How is this Guide Structured?

First, you will learn the very basics of Civil Engineering, what does it stand for, and how to get started with it in the first year. You’ll learn what to do in Civil and particularly what NOT to do in Civil. We’ll teach you the very basic skills that are crucial for each and every field in engineering and after that, the skills that are crucial especially for your degree. After that, we’ll take a Top-Down approach towards the developer career. If i summarize it in one sentence, We’ll first decide what we want to achieve and then we’ll establish a systematic process to get to our final goal without any deviations. To decide our major field in Civil, we’ll get a detailed overview of each field. Then we’ll get some necessary hands-on experience of each sub-field of the field. Then we’ll decide our final goal based on different indicators and factors. After deciding the field we want to opt for, We’ll take a deep dive into that particular field and learn the way to get expertise in that field in minimum amount of time and resources. Now onto our first section

Getting Started with Civil Engineering

Now on, you need to take notes of all the points mentioned in Bold. When students are starting their Degree, almost 95% of the batch makes the same mistakes and they never realize it. That’s the main reason of them wasting their 80% of time.

Failing to Plan = Planning to Fail

The main reason why 95% of students are stupid: I talk to a lot of students and i ask them a very simple question. “What do you want out of this degree?” Most are like “Ab aa gae hain toh dekhte hain ke kya krna hai”. They never plan ahead. They never prioritize their goals. They don’t even know their goals. They just go with the flow. And at the end, the complain why they all are failures. You’re probably one of that 95% students. The first step to getting successful is to admit that you’re a failure. Most of the students never admit that they are useless. They just wanna feel good. So, they just keep going with the flow getting some dopamine from here and there which keeps their morale just enough to keep them alive in the race. You need to make a decision. “Are you Okay being in that 95% who are just trying to deceive themselves and just trying to feel good in life?” If you’re not okay then you should be worried. You’re a failure and you don’t know how to get out of it. Good news!!! I will teach you step-by-step how to plan your goals of life in general and goals of university in particular. Check out the Goal Planning course below. It is completely free and i’m not using any marketing tactics. This is for your own good. Take it or leave it.

First year courses

In your first year, you have a couple of courses that are the same in every university. Others change over time. These are Fundamentals of Computer Programming, Civil Engineering Materials,and Applied Physics. If you’re in the university to get a career in civil engineering, focus on these and only these. All other courses are utter bullshit. The Mathematics courses like Discrete Mathematics or Calculus I & II or Linear Algebra, etc., have 10% practicality and 90% wastage of time. From your university, all you get is that two or three basic courses in your first year. No need to waste your time on anything else.

What not to do

Here’s the point where most of the students get it wrong. Every final year student says “I wish i knew it in my freshman year”. And every freshman who knows this just ignores it. These completely simple steps are following:

1. Assignments are bullshit. Don’t waste your time over them

                Most of the freshman starting their degree seem to have the highest motivation levels in the world. As if they can conquer the world by themselves. All that energy and adrenaline of a new start in life and everything else keeps you running for about 2-3 months. The point is not to waste that energy on some bullshit named as Assignments. 95% of the freshmen when given their first assignment or quizzes spend hours preparing for them and trying to achieve perfection. “I need a 10 of 10 in the quizzes and assignments”. And if you don’t get good results in first assignment or quiz, students tend to panic like their whole life is at stake. The Point is: They literally don’t matter at all. Not in your GPA, nor in your skills, nor in anything else. I don’t know a better way to put it. If you have the energy to do something, then utilize it in something useful. Not on bullshit assignments and quizzes. Give them the least time possible and focus on things that really matter. The ones which will be introduced further in this guide.

2. Don’t pursue a career just because it seems cool and everyone else is doing it

                It is one of the things that most people already know. But for some unknown reason, the crowd keeps on doing it. Maybe one of the reasons is that everyone is stupid. That is definitely a part of the reason. But another part of the reason is that most students just don’t have the courage to delay the gratification and pursue the career which actually matters. Since the actually beneficial tasks take time and require patience. Students just want to start learning some software or programming language and start freelancing in that field which is 180 degrees opposite to Civil Engineering. I’ve met many of my colleagues in Civil Engineering who are doing freelancing in Graphic Designing. It seems quite attractive but If you’re smart and know how to plan, you would know that is a no-go area for starters in Civil Engineering.

4.00 GPA is insanity

This is quite similar to the previous point. If i be honest, when i started my degree, i was guilty of this too. I came in with the aim of getting a 4.00 and i’ll admit that i was completely stupid. A 4 GPA is as stupid as it can be. Eventhough it indicates highest level of hardwork and competitiveness but it also indicates the lowest level of prioritization and lack of control in your life. It indicates that you haven’t made a single decision throughout your degree by yourself. You’ve just done what was asked of you. That is why the topper of class aren’t liked very much in industry jobs. Step No. 3: Forget the 4.00 GPA.