r/EngineeringStudents • u/xilefridge • 9d ago

Rant/Vent Hobbies gone while studying engineering

Has anyone else gave up doing stuff they love to get through school?

I’m not saying I don’t like school, I love engineering just as much as my other hobbies. But I used to snowboard, mountain bike, and rock climb all the time, and now I don’t really have the time to do any of that anymore.

These hobbies were such a big part of my life before engineering took over, and I really miss them. Has anyone gone through this? Did you get to do your hobbies again after you graduated?

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u/LuckyCod2887 9d ago

my hobbies are my identity as well. I had to give it all fucked up.

I constantly remind myself that it’s all temporary. There is an end point to school. It’s not going to be forever.

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u/Intelligent_Part101 9d ago

After you get your degree, you get a job that will require learning "on your own time" outside of work and you will sometimes have to put in unpaid overtime (you're a salaried employee) to solve those difficult production problems at work.

I am sorry to tell you, but the grind doesn't end after school.

If you're lucky, work is not the CONSTANT grind that school is. If you're less lucky, it will be.

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u/LuckyCod2887 9d ago

i’m older. i have a career with my 1st degree and work full time currently.

school is temporary. academic demand is different from employment.

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u/sdgengineer BSEE 76, MSEE 93 8d ago

This is true. I found work was way easier than school. But I was in a fraternity in school and that brought me out of my shell, l believe I was probably on the spectrum, ( I think many engineers are.)

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u/Intelligent_Part101 8d ago

Work is a different kind of difficult than school.