Ep 11. How I got here: Drafter to Supervisor w/ Jon Ott; Gear recommendations; Graduating in 5 years; "like"; and Should I change my major?

To submit your question, email [email protected] Support the podcast: Monthly - $5/month for shoutout at the first episode each month Top Tier - $10/month for shoutout at beginning of each episode In this episode, Daniel interviews Jon Ott, a Civil/Structural Supervisor at Zachry Engineering Corporation. Jon talks about his experience growing from Drafter to Designer to Supervisor and shares his life lessons learned along the way. Jon answers questions like: 1. How did you get here? 2. What's it like working full time and pursuing your degree at the same time?  3. What can you say to pitch your degree programs? 4. Why pursue a degree in management? How does that tie in with your career goals? 5. You recently had an experience where you left your company to pursue another opportunity, but then returned. What was that like and what did you learn? 6. What is a drafter and what is a designer? What is your day-to-day like? 7. What kind of projects do you work on, industries and types of projects? What do you find most interesting? 8. What do you like most about your job? What do you find to be most challenging? 9. What kind of student were you in high school? Has that held up now? 10. Any key decisions points in your career that allowed you to get here?  11. Any advice for students in high school/starting out in college that are interested in getting involved in engineering and design? This week's career questions: 1. How is the pay for someone a master's in engineering similar to a dentist when the average dentist student loan debt is $292,000 with 6.17% interest while someone with a MSME realistically has $30k debt and gets to spend 2 years longer in the workforce? 2. Gear Recommendations :) 3. Fear of graduating in 5 years as opposed to 4 4. IWTL how to stop using “like” when talking and sound more confident and professional 5. Which laptop would you guys recommend? 6. Should I change my major even though I am only 6 courses short of graduating? Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj86alc3a7_A_PibgYpkWFg  Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering grad of Trinity University's B.S. in Engineering Science and currently works in Business Development in the Engineering Consulting and Construction Industry.  All views expressed on this podcast are his own and do not reflect the opinions or views of his employer. Music by Maxgotthetracks: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Pclog68AY1ArXm5PiApCX?si=KbqFimdQT6iK3Os2G4Jnkg&utm_source=copy-link --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/engineering-success/support