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...and still couldn't record with good audio. This video contains some retrospective thoughts on my time in academia, which I hope will be useful to someone looking to do something similar. I won't claim to know everything about college, or that what I did is the "best" way, but it did work for me.

JFK scene from Call of Duty: Black Ops

Chapters:
00:00 Audio Warning/Intro
01:16 How did we get here?
02:20 So you want to be an Engineer
02:31 Know what you're getting into
03:00 Know what you want to get out of it
03:26 Know yourself
04:00 Delayed gratification
04:44 It does get better
05:22 The first few courses
05:54 Surviving engineering, practically
06:04 Have a daily routine
06:25 Sleep is good
06:55 Maximize your brainpower
08:00 Monitor your mental intake
09:12 Do stuff other than engineering
10:00 Consider a gap year
10:39 Make time for your (good) friends
11:04 Take care of yourself (no, seriously)
11:41 A stronghold in times of trouble
12:18 A lesson from history, of sorts
12:34 Outro
13:21 Thank you for watching!