Might quit/get fired from engineering internship. I'm useless and struggling

[below123]

I am involved with chit I've never seen before. Its completely different from my major. I have zero idea of what is going on at all. I was just thrown in and they haven't given me any formal training or anything.

I was given an assignment that is supposed to be very easy and trivial. Should only take a day according to my mentor and manager and a bunch of others. This is my second day on it and I barely have anything right. I've never done stuff like this before and it was my first time. Showed my boss for some review/pointers and he just shredded it apart, said everything was wrong, etc.

I ask for help or some explanations, I get it, and the people are nice, but they all think I'm a dumbass, and they are right. Sometimes they just do that task for me when I ask for help. I am just a bother. I'm just useless. Have no idea wtf I am doing, wtf is going on, etc. I literally just show up, sit at my desk, try to research how to do this stuff and then go home. I haven't done anything productive all week.


They would've seriously been better off hiring someone off the street vs me. I know my manager thinks I slack off and am stupid and if they don't fire me I might quit.

[NonSmoker]

my 4.0 GPA EE graduate friend told me 95% of "engineers" are just retards in it for the money. I believe him now lol.

[MikeATL]

LOL, enjoy those loans if you're being srs. The real world is a bish. School is mostly worthless once you get into a real position. If they aren't helping when you sincerely ask for it leave and find another place that will.

[azakdan2682]

If it makes you feel any better I only made it through one semester of college to realize I was not smart enough to be an engineer. BRB dropped calculus and chemistry lab.

[cheapWiFi]

what kind of work did they assign to you?

[Ace Thedics]

I'd tell you to man up and stop crying but given that you're probably nearing the end of your college career I'd advise you to think fast about your options.

[DrWilliam]

Pretty good example of why book smarts don't always equal success. You sound completely lacking in common sense OP. Do you really expect everyone to sit around and hold your hand all day long?

[dan987]

my 4.0 GPA EE graduate friend told me 95% of "engineers" are just retards in it for the money. I believe him now lol.

Used to be ee major, no other majors try to cheat in classes as much as engineers

[A0wner21]

my 4.0 GPA EE graduate friend told me 95% of "engineers" are just retards in it for the money. I believe him now lol.

sorry i don't know what else I should do with my life

[boutTreefiddy]

constantly worried about this myself and I only have 45 credit hours left before graduating and trying to find a job. (civil)

what major OP and what kind of work is it?

[xAlliance]

You're trained to be a problem solver, now go solve your fukkin problem and don't ruin your internship.

[LeakyPenor]

Stop crying and fist yourself you ungrateful *******. Thousands of kids WISH they were in your situation right now and you're gonna quit like a sad sack of chit. You're gonna get nowhere in life if you act like a bitch at the first sign of adversity. Man the fuk up you pussy or else you'll eventually end up begging for money or offering handjobs for smack outside your local 711

[crod6926]

DUDE this is an internship! you are there to learn, not to be a rocket scientist right off the bat. Your advisor will notice you are putting in the work and trying hard. Just keep grinding it out and yes, a lot of work is going to be reading literature (research). This will aid you in the process/make it easier for you.

[OfficerJimLahey]

sorry i don't know what else I should do with my life

why are you letting an internship completely different from your major make you rethink everything?

[below123]

my 4.0 GPA EE graduate friend told me 95% of "engineers" are just retards in it for the money. I believe him now lol.

you got me there. I am a stupid fuk.

LOL, enjoy those loans if you're being srs. The real world is a bish. School is mostly worthless once you get into a real position. If they aren't helping when you sincerely ask for it leave and find another place that will.

I have one 5k loan. That's it. They are helping, but its super easy stuff they think I should know and come easy. I feel bad asking for a lot of help on it.

I hardly understand anything they say, they speak in technical jargon that I haven't picked up and use terms from their engineering background which was different than mine. I'm ME its CompE and stuff they're in.

what kind of work did they assign to you?

Its engineering work but I have never done it before. Drawing logic charts, state diagrams, and reading wiring diagrams. I'm a ME most of this stuff is Computer Engineering and I have no idea how to do it.

[A0wner21]

why are you letting an internship completely different from your major make you rethink everything?

not op lol

[cheapWiFi]

you got me there. I am a stupid fuk.



I have one 5k loan. That's it. They are helping, but its super easy stuff they think I should know and come easy. I feel bad asking for a lot of help on it.

I hardly understand anything they say, they speak in technical jargon that I haven't picked up and use terms from their engineering background which was different than mine. I'm ME its CompE and stuff they're in.



Its engineering work but I have never done it before. Drawing logic charts, state diagrams, and reading wiring diagrams. I'm a ME most of this stuff is Computer Engineering and I have no idea how to do it.

State diagrams and logic charts should be intro to any STEM field. Haven't you taken at least one programming course? As for the wiring diagrams, I'm sure you did something like that in your high school physics class.

At the end of the day, most STEM majors HAVENT taken a class on everything tossed their way in a professional setting. It's all about googling it, and figuring it out yourself if you need to

[Tormoz]

I have one 5k loan. That's it.
I hardly understand anything they say, they speak in technical jargon that I haven't picked up and use terms from their engineering background which was different than mine. I'm ME its CompE and stuff they're in.
Its engineering work but I have never done it before. Drawing logic charts, state diagrams, and reading wiring diagrams. I'm a ME most of this stuff is Computer Engineering and I have no idea how to do it.

Great to hear about the loan, wtf are you doing in Comp Sci?

[1010101]

I am involved with chit I've never seen before. Its completely different from my major. I have zero idea of what is going on at all. I was just thrown in and they haven't given me any formal training or anything.

I was given an assignment that is supposed to be very easy and trivial. Should only take a day according to my mentor and manager and a bunch of others. This is my second day on it and I barely have anything right. I've never done stuff like this before and it was my first time. Showed my boss for some review/pointers and he just shredded it apart, said everything was wrong, etc.

I ask for help or some explanations, I get it, and the people are nice, but they all think I'm a dumbass, and they are right. Sometimes they just do that task for me when I ask for help. I am just a bother. I'm just useless. Have no idea wtf I am doing, wtf is going on, etc. I literally just show up, sit at my desk, try to research how to do this stuff and then go home. I haven't done anything productive all week.


They would've seriously been better off hiring someone off the street vs me. I know my manager thinks I slack off and am stupid and if they don't fire me I might quit.

Welcome to the world of engineering internships bruh. Trust me that is the way it is for 90% of engineering internships. I had the same experiences. I was in an industrial environment so I didn't have the passes/clearance for most locations let alone the knowledge. I surfed the internet, swept the warehouse floor and ran errands for my manager. I never had an internship where there was any sort of formal training or mentor.

You just need to do your best to seem trainable. The name on your resume is the most important thing. You're ahead of the curve for even having an internship. I had 2 before and different companies, left them both for a full time offer at a different company doing completely different work.

[below123]

Pretty good example of why book smarts don't always equal success. You sound completely lacking in common sense OP. Do you really expect everyone to sit around and hold your hand all day long?

I've had jobs before. But they offered formal training. This is different. I feel like I'm not doing any real work sitting around drawing chit.

constantly worried about this myself and I only have 45 credit hours left before graduating and trying to find a job. (civil)

what major OP and what kind of work is it?

Mechanical its mostly computer work

Stop crying and fist yourself you ungrateful *******. Thousands of kids WISH they were in your situation right now and you're gonna quit like a sad sack of chit. You're gonna get nowhere in life if you act like a bitch at the first sign of adversity. Man the fuk up you pussy or else you'll eventually end up begging for money or offering handjobs for smack outside your local 711

I know I'm a lil bitch for this. I'm just saying its supposed to be easy chit and I keep fuking up. I have no idea what I'm doing or really getting into. I ask for help, but like I said they do a lot of it for me. Plus, I can tell they all look down at me a lot since I don't know anything. I'm not really adding anything to the company tbh, I'm just taking space right now.

DUDE this is an internship! you are there to learn, not to be a rocket scientist right off the bat. Your advisor will notice you are putting in the work and trying hard. Just keep grinding it out and yes, a lot of work is going to be reading literature (research). This will aid you in the process/make it easier for you.

I am trying. I just hate the fact that its a super easy fuking task and I have had to restart it a few times. I can tell its getting on my boss's nerves I'm incompetent. I don't know if I should be reading on the job. It makes me feel like I'm wasting time

[akarpus]

Start of by telling your mentor or whatever that you have no idea and need some help/explanation.

[OfficerJimLahey]

not op lol

I've been drinking, dont mind me lol

[Mudshovel]

Sit down with your boss and tell him how you feel. See what he says.

[below123]

State diagrams and logic charts should be intro to any STEM field. Haven't you taken at least one programming course? As for the wiring diagrams, I'm sure you did something like that in your high school physics class.

At the end of the day, most STEM majors HAVENT taken a class on everything tossed their way in a professional setting. It's all about googling it, and figuring it out yourself if you need to

Never done programming formally in class. I picked up a little MATLAB in other courses. The wiring diagrams I've seen are basic circuits, these are complex and done very differently. I can't really interpret them.

I do google a bunch of chit to look up to help, but I'm still having a lot of trouble. I get the basic structure of a state diagram or logic chart, but its hard to implement for the system I'm working with.

Great to hear about the loan, wtf are you doing in Comp Sci?

No idea. They just threw me into an open intern position I took it.

Welcome to the world of engineering internships bruh. Trust me that is the way it is for 90% of engineering internships. I had the same experiences. I was in an industrial environment so I didn't have the passes/clearance for most locations let alone the knowledge. I surfed the internet, swept the warehouse floor and ran errands for my manager. I never had an internship where there was any sort of formal training or mentor.

You just need to do your best to seem trainable. The name on your resume is the most important thing. You're ahead of the curve for even having an internship. I had 2 before and different companies, left them both for a full time offer at a different company doing completely different work.

Did you do any engineering? I'm sitting here and I'd rather just do errands or clean

[nlouisy]

Used to be ee major, no other majors try to cheat in classes as much as engineers

Because engineerig is by far the hardest major

[swagdragon]

keep hustling

[AlphaBrah224]

my 4.0 GPA EE graduate friend told me 95% of "engineers" are just retards in it for the money. I believe him now lol.

I think the people that teach it are the ones in it for the money. Those who can't teach. If you had any kind of talent you'd use it. I never blame the student. It's always a terrible professors that doesn't have a clue how to communicate ideas.

[HomerJThompson]

OP stop crying on fist yourself. But seriously, calm down, and sit down with your boss and ask him to show it to you. If an intern fails, they fail.

[nlouisy]

Did you try researching online, maybe you might find something similar to the assignment given

[ScubaStevo]

Brah I would stick it out as long as you can and actually try to learn from them when they show you how to do something.