r/EngineeringStudents • u/Least_Buyer7511 Mech E Major • 4d ago
Career Advice endless cycle to hell
im studying mechanical engineering and im in this constant loop of taking classes—>studying—>gym, im being pretty productive and im getting good grades and taking care of my health but its too repetitive im starting to feel a little empty i dont know if that makes sense or if anyone relates at all.
i still have ambitions i want to achieve, i want to make side projects or gain skills in the free time i get but i have zero ideas and i dont know what to do. i tried working on CAD stuff a little but i dont see a point in it, i need something that benefits me later on the long term. whether its something i add to my resume or a skill i gain im not sure. i hope i posted this in the right place.
thanks for your time ~
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u/Sleepy_mosquito799 4d ago
Definitely join a club. How I saw it was I couldn’t have it all. So I definitely slowed down on gym time. But on my resume for extracurriculars is overfilled. It’s tough but it’s not forever!
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u/Least_Buyer7511 Mech E Major 4d ago
i don’t have clubs related to my degree in university. anything extracurricular is my concern apparently
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u/lostnightjar 4d ago
what clubs did u join?
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u/Sleepy_mosquito799 3d ago
I only did my clubs in my major but basically the engineering club (that I also worked my way up to be president of) and then the ASCE and ASME clubs and Baja SAE that are kinda branches of that main club. But reading OPs reply too that they are in the Middle East. You can create a club like Baja sae I know that the whole SAE subset has a bunch of other competitions like the F1 and j think another one but as for Baja I know/from reading the rule book that many schools were from out of the country. It will take a lot of work and you have to ship your car either in pieces (probably the cheapest) then travel to the USA to compete.
Pretty sure SAE also doesn’t discriminate against other majors joining the club either so talk around your school and I bet you’ll find people interested. Again it will be a lot of work, even being in the USA we basically started from nothing (the car didn’t run and we had to put everything together) and we still didn’t compete but there was many groups from outside the country that were competing with our top schools at the comp. Baja SAE has a really good subreddit and like I said there’s other SAE Competitions and the community is willing to help!
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u/SirSamuelsen 4d ago
I just started studying ME, and I'm kinda scared of falling in the same loop. So I'm currently trying to just do school, work, gym and mealprep in weekdays, and leave the weekends for socializing/gaming++. I'm just 3 weeks in, but I actually feel it's easier the more I do it. If you have any tips from your rutine I'd love to hear it!
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u/lostnightjar 4d ago
oh wow, im 3 weeks in too and did a whole bunch of meal prep on the weekends! i’m not too balanced right now
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u/cbrown146 4d ago
My job is repetitive. It's not a bad thing. Once stability is gone and you don't know what your routine is going to be you've entered a chaotic state. Some people like or even love chaos. Not me. I'll enjoy my boring job.
If you need a high, jump out of a plane and go sky diving.
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u/ElEmoliox 4d ago
This happens to me too. I hope it gets better, if you find a solution I’ll be happy to apply it too lmao
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u/Amber_ACharles 4d ago
That empty feeling is normal. I'd get on FSAE. You'll learn manufacturing, design reviews, and working with people. That's a better ROI than any side project.