Why a CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CAREER Makes You MORE MONEY!

[@parkerphillips6071]

Graduating in May and start as a full-time project engineer in June. I can't stop watching your videos. Keep up the great content!

[@KienenKoga]

Thanks so much Parker! I appreciate it!

[@icespice.and.jesuschrist]

how is it so far

[@kilianderson6828]

You have no idea how helpful this video was for me! I am an entry level Project Engineer in Portland, OR. Such a stressful job and hearing someone else say that was such a big relief. Gonna binge the rest of your videos tonight :) Thanks Kienen!!!!!!!!!

[@westmax8491]

Which company? BMWC?

[@soulsingersful]

This motivated me a lot with my masters in construction engineering and management

[@DFWAuto_Hack]

Have you been applying? Any luck? What state are you in?

[@alyannaespina]

I need to binge-watch your channel during my soul searching, LOL. The struggle between project management in tech or construction.

[@M54B30_fan]

I am a sophomore at uno in omaha! Majoring construction engineering and minoring in math. I honestly chose it for the money but watching your videos and my few engineering (not math/science) classes I have taken make me excited and wanting to be in the industry and work in the field. It is nice to see I can afford the e46 m3 i want :)

[@jeg812ify]

I can relate to that lol, I chose engineering for the money/interest, then went into Civil and construction eng. & mgmt mostly for interest. Just graduated from clemson very recently, really looking forward to it when I find a job, and first thing I'm gonna buy will be a F82 M4 lmao. Not the smartest financial decision but it will be a fun decision lol.

[@kutthroatbob8983]

@@jeg812ifyhow was clemsons engineering school ?

[@unorthodoxsavings9552]

It for sure boosts how to renovate things 😂 your videos also have a good laugh in them as well as valuable information on being a engineer. And i enjoy hearing about the sub trades !

[@KienenKoga]

I appreciate it man! Means a lot that you’re enjoying the videos haha 🤙

[@marim5033]

Wish I had seen this kind of video before I went to college and chose a career!

[@KienenKoga]

Thanks Mari! I appreciate it!

[@Sevey11]

Lol love the painting story, communication, communication, communication. That’s the one lesson I learned early.

[@KienenKoga]

Completely agree!

[@Blk9698]

Hey man thank you for the videos. I'm in training to become a project manager in commercial electrical building. It's not exactly your field but it's close enough to where these vids have given me the confidence to keep going. Theres so much to learn lol

[@KienenKoga]

Awesome! Keep it up

[@sherkhan2416]

What about smuggling drugs in cement bags you can make a ton of money from that

[@BV-sh7nu]

lol

[@andyfortin9209]

Awesome video! Love the editing you did along with your stories made it very enjoyable!

[@KienenKoga]

Thank you Andy! Really appreciate you watching!

[@johnhoward531]

Very Good information Kienen!

[@KienenKoga]

Thanks so much John!

[@khondwanimulenga7947]

Thank you for sharing your experience at least now I know a few things or so🙏🏾

[@redgit9905]

Yup exactly, I feel like I know a little bit more while simultaneously still knowing nothing 😂

[@noormuzahid9008]

My favorite KZbinr ❤❤❤

[@sayedmahmood5186]

Thank you, brilliant!!!

[@KienenKoga]

Thanks!

[@MAKEMONEYMARK8]

Love the nice shirt being an engineer is good

[@KienenKoga]

Haha agreed!

[@sisandasogoni1469]

Wow.. so informative...I am young woman still aspiring within the construction industry I have studied a construction management and really would like to work abroad...I am from South Africa

[@KienenKoga]

Thank you Sisanda! Go for it!

[@sheeladhvajsingh7712]

Please make a video on " the must have softwares for civil engineers ".

[@tnt254254]

I'm hoping to be come a project manager in the construction industry. I want to start my own business, but I don't know about being my own general contractor. Are there businesses in the industry that provide specifically project management to general contractors? Or is the standard method for GCs to hire their own PMs? Great video as always, keep them coming!

[@KienenKoga]

More so that the contractors manage their own PMs. There are other companies than manage the contractors but they work more on the owner’s side so you’re not really always in the middle of the building action. RLB is one for instance.

[@fajrilhanif8291]

Awesome man, keep up the good informational vids... I'm a final-year student in Indonesia and aspire to be a construction engineer. I'm just curious. from your perspective, was construction and risk management taught in college enough for you to excel in the industry?

[@AndrewBuilt]

Hey, amazingly, I just found your video randomly on KZbin. I see you haven’t posted in a while, staying with me. But I hope you are doing well.

[@KienenKoga]

Thank you for commenting! I appreciate it!

[@DELIROUSROB]

Subscribed and liked 👍🏻.. you think a B.S in construction management is a good career to become a project manager, probably going to start as a project engineer to learn the ropes.. then get my MS in Engineering Management from UNT- Texas

[@KienenKoga]

Thank you! I appreciate it 🤙 and yeah absolutely! Sounds like a good plan. Hopefully you can work at a company will pay for your masters or at least help. If you stay within the construction industry, sometimes an MBA can be good so you learn more about the business side of things as that becomes more important as you move up

[@DauminiqueTheDumpTruckDriver]

Holy crap. I didn’t realize how low project engineers start out in pay. I would expect that after 4 years of school you would make more than $60k a year.

[@cjlooklin1914]

Probably varies wildly across the country. Straight out of college as an electrical engineer I started at 80k in Michigan, my Mechanical engineering friend started at 110 in Seattle, my civil engineering friend got 67k here in Michigan.

[@SaniBravo]

Excellent breakdown, any recommended school in the Seattle area?

[@KienenKoga]

for me, UW was great, not too sure on the others...

[@SaniBravo]

@@KienenKoga ok nice

[@swpnl36]

A little sound latency here at the sad part.. Blck n white screen

[@alfirashahirah4279]

Hey what is the difference between construction engineer and construction engineering technology?? I really hope u would answer to this question

[@vinoodasenewiratne1746]

I’m 19 and currently in my second year doing civil engineering in fiji. We need a lot of advancements in technology and the scope here is huge. Would you like to work here for projects and scope it out one day ?

[@marim5033]

Was the painter your grandma hired part of the internship you did??

[@KienenKoga]

Hahahahaha nah not this one

[@muahammadhanif1803]

How about mechanical engineer and project management

[@ellow5816]

By design does that fall under structural engineering?

[@muahammadhanif1803]

I'm a mechanical engineer and I want to get a master's degree in construction management what do you think about me?

[@EmilyDowgialo]

Hahah the music when you went to Omaha 😂 engineering is definitely a great major, right off the bat you can make great money

[@KienenKoga]

Lol the Hawaii boy was a little out of place in Omaha...but yeah love being an engineer haha

[@ronniew4781]

Currently an Electrician apprentice , about to start school with a plan to move towards civil engineering any advice?

[@luisvazquez2223]

What’s the difference between construction supervisor vs Construction engineering

[@fasih2916]

Hey man! Nice video. Right now I am studying structural engineering for my bachelor degree. I was thinking about to do master in construction managment, so I could have the management skills and the more technical skills to. My only question is, if I should rather start working in the construction industry for more experience after my bachelor or have a masters degree in construction management.

[@KienenKoga]

I push experience in the field over the degree. You’ll learn much more and you’ll get paid instead of paying money to learn. Plus you see if you really want to be part of the industry and can make a career change if need be without wasting money on a masters. You can learn mostly everything on the job in construction.

[@BYEBTW]

So are you saying people who get a bachelor in construction management you earn more money then people in civil engineering

[@Jake-pm3pz]

Does a degree in civil engineering qualify you as a construction engineer?

[@achillealberti5357]

yes

[@arbykabluyen9258]

What happens in civil engineering college basically? Can you pls plot it... I seemed to get confused in graduate-degree-licensed engr.

[@KienenKoga]

Sure! I can try make a future video on this

[@arbykabluyen9258]

@@KienenKoga Thank You!!

[@harrisonkrueger99]

What are the chances of becoming a construction engineer without going to college?

[@jonsfoster]

Unless you have prior experience doing engineering work under an engineer, there’s a very slim chance you’ll get a job as an “engineer” without some degree pertaining to engineering. You could technically work your way up from field grunt to become a construction inspector that has similar duties, but most states won’t allow anyone to perform “engineering services” unless they are board certified or are working under the direction of someone who is. If you were to move into a construction inspector role, you’d most likely be getting paid much less than a construction engineer with an engineering degree or a degree in general. Check with your state’s board of engineers to confirm the process for becoming a state certified engineer. The education and experience requirements differ by state for licensure.

[@haidermoh.9937]

Is construction engineering the same as structural engineering? And what licenses did you have to get as an engineer?

[@KienenKoga]

Great questions. No, construction engineering deals more with the actual build of the project, how it gets done, sequenced, etc. structural engineering is more of the design aspect of it and actually determining how the architect’s vision can actually work structurally. For example like in a lego set, the structural engineer will make the instructions, and the construction engineer will follow those instructions and build it. For me, no licenses are required!

[@haidermoh.9937]

@@KienenKoga I see, so what exactly is the difference between a construction worker and a construction engineer?

[@KienenKoga]

@@haidermoh.9937 the worker does the actual manual labor while the engineer prepares the plan and gives them the information they need to do their job properly

[@haidermoh.9937]

@@KienenKoga I see, thanks!

[@tayshoncooke]

do you work for Kiewit ?

[@ashishjoshi9732]

Recently I had joined PG in construction management. Do you have any suggestion for the people like me

[@KienenKoga]

Get the experience and make sure the job fits your intended lifestyle.

[@012coyang]

Whats your favorite shade of pink?

[@KienenKoga]

Subscribe pink

[@MrHimanshuqwerty]

In which area of Civil Engineering there is more Money. Currently I AM in final Year. And wanted to make my Career in structure engineering. But I sometimes get dissapointed by searching on KZbin that structure Engineers are get paid very less compared to Software engineers

[@KienenKoga]

Awesome question Himanshu, for me personally I was never interested or passionate about software engineering so even if it pays more, I couldnt see myself spending most of my life doing something I didn’t enjoy. From what ive seen, construction engineering pays the most (if you work in contracting) but it also seems the most stressful. Having a civil engineering degree opens a lot of doors for you that all can create decent financial opportunities for you, focus on what kind of work you actually enjoy over the money. The money will come 🤙

[@MrHimanshuqwerty]

@@KienenKoga very well explained.. 🙌.. Construction Engineering means you wanna say construction management right. In which whole lot of work is site Related right? I love working on site but not for the whole day, mostly I am intrested in designing subjects so I want to make career in it. So I am thinking to pursue Masters in structural Engineering.

[@allisoncope5854]

Did you major in civil engineering?

[@mannytorto6962]

Yes he did

[@jon6309]

How much do environmental engineers make?

[@KienenKoga]

Depends on the company likely and location. I would think close to civil e

[@MrPjchinwuba]

Does this apply to a construction Project Manager (UK)

[@KienenKoga]

not exactly sure how much that market pays, sorry. But some of the things in here for sure should help (like getting applicable knowledge to improving your home assets)

[@MrPjchinwuba]

@@KienenKoga I was wondering if what you were saying also related to a construction project manager as opposed to just a construction Project engineer

[@KienenKoga]

@@MrPjchinwuba yup! Project managers make more money too than project engineers haha

[@sirisaacnewton3305]

Wow 50-90 k starting out is pretty darn good

[@KienenKoga]

Yup! Really not bad especially considering you don't need a secondary degree!

[@yasirrizwan6333]

I have 5 years of Work experience

[@markicogo9900]

Whats your nationality sir?

[@KienenKoga]

Japanese! But born and raised in the US

[@012coyang]

Why’d you go to Omaha?

[@KienenKoga]

Just for work, last minute throw into the midwest

[@srinivasulukonduru7327]

Hello, I've been watching ur videos lately and have watched all ur videos, they are very informative. I am from India . I have done my bachelor's in civil engineering and have an experience of 4 years, is there any way I can get civil engineering job In Hawaii.. Would appreciate your reply.

[@KienenKoga]

Anything is possible; some of the smaller companies though may be tougher since they dont typically deal with international hires and may not have the background to handle it

[@bryandeleontrambulo5011]

How about structural engineer?

[@KienenKoga]

Hey Bryan! I’ll probably try to do some videos in the future about other engineers too. Thanks for watching!

[@bryandeleontrambulo5011]

@@KienenKoga thankyou im just having a hard time choosing my specialization and i want to have a good decision

[@awadheshsingh62]

👌👌👍

[@KienenKoga]

thank you!

[@yasirrizwan6333]

I AM A Civil Engineer. I want to join your company

[@KienenKoga]

Haha its a great place to work!

[@oraseus90]

I like Hawaiian shirts

[@KienenKoga]

Me too! Haha

[@muhammadzulkarnain1361]

While in malaysia the engineers were poorly paid.