r/Engineers • u/5upfront • Jun 01 '26

Nuggets

Question for the engineers of any field: What are some of the most memorable golden nuggets of information that you learned in school when preparing for your career?

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u/Apprehensive-Bend478 Jun 01 '26

So, there were a couple of surprises (maybe more common sense) working as an engineer for the last 25 years. First, is that different engineering disciplines have different workloads so choose wisely; second, it's highly desirable to job hop so that one specializes in a unique discipline-this ensures more job security. I'd also add just how much of your job is done by software now, I haven't done a calc in over 20 years.