5 Mistakes That Every Engineering Student Must

Avoid
Matrix, The Social Network, WarGames, Office Space,
Antitrust, Silicon Valley, Jobs, Hackers
You might have heard and probably watched all the above
movies’, especially if you are a student of engineering college but
why I am listing out all the above movies’ names…can you
guess?? . If you haven’t heard these movies’ names or didn’t
catch my point then just open a new tab in your system or phone
and search about all these movies. You guessed it right… all the
above movies have a common thing and that is programming or
hacking, programmer or hacker. Now we want to ask a few
questions…how many of you have taken some positive lessons
from these movies, get inspired and tried to spend the countless
night doing coding or inventing something new? We bet that
most of the students haven’t tried it or if they have tried then just
for a short time.
College Life is awsome for engineering students and they get a
lot of advice from others to do this and do that when they enter
in a college, some are good and some are bad. If you are an
engineering student and reading this blog we request you to
search for the unemployment rate of engineers in India or the
placement rate of engineers. Please try to read the article 80%
Engineers Are Unemployed
Yes, this is the harsh truth that Lakhs of engineers are
unemployed and either they are depressed or trying to sustain
their life anyhow from other resources. For most of the students,
the reason is very simple and that is… mistakes they have
made during their college period. We want you to carefully
read the below points, keep your eyes open and see the truth so
that you don’t repeat the same mistake and you put your efforts
to secure your career and future.
1. Focusing Too Much on CGPA: CGPA is important in
engineering we all agree but focusing too much on CGPA and
ignoring the rest of the skill is not going to help a student in
getting a job. When a student starts focusing only getting good
grades in engineering their overall development lack somewhere
and they face rejection in jobs and interviews when they apply for
it. Always remember your practical knowledge is much more
important than theoretical knowledge for companies.
Getting good grades can help you to get the interview calls but
there is no guarantee of getting a job. You need to become a
complete package for companies and in that case, your overall
development is very important. There are so many students who
are able to secure a good job even they have low grades and
there are so many students who are a topper but unemployed.
We are not telling you to completely ignore the grades, maintain
a decent grade during your semester exams so you don’t face any
problem when a company sets eligibility criteria for your grades.
2. Not Developing Communication Skills: A Research
Article published by Aspiring Minds reveals this fact that engineers
who have good communication skill they have better
employment, higher wages, and better growth. Good
communication skill is very important to stay in the job market.
People who are better in delivering their ideas, visionaries
effectively and able to communicate they are more successful and
in demand for jobs in the market.
Expressing yourself and interaction with someone is very
important and this is the common and important advice to all the
students to improve their communication skills during their
college period by giving a presentation, talking to a lot of people,
making videos, participating in a group discussion or extra
curriculum activities.
3. Rote Learning and Last Night Study: There are so many
students who get advice during their college period that last night
studies or just memorizing few questions are helpful to get good
grades and that’s the blunder mistake students can do ever. You
might get decent grades using this technique but that won’t help
you in your future from the job perspective.
We want to give a clear picture to those students that technology
is reaching at Artificial Intelligence, Big data Analytics, Machine
Learning and a lot more so developing this habit won’t work when
you need to work in a real-time environment on these cutting
edge technologies. So make a habit of understanding the basics
and fundamentals instead of rote learning and last night
study. The more you understand, the less you have to
remember.
4. Not Doing Internship and Projects: Maximum students get
rejected in job interviews due to the lack of practical skills. Every
company is looking for candidates who have experience in
working real-time environments and have exposure for the same
or at least have done some projects by themselves. Companies
have basically three bars to hire a candidate…
• What do you know?
• How well you know?
• What will the company gain?
Your grades fulfill the first requirement but your practical skills,
your technical knowledge or high-end skills reveals how well you
know something and what’s the benefit they will get if they hire
you. You can check the importance of internship from the
link Why Internships are Important for Engineering
Students or Freshers?. A lot of students do mistakes which
they really need to avoid downloading the project from the
internet or getting it from other resources. It’s painful for them to
make projects but giving yourself a little bit of pain can help you
to land up in a job later. So we highly recommend students to
apply for internships as much as they can, explore the industries,
check what skills or technologies they need to develop and also
complete projects by themselves because hands-on-exposure
helps a lot in getting a job.
5. Not Using Internet Resources Effectively: Internet is one
of the big sources to learn something valuable and enhance the
skills. Information is overloaded there and if a student wants to
learn they can get a lot of useful materials over there and in that
case, they need less help from seniors or professors as well. A lot
of courses, resources and valuable knowledge are available there.
Search for some online educational sites, watch youtube video
tutorials, learn some new technologies and take advantage of
free resources available on the internet. Also, use social media
effectively to join some group or community and take help from
there.
Life is a roller coaster ride and it’s unpredictable. No one excelled
great in life without failures. The master has failed more
times than the beginner has tried. So, it doesn’t matter how
many times you see failure, the important thing is how many
times you pick yourself up and always try to give your best.