The Math I Used In My First Year as a Full Time Engineer

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In my first year as an engineer I used more math than most engineers probably do to begin, but it was also much less than I was doing in school. As someone who enjoys math I was curious how much I would see in engineering during college as well as in my career and I hope this video clears up some of those answers. However this is just my experience and does not represent all engineering jobs.
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My first thought after reading the title was "what the hell is a time engineer"

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[@hellNo116]

Oooh it is someone that works on the TARDIS

[@gustavomagro9934]

@@hellNo116 Thats a hell of a cool job

[@HEATWAVEKICKS]

Me in college: using formulas and solving for x Me now at work: Sorry sir, our milkshake machine is down right now.

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I I usually punch the milkshake machine and it starts working. If it breaks more then run.

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[@nothosaur]

@@kspades2530 I understand your concern in being "dumped in McD" after going to uni. But, I suggest you look at it differently for a moment. Consider John D Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt. Rockefeller dropped out of high school and began working full-time at age 16. Carnegie didn't even go to high school and began working full-time at age 13. Vanderbilt dropped out of school at age 11, and by age 16 had started his own ferry business. All three were born poor and became self-made billionaires. Also consider Herman Cain. After starting his career working for Coca-Cola in the mid-1970s, he moved to the Pillsbury Company in 1977 and worked his way up to become CEO of Godfather’s Pizza. Those are extreme examples, but they show that you can, to one degree or another, become successful without university. I wish you the best.

[@PetraKann]

The math that I used in my first year as a chemical engineer essentially had to do with my bank account

[@chaseassaker7227]

Please elaborate lol. Sincerely, a chemical engineering student

[@PetraKann]

@@chaseassaker7227 You'll find out soon enough my son. Chemical Engineering is a glorious profession

[@chaseassaker7227]

@@PetraKann so it's a good kind of math that you were doing with your bank account haha

[@Johannes00]

That feeling when you have to buy an outdated but curriculum required school book for $300 with several hundred pages of content and you end up using like 20 or 30 pages at most.

[@vlxxvndxr]

@@Johannes00 That feeling when you don't know about libgen

[@JJONTHEBEAT]

misread this as "The Meth I Used In My First Year as a Full Time Engineer"

[@kowo7795]

Well, he still might have made a typing error

[@tk4x431]

Also more than the average person, but certainly less than my college years

[@carolinapietracci5857]

😂 I bet he used a lot

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The Adderall I Used In My First Year as a Full Time Engineer.

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He could've done it, and the title would've still sounded logical to me!

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I still remember this legend back when he had 200 subs I've been around since his third vid! Keep up the good work!

[@zachstar]

Thanks for sticking around man! Appreciate the comment

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😚❤️

[@zachydrogeo]

Meanwhile other people graduate with a Civil Engineering degree find themselves standing on the side of the road in the rain and count cars that make a left turn.

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@@darlya.laporte1123 you're basically saying that you don't care about their story lol

[@MrSandman610]

Wait actually

[@BengaIaas]

This is similar to what i hear from friends that are engineers, and frankly it makes sense. You will not need to do complex calculations by hand in any job other than teaching, but having a good understanding of the math will help you be better at whatever your job is.

[@praisethebees3757]

oh my god i understand the math you’re talking about

[@ryanm.6207]

Amelia McKenna I think that why this is fun math is because you can almost discover how neatly some concepts work together that you didn’t learn together and that synthesis is in a way a fun imaginative process.

[@robhousehold]

Lol I just got done with Calc 2 & 3. I am happy to say I understand the math too! (my school combines the Calc 2 & 3 together into 1 class.)

[@suburban8614]

I learned most of this stuf in pre calc lol rip

[@Bamberosjose]

@@suburban8614 you learned how to find normal vectors on a parabaloid in pre-cal? Sick asf

[@OdinZockt]

its rather simple math used for calculations, engineers dont do interesting math

[@StEvUgnIn]

This video is a perfect example that mindset is very important in life. You had the mindset to see theory in your job and you applied it. Some other engineers don't have this mindset and those Mr. Calculator fellows will subcounciously choose not to see any algebra, calculus or physics

[@minecraftminertime]

What do "Mr. Calculator fellows" do? What's their mindset? I do not understand.

[@astrokid2475]

MischievousMoo they plug in numbers into their calculator without understanding why, they pretty much can only solve problems that they were shown how to solve. They can’t derive anything by themselves. They can’t interpret data

[@ainmiky4620]

I've always readily used calculators when I was doing AP calculus in high school and I understood all the concepts, too... Although, I will say that using the calculator made me less trusting of myself when I'm solving actual problems and doing large calculations. But in terms of getting the concept and understanding the reason behind the calculations and formulas, etc.... it didn't really matter whether I had a calculator or not.

[@eigelgregossweisse9563]

@@ainmiky4620 Don't look down on them mate. They too really strive to make change, but unfortunately their brains are not capable yet...

[@Isf__d]

Doesn’t mean that they don’t have the mindset everybody just doesn’t learn at a fast paste speed some learn a little slower than others sos calculator may come in handy for those

[@notmyrealname1437]

I got my BS in chemical engineering in 1972. I used algebra extensively and constantly did spreadsheet math. When computers arrived in the workplace I began using specialized programs for designing pumps and piping systems and for doing process energy and material balances. When I started using Excel in 1992 I phased out of using a calculator. Around 1996 I was using dynamic simulation software to model industrial processes. With dynamic simulation an engineer can simulate details like optimum equipment and valve sizing and control loop tuning. Once or twice I used the differential equation of mixing. It would have been helpful to have had a statistics course because I had to analyze lots of data.

[@kags4506]

you sound very wise

[@Mustafa-ou8qs]

Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@katanensis]

20 years after getting my masters in electrical engineering, the most complicated operations I use are additions and subtractions! :) Unless you go to academia or R&D career, this is what will happen

[@Blue-pw8uo]

Caludio wait really? I was looking at this video and i gave up

[@brianmoreno3222]

@@Blue-pw8uo E.E is pretty broad, so it depends on what you work on. You might not use that much math working with FPGAs lol

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R&D meaning?

[@katanensis]

@@aden3113 R&D Research and Development

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@@aden3113 i read it as rythm & dragons lmao

[@rambo9875]

Bruh the only thing I understood in this video was pythagoras theroem😂

[@rambo9875]

Alfredo Müller Etxeberria im only 16 and i live in the uk also in terms of math i am average in.I think this would be the kind of math i would learn at 17/18 if i were to take math to college

[@josephbrennan370]

@@rambo9875 I'm 17 in year 1 of a level maths (in the UK) and can confirm that I do understand more than just pythagoras theorem so if you choose a level maths you will soon understand more.

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Gougu theorem

[@Victor-kt6qn]

@@rambo9875 well I just realized my high school vastly under prepared me for college. Lasta thing I learned was simple calculus because of "time constraints"

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@@rakaaditya7447 fellow subject of mr. Presh Talwalkar are ya?

[@thefirespectrum]

My first engineering job I did almost no math. My job now is very similar to this. Engineering is such a wide-ranging field, you can really find a job that suits your own needs if you're patient and willing to take professional risks.

[@pranshukrishna5105]

what risks?

[@liveapa]

I study engineering in finland. here engineering math and physics are two whole different things. basicly engineers math is a matter of faith and physics is real deal

[@Syncopia]

The church of engineering math

[@lordx4641]

Lol fimnish math is it hard like that of asians😅

[@kimmry9406]

At the end of the day, physics is just a conclusion of theory

[@liveapa]

@@kimmry9406 whole engineering physics goes sideways when student says "we should test this and teacher answers "no, calculating is way faster"

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[@esarare2312]

Uni: multivariable inter dimensional integral factorial equations. Work: wats 2+2 again?

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Ikr

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[@BoZhaoengineering]

I work for wind energy section as a load simulation engineer. I would say I use lots of aeroelasticity and mechanic wave knowledge in order to deal with wind load on the structure, the wind blade and seismic actions on the whole turbine and tower.

[@evans2162]

“I just keep googling things and it keeps working”

[@DescartesRenegade]

In mechanical engineering field, specifically, I work in R&D of powder-based 3D printing. Most of my work is hands on. Much of what a technician would do but also requires an understanding of engineering practices and principles. Almost no math. Moderate levels of CAD, but a constant need for clever thinking to solve unique problems.

[@Lemurai]

Ben Pon do you still remember how to factor polynomials lol? Seriously, you’d be surprised at how many don’t remember the basics but can still do calculus. Weird...

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That sounds like an ideal job to be honest, more hands on. What state are you from ?

[@DescartesRenegade]

@@Lemurai sure don't :). All of the math is handled by computers these days, anyway. Imagine the productivity level if everyone had to crunch numbers without computers...

[@DescartesRenegade]

@@randysamayoa9374 California.

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[@zachstar]

The major answer..... yes

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@@zachstar I study physics And you *disgust* me

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Yes and it can be proved that is equal to g/3

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An engineers worst nightmare: arranging pi, e and 3 in ascending order

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=√g

[@brankelly1921]

Man, this kind of real information is usually hella shrouded, no one discloses the actual math they use, the actual problems they solve, so what you're giving away for free here is worth more than what my lecturers gave me. Thanks alot, subbed :)

[@bo-bx5hn]

Takeaway: electrical eng. Uses 300% more calculus than mechanical eng.

[@LeftyPencil]

I only had one clad using integral and cross products as an EE. anytime I see an ME studying, I send my condolences

[@JeffRyman69]

The first year(s) I worked as a research engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, I used a lot of analytic geometry, algebra, trigonometry, and integration (including numerical integration). I was developing software to model gamma-ray transport by the Monte Carlo method in mathematical models of the human body that had been developed by a physiologist to represent six different ages of male and female humans. This included a software program to prepare data for the human phantom models that would be used by the radiation transport software. Organs were modeled by portions of elliptical cylinders, ellipsoids, cones, etc., sometimes with portions removed by cut planes. To allow for gamma-ray sources uniformly distributed in various locations, parameters such as volume or mass fractions were needed as well as the basic parameters describing the organs such as semi-axes of ellipsoids. For various organ models, quartic, cubic, and quadratic equations had to be solved.

[@liamsexton7758]

I continue to keep the mindset of understanding it for the long term but memorize the math now for tests. They weren't joking when they said engineering is hard but we all realize that we won't even need to know half the things were learning in classes.

[@biggusmaximus1651]

Me : First time year in Electrical engineering *CHUCKLES IM IN DANGER*

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Prepare urself for linear alg and calc 2.. U do well on ur mid terms no matter what.. And study

[@biggusmaximus1651]

I actually enjoy calculus 1 as an opening

[@colling1661]

@@biggusmaximus1651 Cal 1 is foreplay, Cal 2 is straight up anal. Be prepared, study hard... cal 3 isnt as bad, but I had an awful prep so it wasnt great either, but i liked it better because it built on cal 1, whereas cal 2 is very different and kind of on its own

[@blownn420]

I just finished calc 2, taking physics(mechanics) final tomorrow. It's not that these classes are extremely difficult, it's the very broad scope of them that makes them hard. Every week you learn something totally new and different it seems. Calc 2 overall was pretty fun, and easier than calc 1 to me.

[@LeiteArts10]

@@blownn420 what do you guys have in calc 2, it was pretty easy for me, double and triple integers + partial derivatives and mclaurin/taylor series

[@gratedcampbell9553]

Great video, I’m enrolled in civil engineering for the fall! So excited

[@redstar5607]

My experience has been very different. I specialized in electrical engineering with an emphasis in filter design. In my first job, I solved a very significant problem because I understood Laplace transforms. There was a filter that was narrow for selectivity, but the impulse response had been ignored and couldn't be seen on a scope. I had a circuit where an op amp slew rate was exceeded. It was invisible on a scope, but showed up in the frequency domain. A deep understanding of statistics let me make a device that measured to one part in 10^12. I also needed to know that I needed a 500MHz bandwidth amplifier to measure zero-crossings to 2 ns in a 1 kHz signal. I never thought I'd use the stuff in communications theory, but I used it to to make a sensitive RF receiver based on a very insensitive detector. The other engineers there didn't have the theory and wouldn't have been able to do it. I had a lot of opportunities because I remembered that stuff when all of the engineers around me forgot it.

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Woww how's goign now

[@redstar5607]

@@soccerbels7947 I'm gotten into more management positions, but I still love mentoring new engineers. It does give me a chance to build bigger things than I could have done alone.

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[@quietstride]

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[@zachstar]

Hey Kate! Hope you're doing well :)

[@quietstride]

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[@MostafaElSakari]

Cool

[@FALprofessional]

Yup, sounds about right. Just replace antenna beam patterns and Matlab with deflection and Solidworks, and you have the first year of a mechanical engineering job.

[@mrmeowtv6248]

You got the coolest job ever. In my first engineering job, I got shouted at and was told that I ruined the whole project after I corrected my engineer boss on what "n" meant in PV = nRT. He kept wanting to plug in 6.022 x 10^23 for n. I quit my job and have never been able to find another engineering job again. Probably have a bad reference.

[@MRrealmadridRaul]

Hmm... I remember reading the same thing on some reddit or some other forum. I guess bosses just never learn.

[@mrmeowtv6248]

Thanks, I hope so too. It was a nightmare working there. I am considering going back for a masters program and hopefully gain some connections through grad school. It's tough when your only engineering experience was a bad one.

[@jenkinx9826]

damn dude, wish you luck for the future

[@HoomptyDo]

your boss is disabled

[@MalamIbnMalam]

Sorry about your experience, but sometimes you have to be careful with how you correct your boss. Did you do it in front of other people or in private? Correcting him/ her in private is often the best option.

[@Skryzeeful]

In Power systems , all I literally used is basic equations such as kirchoffs or ohms law. The software does all the complex power flow math for you. You literally just need to under the power triangle. It is more crucial that you understand the underlying theory rather than the math.

[@regeman100]

thats why on my uni we have mandatory practice before the end of learning, and shitton of practical classes on real life stuff, that may also be the reason why so little people actually pass xd

[@lordx4641]

U passing hope so

[@regeman100]

first 3 years are the hardest, then at the second year it gets easy xD

[@lordx4641]

@@regeman100 what do u mean is it a 5 year course if so which?

[@regeman100]

@@lordx4641 thats a joke, first year is so hard for people that they have to try tu pass it 3 times, and then at second year it gets easier, but not because it actually gets easier but because you have 3 years of experience in studying

[@forgedwithsteel]

Where are you from?

[@WolfsRainESP]

Be my teacher, mine is a bullshit who claims to be important but it is not. He fails in between 50 and 100 students a year. Even studying day after day you can not pass his bloody exams due to some minor things he did not explained in class. I feel frustrated because i understood everything in the video but still can not pass that bullshit subject about radiation and wave guidance.

[@jayparra8574]

What school?

[@Max_Le_Groom]

@@jayparra8574 A shit school that doesn't give a damn

[@edsonmendes2202]

oh nooo u understood everything on a 7m vídeo but u can’t pass a full subject... Can’t u see the lack of logic here ??

[@edsonmendes2202]

@Alex Lanoux hey man sry for the late reply but could u bother on clarifying the idea on ur reply ? Im not that proficient in English so bare with me pls hahaha

[@earl3204]

if you cant master the Ingeneurs math you just too dumb sorry

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[@Tomwitch32]

I really liked the way you ended the video, with the video suggestions popping up the moment you referred to them. But letting that aside, you are doing an amazing job as you have answered most (if not all!) of my questions about engineering since i would like to study EE in my next years. Keep up the good work!!

[@cynthiachioma8735]

Zach, I'm so glad I meet your channel. It's so informative

[@Lemurai]

Chem E was fun in college but in industry it was the most stressful time in my life, insane poorly thought out deadlines, reports, late nights and a general disdain for supervision. I went back to school for nursing and a couple yrs later applied to CRNA school, now my hrs are set, I love what I do and best of all the money is a lot better with little stress. Med is the way to go in the specialized fields.

[@danattack4779]

The math looks like it's unreal and the amount of math looks pretty. And by the time I'm there I would probably still be in need to understand it. I plan to get it done.

[@peridot7217]

Ooh, my mom used to work in Schneider Electric. Cool.

[@dmyt58]

Well as a mechanical you will need your integrals. Most of the time its simple stuff, like strength calculations but you need them.

[@JonathanPunti]

It’s weird how I understood everything you said 💀, it’s amazing how all the math I did goes so smoothly into this video

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That’s a very cool explanation of the antenna theory. I have just found your channel today and I really like your videos. I'm feeling much better now ;-) You really encourage people that you should never give up, a mistake I experienced by myself.

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[@jpmcfrosty]

Just getting out of Calc 1 as an EE and can definitely see sin and cos graphs being plentiful as well as optimization for more real world applications after watching this video

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[@78anurag]

Wait I thought you needed like Calc 2 minimum for EE

[@ralstonrobertson6644]

Very nice Zach. All of the E&M was employed in the design of that reflector, which resides within a number of commercial codes. Your folks wanted to make sure that the design matched the predictions or the specs from the manufacturer. However, the concepts of directivity, gain, isotropic radiative power reference and axial ratio all came from your University experience. Getting in the lab and making these measurements is an important step in an E&M / RF engineers journey.

[@oscarspolander318]

Nice man! Ive been wondering about the math used in real world vs. the one done at uni for a long time. spot on vid!

[@javitoy7529]

Thank you for your awesome videos you deligth us with, there is plenty of useful information that as a engineering student we highly apreciate and benefit from. Much love

[@Louis66666666]

5 years as a mechatronics/control engineer now in automotive manufacturing. Only math I use usually involves the basic equations for calculating and relating power and current to rpm/torque/acceleration/gearing rations a few times a year. Apart from that just basic statistics, probability, and lots of scaling/mapping of data sets in software. Occasionally some voltage drop and thermodynamic from equations for standard technical documentation.

[@yamahantx7005]

The math I used in my 1st year as a physicist. Dimensional analysis and trig. Kinda half joking, but it's pretty accurate. Even found an analytic solution to an optics problem that I only found 1st order approximations for.

[@BluTrollPro]

The math I do in my engineering job. Basic adding/sub to find beam span, basic adding, subtracting & mutliplying to find dead/imposed loadings. Plug the aforementioned into the computer. Job done. :D

[@talaverajr391]

1). Scientific calculator Explanation: Engineers aren't Math majors for a reason.

[@Luan1993Augusto]

To be fair, many mathematicians aren't that good doing calculations either lol A math degree is more about learning to prove theorems.

[@hohbrendan5004]

Your videos are incredibly informative and helpful especially for me. I really hope u get more recognition and keep on making these videos in the future !!

[@bahaatamer1245]

Major heads up to this guy for actually graduating as an Electrical Engineer. So far, I failed 8 units in my Mechatronics Engineering course, and 6 of them were Electrical!

[@andreas3850]

Have you ever thought of quitting ?

[@twistedsignal578]

I study engineering here in Finland and I have to say that it really all depends on the teacher. We had one teacher that always failed around 45-60% of the class every year (It's a hard course for sure) but when a new teacher took over that percentage sank to about 4% of the class yearly so that's my experience...

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[@cameronf3343]

I don’t know why, but what I thought of is how hard I would’ve laughed if you made this a joke video that was 7 minutes talking about only using arithmetic. But seriously, that was fascinating.

[@yashovardhandubey5252]

Title : "Full time engineer " Hold on boys, it's gonna be a sad story

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this comment section escalated quickly

[@colling1661]

@@superidra4461 lmao, right

[@MegaCavalier23]

Super Idra i’ve heard acquaintances tell me stories about how they dont like engineering, so i thought ppl would relate, but damn, they out here beastin n feastin

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@Lo Po He's indian and being an engineer is a sad job there.

[@culturedvulture2015]

@Lo Po the truth is that both of you are being assholes about this whole thing.

[@AFMathandEngineering]

Great video for young engineers!

[@zachstar]

Thank you!

[@df8245]

Thanks for another killer video

[@joelcameronpillay9042]

I'm only 15 and I was scared about pursuing a career in engineering. But after your videos, you've inspired me. Thank You👌

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JOEL CAMERON PILLAY. Dont believe the hype. Engineering is pretty boring.

[@zbzb-ic1sr]

Filmon Tewolde The same goes pretty much for any field, however, it's exciting if you're talented, really boring otherwise.

[@karlneff]

JOEL CAMERON PILLAY what state do you live in/which classes are available to you? I’m also 15 and in my sophomore year in a Virginia school planning to work in the engineering field.

[@julianharrison8048]

I can vouch for being a Bioengineering major, working for GE in biomedical engineering, it is horribly boring if you don’t have an affinity or even interest in it.

[@skidm0]

Great video and great explanation! Look forward to watching more. Idk why this is funny to me, but because we can’t see your hands and you’re an animated talker, I imagined you wading in a miniature swimming pool during the video.

[@mesahusa]

I still have a year of school left, but I already see the lack of needing to do actual calculations such as integrals and derivatives when I'm doing matlab programming, since real world data is pretty much always discrete values, and operations can just be computed point by point.

[@Sams911]

EE major here... now working as an airline pilot and hardly get past volts and amps on a meter at work...

[@StEvUgnIn]

Here we are, he released it!

[@nolanfaught6974]

"When I first started I was only doing MATLAB programming" Python has entered the chat

[@bobaGogo]

Python is general purpose which makes matlab more efficient at solving problems related to math, physics and science. Also the programming language is a very little part of what programming actually is. Programming is all about solving problems using computers. A person who knows a programming language isn't necessarily a good programmer, because they might not know fundamental programming or math concepts. Many people who are trying to learn programming often don't understand the purpose of programming.

[@starwolf7365]

I still remember the math I had to do in my first year in my first engineering job. Percentages... simple yet my God did the client not understand what information I needed and why I needed it. Sooooo many problems -.-

[@Mario-xd1rp]

i have never been happier about switching majors

[@gm836]

Engineering is legit the best degree. I do Chemistry with Forensic Investigation but damn.

[@gtigio5067]

I’m taking Calc 1 again and honestly, what you did is very understandable😂

[@MatthewMartinDean]

I went from econ to programming. Similar story, I rarely got a chance to use math, but the general ability to do symbolic manipulation was invaluable.

[@charlesgoldbach659]

I hope you have taken good care of yourself, because you are a genius.

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[@christianmelendez7881]

This video actually makes the thought of entry level stem work less intimidating

[@EricLeePiano]

I was an EE major and took an Antennas class in college so I understood what you were talking about 😁

[@NicolasDiazWahl]

pi = e = 3, sin(x) = x, f(x) = the first term or two of it's taylor series ...

[@crazyplayingguy9676]

My discrete math professor admits that none of the content we learn in class will be applicable in the real world so by that logic he just decides to make his class unbelievably hard by making each exam "fun" and "creative" and most questions are national math competition level questions and we're supposed to solve them under little time. Note, this is an introductory discrete math class.

[@jeancarlosrosario6990]

I have one single question. Up to this date, do you believe you still perfectly remember almost every topic of Calculus l,ll,lll? Or will you have to do some sort of refresh? Or you could do a video about it! By the way, great video!

[@zachstar]

I was actually JUST thinking about doing a video on how much I actually remember from school. To answer your question I remember calc 1 and 2 completely but that’s only cause I’ve done a lot of tutoring in them throughout college and even after. Calc 3 not as much cause I have not seen a lot of that material in a while.

[@keris3920]

Jean Carlos Rosario I think some of that depends on the job. I almost entirely work with calculus 3-related material. However, in practice, you tend to not use calculus in the elementary computation sense, but rather in a more-robust computational setting. Understanding numerical methods and the theory behind them is more important than being able to integrate symbolically.

[@carloscerritoslira328]

Math is not about remembering, math is about learning how to solve problems.

[@keris3920]

cer agreed. As long as you retain the mindset, you can get the details from the any calculus book.

[@GuardianGamerable]

I remember nothing of calc 2 and I’m in calc 2

[@jlpsinde]

Nice video!

[@christiansnaturestudio6599]

I'm an electrical engineering student but I want to be an aerospace engineer but there are no schools for aerospace except MIT in my state of Massachusetts.

[@Gustavo_0107]

The fundamental theorem of engineering: If it's close enough, then it's good enough! pi=3, e=2,7=3=pi, g=pi^2=10. :)

[@ervivekchoubey]

Nyquist plot, root-locus etc. are some of the great tools...

[@todabsolute]

Not a one ad complaint in the comments. That's what I like to see

[@Pie4life123]

Math is easy if professors teach you rather than make you learn on your own

[@khamisi__6378]

I'm taking Cal 3 right now. I love math but not so good at physics

[@yesssir5132]

Why am I even watching this I have no idea what he’s talking about. Damn I don’t even like math😂

[@User33817]

Same but I think in a neer future I would be doing this

[@georgephilip2769]

@@User33817 math is difficult we all know that and the ones say it's easy they don't know shit but also math is rewarding when u get to know How it controls everything

[@superbros1690]

@@georgephilip2769 Its just a language, once you understand the math language. You get it.

[@josephbrennan370]

@@superbros1690 yep. You have to do practice to become fluent in the maths language.

[@stanislavdidenko8436]

I really want to be an engineer, but my PhD in physics makes people think that either I am overqualified or don't have some specific skills. Everything from your video is super obvious and clear for me. Why then I struggle so much finding an engineering job?

[@Mark16v15]

Hey you young engineering students, even though you will probably never see 99% of the math you learned in college, it's all still very important that you do well in that subject. I'll explain why. First of all, engineering encompasses all sorts of math from simple geometry to linear algebra, and your job will determine which niches of math you will utilize, so employers want colleges to cover it all so that you have at least some exposure to whatever math they will need you to do. Most often the math is still fairly simple. If there's anything really complicated, they'll get some brainiac to write a computer program to deal with it. But the second reason is the main reason for employers wanting to hire grads who did well in their math courses. Engineering is basically problem solving. So is math. So if a grad has proven themselves good at math, they've proven themselves good at problem solving. When you do well at math in school, you are honing your problem-solving skills that will translate into solving engineering problems later. Often the engineering problem has little to do with math, but just needs someone to creatively come up with a solution--just like you did when you had to integrate some hairy equation.

[@colling1661]

Ya I was told something very similar to your second point, so I added a math minor, which is only 2 extra classes, and they fit in as electives. Will see how it works out!

[@kingduffi9999]

this sounds like your last math class was in highschool

[@FireyEclipse]

I don’t do any problem solving on exams. It’s all just memorizing equations and it’s pathetic. So I wish it was as you say it is but I will kindly inform you, it’s not at all.

[@Mark16v15]

@@FireyEclipse Are you saying that you've memorized the solution to let's say 10,000 indefinite integrals including how to show your work deriving the solutions?

[@FireyEclipse]

Mark16:15 lol no. I’m implying that I’ve memorized question formats and the solutions to them bc the overall performance on the exam is better. I just had my Diff Eq final today and got a 96 whilst barely having an understanding of the wave equation

[@luigiplayer14]

That’s it? And your saying that’s likely more than the average engineer? Deciding between Math & engineering keeps getting harder & harder.

[@keritans]

Love this!

[@shaheralsharari704]

I’m gonna get back here once i understand college algebra, cal 1, 2, aaaand 3

[@averyinterestingpineapple6038]

Good luck

[@ashes2ashes3333]

I think one key point here is the maths they teach you at uni is not just so you know how to solve equations, it’s so that you gain some intuition about the nature of problems you will solve later. You need to learn to read between the maths and if you never learned the full maths in the first place you’ll never get to do that.

[@vincenthill1339]

Fun fact, GPS satellites use circular polarized EM waves.

[@foul3951]

proud I understand a thing or 2 even tho I'm 9th grade/Secondary 3

[@OleZZ222]

3rd semester mechatronics and understood 90%

[@bluestripes6037]

That word is fun to say lol

[@timotheeandru]

Thoughts and prayers for us mechanical engineering students

[@max_automation1090]

This is the greatest channel EVER!

[@Thelegend69272]

I’m on high school I want to be a chemical engineer and I don’t understand anything rn . I find it VERY interesting tho

[@chaeairsoft]

So you basically just did what I just learned this semester

[@suntzu4193]

If you're interesting about that topic of gap between studies and reality, just check out the french preparatory classes. It corresponds to the first 2 years of further studies and, honestly, nobody understands why we do all that math. The level is so high that people who failed can automatically go to the best french universities without justification.