[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. ---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. --- First published: December 15th, 2023 Source: https://80000hours.org/skills/engineering --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.