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  • i've been an engineer for 5 years and i used to think like that but i wouldn't brag about it and say i'm better than you. people need marketers if they want the engineer's product to sell, people need economists to make sure operations are happening within budget. everyone values different things, there is no right or wrong answer, to say that everybody else sucks implies that you are trying to justify yourself for shortcomings that have reduced your social status.

  • But still environmental issues need to be solved. Being alive is a way better standard of living than being dead.

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  • The truth is that the no-talent bums in the marketing dept. always had better cars in the parking lot. But being an engineer is still worth it. I could do marketing and usually filled a vacuum they created. But the clowns in marketing could never do engineering. :)

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  • 2015 am gonna start my engineering school!!!

  • "Your gonna have a lot more money AND have the REST of your LIFE to make fun of them."

    LMAOOO

  • @Eternal In good times being replaceable can be good thing. But it more often a bad thing. More importantly Engineers are seen as expensive and better to completely outsource. America is becoming less and less mfg driven every day I'm not saying that is good but that is what is happening so engineers R less important.

  • @Sour Moving Forward search found some song thats all BFD. Engineers are the most interchangeable ppl (disposable) of any professional job. Thats how the decision makers see U. Work hard and be replaceable brilliant!

  • @Proemed

    If you aren't replaceable, you can't be promoted.

  • @Proemed Watch the documentary not the song lol. Again the only thing that has ever truly improved our standard of living is technology. These big decision makers (our elected leaders for example) are in the minority, and have never made any major contributions in this area. When our current economic and political systems collapse, and the majority lose faith in their "decision makers", we will take matters into our own hands and use technology to build a world that actually works! :)

  • "Make me a hoverboard."

    You got it.

  • hmmm, anyone notice how he only said some 'dude'? This field is dominated by men.

  • meh, during my studies as an Aerospace Engineer i am proud to say that 100% of my work was worth it.

  • im trying to be a porn engineer

  • heheheh.....LOVE IT!!....we need more female engineers too!!!! :)

  • Engineers are a dime a dozen. Even more important is that they are very easy to replace or do without, not so business. On top of that, cheaper engineering lab is all over the global. THis douche bag doesn't know anything about American business!

  • @Proemed The only thing that has truly improved the standard of living for the people in the world is technology. The monetary system is a destructive game we created to run the world that has no regard for planetary resources or social well-being. It will soon collapse, so we must work toward an alternative or die. Engineers are the future; politicians, lawyers, and businessmen will become obsolete. YouTube search "Moving Forward" to learn more.

  • This is awesome. I feel better now about my choice.

  • shit guys, 2015 almost here. I'm calling Doc

  • 2015 is 3 years away now

  • douche.

  • You employee at LABVIEW?

  • well i do agree with what he says, except one thing: the comparison with the economy field.

    That statement is shortsighted for an engineer. Let me explain: How else can you make money as an engineer if not for good marketing and ways of optimizing your product for what the market it demanding? Good products make it to the market (aka in your hand) because of good analysis of the trends and the market's economy.

  • no engineers=no cellphones think about it

  • Im am covering this video with all the snow cum lol!

  • computer science = money

    money=good life

    good life= happy

    happy= leave longer

    leave longer only by studying engineering..

  • thanks

  • engineers don't make crap, programming is where it is at. I am an ME and program for a living making twice as much.

  • @ndyt programming jobs are going to india in the next 5-10 years. going into programming now is like going into tech support in 2000.

  • @ienjoyapples Regardless, programming and electrical engineering go hand-in-hand.

  • @ienjoyapples not really a lot of tech companies are strongly based inside the United States such as Microsoft and Apple.

  • lol. "60% earn you a medal of freedom" so true!

  • Wireless power??.....its called the tesla coil

    your welcome world

  • Spy sappin my sentry! In all seriousness very informative video thumbs up. :)

  • haha this guy's pretty funny. I showed this to my friend who was in economics and she got mad lol.

  • Sad truth, all engineers that don't make it go to business =/

  • Engineering rules:-)

  • Your not your roomates you smoke hella weed and not give a fuck

  • So, if I shouldn't do engineering for the money, what should I do? I was thinking accounting, but I'm not sure it's as lucrative.

  • @mikestep1128 I would take the Accounting route. Engineering is cool as crap don't get me wrong but Accounting has a higher salary potential 5-10 years after entry level. If you check Payscale you'll see average Accounting profession averages less than Engineering. That is because Accounting encompasses from a pay clerk at 25k per year(associates degree) to Accounting supervisor at 75k per year (Bachelors) to CPA/Corporate Controller/Partner (CPA License) who range from 100k-600k. Rough estimate

  • Engineers make more money? What planet is this guy living on? I know more unemployed engineers than employed, myself included. I also know a lot of people in the software industry. They are rarely out of work, and they all make more money. I have a passion for mechanical design, but no way in hell going through all the schooling, was worth it.

  • @slayerperogi

    Computer Science and Computer Engineer are bother engineering fields o-o

  • 17 seconds into the video is all i need lol thanks

  • Nuclear engineer here. This was beautiful, and so, so true. I have no life, and my friends who are getting crappy degrees do nothing, while I study and study. Someday, I won't have to worry about paying for gas or buying off the dollar menu. Maybe I'll even hire my "friends" as janitors.

  • @undeadslayer777 I second the motion.....coming from a NUKE-in-training :)

  • I'm econ major and i am trying to switch my major to something useful like comp engineering..... I don't think there is a bright future in econ or biz majors......

  • This guy scares me.....

  • This video nearly talked me out of engineering.

  • get laid. fag. engineers get no puddy cat ahahahahah losers.

  • @xUnrealTx lmao

  • @xUnrealTx Wow, a youtube troll calling engineers losers, oh the irony. I bet you get all the pussy talking bullshit on Youtube. Have fun with your lame IQ

  • Accounting majors probably make the same if not more than Engineers and Accounting is technically in the business department at my school. So I wouldn't jump so far as to say a business degree is useless, but rather say MBA's, marketing, and human resources are useless.. an idiot could major in any of those degrees.

  • I've always wanted to become an engineer. I have the passion for science and math but they kill me. I suck so badly at those subjects. :(

  • I want to kill myself before I graduate highschool feel like I'm not gonna go far in life

  • @miguelangel408 Don't do it....do what you love to do and what interests you. You do have something in your life that you love right?

  • ;o awks i do business and economics XD

  • @driftzs I majored in Electronics Engineering and Chinese, I am in China now and I can tell you that in the news we hear about 200,000 Chinese Engineers graduating every year and how this is going to be a research center, actually Chinese education is horrible; they desperately need Foreign Engineers and Foreigners.

  • Fuck that shit. I just want to be rich and get laid with hot babes.

    Business all the way baby!

  • The richest people in the world are in business. Every engineer i talk to gives me the impression that they hate there job, im sure there are some business people that are the same, however in engineering there is a maximum as to what you can make, this isnt the case in business. Business CAN bring you 5,6,7 or 8 figures, where as ive been told the most engineers make 5 figures and rarely 6. In my opinion the amount of work and stress that an engineer has is NOT worth 5 figures of income

  • @SkierGuy131

    That is the kind of mindset people have when they go for a business degree. So much so that a degree in BA has become the degree by default for those that just want to be a part of the white-collar club.However the things that are being kept behind the veil of flashy glamorous BA degrees is that after graduating you will most likely end up at a administrative job, sitting in your cubicle, surrounded with stacks of documents, looking at spreadsheets and answering emails all day, hf.

  • @WhateverWasLeft That's the dark reality I'm facing as well. That's why I'm going back to university, but doesn't engineering have the same problem? I mean they make it seem as if you travel the world making cool robots and what not, but isn't the dark reality of engineering that you will be stuck at some random company designing electronic doors for your local grocery store?

  • @SkierGuy131 you dont need a business degree to be in business. the richest people in the world dont have business degrees. they have degrees in something else.

  • Cars that drive themselves? - Where's the fun in that?

  • 60% earn you a medal of freedom ROFL God I remember those days. I took a Semiconductor class once where the highest grade was a 40% I love Engineering

  • 13 people that watched this are studying business

  • So inspirational!

    

  • I was about to change my major till i saw this video

  • Engineer is spy

  • ahahaha lol the description

  • I took a class on labview.. One of the best programs out there right now!

    you are wearing a labview shirt

  • @vvysoc He is at National Instruments. They created LabView

    

  • you had me interested with the back to the future reference and i was completely sold with the hoverboard. let's do this.

  • How do I become an engineer even if I not really good at math? I am really looking for a change!

  • @MrRuva44 Anyone can be good at math because its logical (most of the time lol). Just practice and practice and study and practice....

  • @MrRuva44 You only need math while you're in school but once you're out in the industry, the math is not as intensive. You should go for it if you have an interest in engineering regardless of your math level. You just need to take it one step at a time as any type of engineering degree is sequential.

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  • I can't wait to finish my degree in Engineering Science.

  • I'm gonna sell my soul to engineering...I'm a senior in high school right now. I can't wait to go into Mechanical.

  • Many engineers do things that are not needed. I studied engineering before medicine, and a lot of engineers do useless over-engineered analysis without taking into consideration the real practical clinical benefits. Most engineers don't have the guts to own anything, and are always dependent on other men leading them. At least the artist or "stupid business degree holder" is an owner, while the engineer is still a bitch. Engineers, take charge of your destiny like in the days of railways.

  • "Is Becoming An Engineer Worth All the Hard Work?"

    after many years of chem eng....answer = NO

  • I'm studying Engineering and Commerce at university... Oh shit... Something's not right....

  • I have an idea of how to build hooverboard.

  • I want a hoverboard too. Get to work!

  • If it's about money you are not at all an engineer.

  • this guy is high as fuck. his eyes are nice and toasty looking

  • This is THE BEST.

  • YAY im studying Envrionmental Engineering !! yay ! PRIDE.

  • i luv dis guy.... i'm studying mechanical engineering, and dis is what I needed...:)

  • why does this jerk bash other professions?

  • See I dont mind working hard, but I want to keep my social life

    I dont need to parrty every night or anything but I want to just be out a couple times a week with friends, and occasionally party

    But I guess it really depends on the job sometimes..

    Can anyone fill me in on their "engineering life"?

  • ecological footprint is more important for the future of human kind

  • I laugh at the idiot who insinuated that science and engineering requires no creativity and originality. What a stupid comment. Hah!

  • It's so weird. I'm an M.E. major and one of my best friends is an economics major who has a much more involved social life. It really feels like he was talking to me directly.

  • nikola tesla could of gave us wireless power but people were afraid of him and ruined it

  • ok now pls pls pls can sum1 answer my que, if i take mechanical engineering what kind of jobs i do?, ill design machines, selecting materials and dimensions and also do i have to learn to program the device like the circuit etc?, any help will b appreciated

  • Hover board woohoo!!

  • i finished an IT degree acouple of years back, then i lost my voice (it's slowly coming back) i couldn't get a job because of that, so i'm trying to study on my own android and also a couple of certification, i'm a bit depressed at the moment and i'm really procrastinating. Any suggestion ? anybody's been in a similar situation ?

  • What has always amazed me is how engineers and scientists get taken for a ride by greedy fat cats with their crappy business degrees(yes that's right, business degrees are not worth the paper they are written on). Scientists and engineer's come up with ideas and eventual products and the worse than useless ceo's, take home the big fat pay check. There should be a law, if you are a non-producer then there is only so much you can make. That would take care of CEO's and politicans, banker's etc.

  • @doire7 What we need is more than a law, we need a whole new sytem. Socialism is answer. A shame there's so much empty rpopaganda against it. And no, i'm not a stalinist.

  • @Lan5in6 explain this, what aspect of socialism is going to allow the creation of this system? I don't mind socialism but i don't see how its going to solve our engineering problems.

  • @doire7

    Have you ever owned, operated and grown a business?

    Greedy fat cats.. what does that mean? "There should be a law, if you are a non-producer then there is only so much that you can make." Why do you wish to dictatorially control others?

    Do "engineers and scientists" take courses in finance, accounting, operations management, marketing, macro and micro economics, budgeting, investing, risk management, information systems, sales, branding, customer relations, advertising, etc?

  • @AnarchoVoluntaryism

    Actually... We do.

  • @AnarchoVoluntaryism There is no comparison between all those bullshit subjects you just named and the sciences and if you think there is, you are an idiot. I have never owned but i operated and help grow a business. Some of those subjects you mentioned would fall under the same category, einstein.

  • @AnarchoVoluntaryism No! but try to take those skills elsewhere and see how it works! anyone can have a business nowadays! Engineering is what the world needs for a better future!

  • @doire7 that would help the world, but then who would have the money to invest or make the company grow? btw I do agree that engineers are under-payed IMO

  • @doire7 I got a solution burn all B-schools !

  • @doire7 idk it's those CEOs that invest money so there's a business in the first place. Plus CEOs are the first person everyone blames when someone from the company makes a mistake. Politicians also are kinda necessary to govern things so we have the convenience of order and laws. Sure they might always be in the wrong for having an opposite opinion or be self serving but if you make things happen as well as they can you should run for senate.

  • lol..i did a business degree

  • i'm debating whether i should do chemical or biomedical engineering. anyone please help me :)

  • Just because you get an engineering degree doesn't mean you will have a career as an engineer.  There are no guarantees. You may have a few jobs in engineering and then your career ends and you find there are no jobs your experience is good for. So no, it isn't worth all the hard work.

  • I really needed this video. Thank you.

  • I WAAAANT MY ROBOT XD

  • You wanna borrow my flux capacitor?

  • im thinking of becoming an industrial enineer... worth it?

  • I'm working on your hoverboard right now.

  • i love this.

  • Yes it is.

  • Studying engineering in college was fun. It provides a sense of joy when your conceptual design becomes reality in your senior design class. You can pride yourself in not falling behind like some of your liberal arts major roommates.

    However, getting an engineering job in the United States sucks. Even if you get an engineering degree from a tier 1 school, it doesn't promise you a job. Is it still worth all the hard work from that perspective? I don't know

  • @chunkyazian You got a degree from a top tier school? Damb I got mine at a State College and I can't find any job I am starting to think it wasn't worth it. I found it fun in college working on projects and learning engineering. But, the ultimate goal to survive is to have money. Engineers up to the top 25% in income in the United States the average 80k/yr if you have a job. Average income in the usa is 46k/yr. 0.1% make i think 1.5mill and 2.5% make 250k. I'm going to try to teach math.

  • Does anybody know what type of engineer Todd is?

  • @MehdiVideos369 I'm an electrical engineer.

  • @toddsierer cool I want to become an engineer but I can't decide between computer , electrical, or mechanical.

  • @MehdiVideos369 I've been studying this also, but if I had another choice, then Mechanical engineering or aeronautical engineering would be good and interesting.

  • @neophytetroll i don't know i mean i want to do computer engineering but i feel like it's boring or will get boring real fast , which type of engineering builds robots.

  • @MehdiVideos369 Mechatronics sounds interestings as it combines Mechanical engineering, Electronic engineering, Computer engineering, Software engineering, Control engineering, and Systems Design engineering in order to design, and manufacture useful products. Industrial robots for example. That's my opinion, you can look it up on some websites that the government has, also on wikipedia for reference.

  • @neophytetroll Actually I was just looking at a youtube video on Mechatronics and it sounds pretty cool when I first saw it, nothing that was boring or anything of the sort.

  • @toddsierer i know this sounds like a dumb question but which engineering isn't that hard and is also interesting and is also tech. related, can you help me please? thank you

  • @MehdiVideos369 No engineering discipline in easy (except for Civil...those guys are idiots). You have to pay the cost to be the boss!

  • @toddsierer I mean i want to study computer engineering but Computers aren't the only thing i would like to build i'd like to build for example robots or something people will find useful and would pay big money for. I want to create new technology. so I'm kind of stuck between picking Electrical, Computer and Mechanical. what is mechanical engineering about and would you say it's easier than computer and electrical engineering? I heard Mechanical Engineering requires less math classes.

  • @MehdiVideos369 sorry I ran out of characters but I know you said all Engineering majors are hard but does Mechanical Engineering require less math classes in college?

  • @MehdiVideos369 Computer engineering is equal parts computer design and computer programming. I am an electrical engineer, but only a few credits distinguish me between computer and electrical (many programs lump them together in an "electrical and computer engineering"). The convergence of electrical and mechanical is exciting. "Mechatronics" requires experience in both disciplines. I did my senior project in the Mechanical engineering department and loved combining both sides.

  • @toddsierer i want to be a computer , electrical or mechanical engineer, but i heard that computer engineers have a harder time finding jobs , is this true?

  • @MehdiVideos369 I am starting college this fall and I am going for a degree in mechanical but I want to do a little bit of all the other types also. My goal is to team up with some other engineers from other majors and get together during our spare time to collaborate on some ideas for projects. Then we develop those ideas, on a collective budget, into a marketable product that we could sell to small businesses in the area. When I leave college I should already be self employed.

  • @OrdinaryComment sorry I ran out of characters also but the people are getting laid off after years of work, the shuttle program was ended, and borders is advertising they're going out of business sale. I dont want to have to look for a job in this economy even if its for NASA. A group of engineers at google designed a car that drives itself. If the engineers working for google had a choice in the matter the public would already be counting down the days until a manufacturer sells the first car

  • You've raised my hopes of someday becoming an electrical engineer. I'm nervous because of all the intense math I'm going to have to learn soon. I was even thinking of switching majors (I know right, what a coward). But after watching this vid, I've decided to stick with electrical engineering give it a shot. Thanks

  • @MassG69 They have good sites on the internet for calculus especially related to engineering concepts. Good Luck on your career.

  • Engineering = better living through gizmos

  • 1:40 Cars that drive themselves - Google just made them, happy birthday todd

  • I like engineering and i like business I am planing to take both

    Engineering And Managment program!

  • I have many friends trying to be engineers and wishing they had never thought of it. They don't want to build anything. Why go through this anyway?

    How does the media sound to you? :)

  • We need more scientists and engineers! They are the innovators, inventors, and problem solvers that make the dreams of the future a reality! They are the driving force of the economy!

  • @mbaldwin1618 Do more scientists and engineers mean more innovation being produced? Or simply wages going down? How about business majors who try to commercialize ideas and create jobs for engineers and scientists?

  • @jellovendigar -First of all, innovation isn't produced. Innovation refers to the process of producing new things. And in general, if there is a larger pool of talented scientists/engineers, then yes faster technological progress will ensue (and the field will become more competitive). Business majors are useful people and industry needs them, but lets face it, they don't really do or know shit.

  • @mbaldwin1618 Not responding to the pedantic attitude on the usage of "innovation" But do you think that a large pool of scientists/engineers magically create innovation? They are only part of the process, and not the most critical part either. (seeing the need and acting on it)

    Besides a community needs a lot of other roles that will support this infrastructure. (entrepreneurs, managers, blue collars, lawyers, politicians, high school math teachers, bankers, venture capitalists etc.)

  • @jellovendigar. I'm not detracting the importance of all occupations. Its probably because I'm obsessed with technology and biotech that I feel drawn to the cutting edge. The knowledge of science and "how to" in my opinion is what revolutionizes the world. Just read about Ray Kurzweil (or watch his TED videos), or the J Craig Venter Institute, or the Blue Brain Project, hell even Intel's 3D processors. An idea is the most powerful thing in the world (cue inception music)....

  • @mbaldwin1618 Who can deny the marvels of all the tech that has been produced till now and being produced as we speak? Personally I'm quite obsessed as well. I tried to point out to some other complexities and how different roles combine to create what we call success, at anything.

  • do engineers really make more money though? I thought that going into it...

  • @T12ISC engineers make more money than doctors and lawyers depending on how far u take your degree and combinations if u have a master in engineering and a mba after 5- 10 yrs u be making ver 150k for sure some even 400k plus .source uncle and cousins me imma a student atm

  • engineering may be great, but dissing everything else isn't.

  • is it odd that i recognize the op-amp on ur shirt and i am a girl ._.

  • I want a hoverboard soooo bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Yes please someone needs to design the spam blocker that destroys the CEO of the company spamming me.

  • Currently in my second year of doing Chemical Engineering at Manchester. Trying to get a placement for work experience but I just find it impossible!

  • @TheArabassist i suggest you try applying for oversea internship, im firs year, but i hae friends in second year that could find a job this way.

  • @setare1369 in which country would be best? which one has the most vacancies? and which uni are you at?

  • @TheArabassist im in Cardiff, doing Mechanical, i think for my major Australia or south America worths trying, but i think for chemical eng, if your interested in petrolium industry, some middle eastern countries like UAE or Qatar are good. its kinda hard living in a muslim country though.

  • @setare1369 well I am an Arab so the last point doesn't matter much. I don't think it's easy getting a placement in a middle eastern country - they prefer Europeans with experience before coming over. I want to pursue a career in the UK so British experience would be optimal.

  • @TheArabassist true

  • I am going to study electrical engineering and computer science this fall. Being an engineer is an honorable title, no doubt about it.

  • i was going to major in EE until i found out the school i'll be attending offers a combined physics and engineering program what's your take on that?

  • i like robocop he such a bad ass lol

  • im doing electrical engineering when i goto college next fall

  • Ok any marine scout sniper reading this, please give this guy a 7.62 mm nudge in the apricot, or a .50 cal, I am not picky, because this guy is gonna make the robots that will try to rise against us, it is time for some profilactic shooting. Just kidding kinda, seriously though dude, no robots please, every time I see one I want to shoot it just to make sure, screw the zombie apocalypse, the robot apocolypse can be stopped right now. By the way, I am going to school to become an engineer.

  • @Jeremiah90526 Dude, the robots made your clothes, your food and your car. They have become a part of our life a long time ago and they go mad only in naive movies.

  • And they even try to pass off economics as a science to legitimize their stupid, inferior career choice. ECONOMICS NEVER HAS BEEN AND NEVER WILL BE A SCIENCE!!!!

  • Engineering is fine if you have a relative or friend that helps you get in. This is not the case with me. I can not get interviews, despite having an EE degree PLUS experience 10 years.

    Unemployment among American engineers is high. They wasted too much time and money for chasing a dream that they never really had a chance in obtaining--that was my case.

    Colleges should only let in enough students to replace the available engineering jobs.

    Why help create such a high unemployment rate?

  • 5 people are business majors.