[Skill profile] “Engineering skills” by Benjamin Hilton

Learn how to get started in an engineering career, and how you can use engineering skills to solve pressing global problems.

Narrated by AI.

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Outline:

(01:56) Key facts on fit

(02:24) Why are engineering skills valuable?

(04:56) What specific discipline of engineering is most valuable?

(06:04) What does using an engineering skill set typically involve?

(06:36) Work in academia

(07:27) Work in industry or startups

(08:33) How to evaluate your fit

(08:37) How to predict your fit in advance

(10:08) Assessing your fit for different disciplines of engineering

(11:29) How to tell if you're on track

(12:00) How to get started building engineering skills

(12:05) Getting an engineering degree

(13:53) Going into academia

(16:04) Entering industry

(17:01) Find jobs that use engineering

(17:15) Once you have an engineering skill set, how can you best apply it to have an impact?

(17:52) Preventing catastrophic pandemics

(19:19) AI alignment

(20:09) Improving civilisational resilience

(21:16) Fight climate change

(22:10) Other problem areas that need engineers

(22:47) Options outside engineering that can use engineering aptitude

(23:42) Career paths we've reviewed that use engineering skills

(23:54) Learn more about engineering

(24:14) Explore other useful skills

The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
December 15th, 2023

Source:
https://80000hours.org/skills/engineering

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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