BEngHielscher]

I think at the end of the semester is a good time to do this. You’ve just revised everything for the exam and have the most knowledge at this point. For me, this is a perfect time to capture and record all that you’ve learnt for future reference, whether that be for work or in a later university course. In my experience, every semester only had one or at most 2 courses that were really worth remembering. With this being the case, I don’t think it would be too overwhelming to do this. Doing this at the end of the semester also means you wouldn’t have any classes so your schedule wouldn’t be as demanding. And thanks again! I’ll keep sharing my stories :)

[@enami_0136]

Can you do a video about the most importants programs in the field ?

[@sawyerg8115]

What kind of resources outside of university would you recommend for a high school student wanting to start learning more about engineering? I mean resources like websites and perhaps online classes

[@BEngHielscher]

Hmmm. Any Engineering Mechanics textbook would be a good place to start (you can find these for free online). Likewise, there are plenty of KZbin videos and introductory courses on engineering mechanics online too. This is a fundamental course at uni so i think if you could start learning some of these concepts that would give you a good intro :)

[@leandrogariani9767]

Hi! I'd like to start reading magazines or something like that about civil engineering, would you have any suggestion? Thank you, appreciate your work

[@BEngHielscher]

The only civil engineering magazine that I really know of is the one by Engineers Australia. Perhaps there are others but I personally don’t subscribe to any of them… sorry I couldn’t be of more help here :)

[@Ezekiel_Lincon]

Nice video bro 😊

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks 😁

[@ariannasnydersalinas9159]

Hi! I am going to study abroad in Australia in 2 months, do you recommend working in a small construction company or large one while being a full time student? I´m a civil engineer student that wants to focus con BIM or sustainability, thank you!

[@lloydncube4828]

Thank you for your videos really great. I just wanted to ask what can I do in my situation so I graduated in 2020 in China then soon after got a scholarship to do my masters and I did an MBA. I have no experience at all and never got the chance to do any internships. I graduated my MBA July 2023 and do really now how to get in the industry with no experience?

[@BEngHielscher]

Apply for graduate roles with a portfolio of personal projects. This will showcase your skills and give you the best shot at someone giving you a chance

[@AWH2205]

Hey bro, i graduated a year ago (2022) upon graduating my mental health was very bad due to a bereavement so i just helped out with my family business while learning a foreign language. Now i’ve applied for a number of graduate schemes, but haven’t gotten anywhere. What do u advise i do to reignite my skills and work on them to make me more employable? I have recently started to learn JavaScript and currently enrolled onto a bootcamp in software development.

[@hehehe9618]

Hey, how would you know if your personal projects are on the right path though if you have no mentor to check your work?

[@BEngHielscher]

As long as you can justify what you did, that’s all that matters. Don’t worry about being 100% correct. Even if you do make a few mistakes what you will learn will be really beneficial and make a big impact on your development either way.

[@NathanAttard]

As for you notes/spreadsheets will there be any steel versions?

[@BEngHielscher]

Yeah I definitely will make something for steel. I’ve got a bunch of notes and things I’ve learnt along the way to put all together so at some point you can expect this :)

[@arpitmilmile2957]

Hello sir i am a final year student currently pursuing an internship as a site engineer in the respective company and further o want to study the basic of all structural design subjects and get go into the software programs after that would you please elaborate the job profile for for all structural engineer like as a drafter a specialist and a coordinator in sort of bim process

[@clintonchijioke1]

Great video

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks!

[@OmedyStories]

Hey , I just watched your video and I must say that it was really informative and well-made. I was wondering if I could help you edit your highly engaging thumbnails which will help your video to reach to a wider audience .

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you! Feel free to send me an email at [e-mail]

[@gatesquare]

It might seem odd here.. But i just wanted to ask Out of curiousity How tall are you actually?

[@BlessTankeh]

Nice video but please I will need your guidance

[@Ahahahah99]

What are the softwares you would recommend to learn?

[@BEngHielscher]

It really depends on what programs are popular in the part of the world you want to work. In Australia, a few of these programs are RAM Concept, ETABS, Spacegass, Strand7, Autodesk Robot, Structural Toolkit, Tekla Tedds. I suggest you do some specific research for where you want to work :)

[@gourabsarker9552]

Sir do you earn 150k dollars a year as a structural engineer? Plz reply. Thanks a lot.

[@AroonKumar-ip9dz]

Brother plz provided me free notes

[@JackM12345100]

Way too much sales-y stuff and not enough info.

[@zeyad2724]

Great bro..🤎🪄

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!