Life of an Aerospace Engineer in Seattle

[@supermonkeydog206]

As a fellow aerospace engineer in the Seattle area I like your content and found you last year! It’s insightful to learn what other aerospace people are doing in their daily lives because there’s mostly software day in the life on social media. I started my engineering masters last year and will graduate this year while working full time. It’s a lot but doable. Mostly doing it to open more doors outside of my company and I think if it as an investment as well. Because of that, I haven’t had time to make videos I recorded.

[@botanicalstuff]

I found your channel on accident & have loved it since. I'm not an aerospace engineer or anything in STEM. I find your finance journey so enlightening to watch. .... My 2023 was not great at all. I lost my long time stable job, ran out of money, & by Christmas I had no food to eat. Towards the end of 2023, my year got better. I found a new job that I love, stocked up on groceries, oh & I'm so close of becoming debt free now.

[@AbiTheEngineer]

I'm happy to hear things got better for you! I'm wishing you a much better 2024!

[@botanicalstuff]

@@AbiTheEngineer Thank you! Can't wait for more of 2024 content. :)

[@StellaStar777]

Yes go for PhD, if you really want it ☺️! I don’t know how it is in the US, but here in Germany you can also do an industrial PhD. So you are working in a company and do research there in a topic that is relevant for them and the company also funds it. Or you can do part time phd beside your regular job. These are options for people who want to do a PhD and still have a better salary than when you are only in graduate school.

[@hamzamohamed7935]

Thank you for sharing this personal informations and we do understand the reason behind.... I think your channel glowing whenever u r studying or doing any studying related stuff....and of course go for a PhD and yes it is going to be haaaard but u will figure it all out....enjoining learning here...greetings The Sudanese follower 😊

[@NotShiftyTaha]

Hey Abi it's me SERG happy new year 🎊 we really missed you on twitch

[@jeremystanley9395]

sushi looks good

[@StellarMoe]

Hi Abi, what advice would you give for a Junior Aerospace student to secure his first job as a system engineer by graduation? how do you see the demand in the upcoming 2 years? also how did your master degree make a difference in your career? Thank you for sharing these amazing info!

[@AbiTheEngineer]

I recommend you get an internship. Having internship experience made it a lot easier for me to get a full time job. Masters in this industry counts as 2 years experience

[@shadowboss508]

Well my love life seems to be going as well as the Bobba ball that only lasted for 3 hrs but I finally got back to my education after bouncing back from the whole..world wide event. That was a beautiful dress by the way, amazing, btw have you been to many conferences in order to 'stay up to date' with AE field? if so what are those like?

[@AbiTheEngineer]

I honestly don't have time to go to conferences but I usually stay up to date on what's going on online

[@hitarthpatel]

which editing software do you use / tools to mange finances , great video

[@AbiTheEngineer]

I use adobe premiere! For finances I use Fidelity

[@whysoserious1623]

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[@antimatter586]

How did you get an Aerospace engineering job in USA? I have heard that only US citizen can work on aerospace projects

[@AbiTheEngineer]

I'm a US citizen

[@antimatter586]

@@AbiTheEngineer You are a US citizen from birth or naturalised? I thought that you are a Moroccan

[@AbiTheEngineer]

naturalized @@antimatter586

[@antimatter586]

@@AbiTheEngineer So you came to US as an International student and then apply for green card through your US employer right? Then how did you get jobs or internship in aerospace field when you were not the citizen over here, please tell me about it. I want to know your journey as it will help prospective international students like me. I have heard that only US citizen can work on aerospace projects and sometimes even the US citizen also need to require security clearance

[@AbiTheEngineer]

@@antimatter586 no I came to the US on an immigrant visa through family member

[@daryakrylova3234]

Hello! Unrelated to the content of this video but as an engineer: is a PhD or Masters (at minimum) worth it? I do realize you've talked about this from your own personal experience in undertaking a course-driven ME(Aerospace) and that it has indeed opened up doors -- but you were already in the industry. My case: 2 years of lock-downs in NZ, followed by a year-long contract at a company that was non-extendable (the role was a mixture of technical support/maintenance and engineering), plus a year of searching amounting to nothing (over-saturated market + not many companies hiring juniors in 2023). Is additional study worth the trouble? I do have a strong desire to go into aerospace engineering, but am focusing on fusion energy for broader industry applications so I am not stuck in the rut of being unable to obtain aerospace work being a non-US citizen upon graduation (hopefully this makes sense!) I have heard a PhD in the US is very different compared to NZ.

[@AbiTheEngineer]

depends on where you're planning on getting a job. You don't necessarily need a Masters but sometimes it helps and counts as a 2 year experience. Unfortunately, US citizenship is required to work in the space industry in the US, so without it, it'd virtually impossible to get a job in this industry in the US. Phds are not that helpful

[@daryakrylova3234]

Still in the US; energy/power do not explicitly require this -- and the US leads VC-backed fusion research, which is where I have decided to re-focus. So, the PhD would be within aerospace but the core specialization within fusion (hence the cross-industry applications).@@AbiTheEngineer

[@AbiTheEngineer]

@@daryakrylova3234 oh I see. I’m not too familiar with this cross discipline so I can’t really comment on it’s career prospects (it does seems a little too specialized in my opinion, so if your intent is to go into academia, then maybe a PhD is worthwhile)

[@daryakrylova3234]

Hi Abby! Honestly not a problem -- its a mixture: I would like to be an R&D engineer but outside of academia. My situation prior to this has sadly been nothing but rejections following covid shut-downs in NZ. Any input is appreciated so again, thank you! I wish you all the best with your studies going forward! @@AbiTheEngineer