Ep 9. How I got here: Law School from Engineer w/ Rylie Goldwait; Low Competence Manager; Overachieving Co-Workers; and The Engineering Mindset

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 Rylie, a second year JD candidate at South Texas College of Law.  Rylie shares her experience as an intern for the US District Court System and her journey from degreed design engineer to Law School. Rylie earned 3 CALI awards in her first year in Law School. Rylie answers questions like: 1. How did you get here?  2. What’s it like working for the USDC? What’s your day to day like? 3. What was the moment when you finally said to yourself - hey, I want to go to law school. 4. What area of are you interested in pursuing a career in? Are there any cool career fields for lawyers with engineering degrees? 5. What about being an engineer  transfers to law? 6. What was the process like trying to get into law school? How did you prep for the LSAT, applications and interviews? 7. What kind of extracurriculars were you involved in during undergrad? How important is that for someone looking to get into law school? 8. What do you think about your application set you apart to get selected to get accepted to multiple schools? 9. What’s your day to day like in law school? Did your engineering degree set you up for success? 10. What’s your demographic in your program, a lot of recent college graduates or a mix? 11. What is the community like in law school - competitive or collaborative? Compare it to undergrad. 12. Beyond graduating from law school, what else do you need to do to become a lawyer? 13. What kind of undergraduate student were you? High school? 14. Pitch your undergraduate degree program. 15. What has your experience been as a woman in STEM, in college and in the workforce? 16. What advice do you have for young girls interested in pursuing a career in engineering? 17. What advice do you have for students in high school or starting out in college that want to become a lawyer? This week's quit your job story: https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/ojhny4/how_to_cope_with_a_lowcompetence_manager_who_is/  This week's career questions: 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEngineers/comments/oh2kt0/how_do_you_deal_with_over_achievinghardworking/ 2. https://www.reddit.com/r/EngineeringStudents/comments/oih79f/the_engineering_mindset/ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj86alc3a7_A_PibgYpkWFg  Daniel is a Mechanical Engineering graduate 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