CEA - Making Civil Engineering Practical for the World

This week, YouTube superstar Grady Hillhouse from Practical Engineering jumps on the show! Grady is a geography college graduate, turned professional civil engineer, turned successful content creator with way more than 1+ million views per video. Yeah…what a journey! Tune in to learn about his engineering background, how he started the channel as a hobby, and much more!

What You’ll Learn:

• From Geography to Civil Engineering: Grady’s Unusual Path into the Field
• The Importance of Geotech Classes―Regardless of Your Area of Expertise
• The Biggest Value of an Engineering Degree Most Engineers Don’t Recognize
• Grady's Studying Habit on Sunday Mornings That Helped Him Pass the PE Exam
• How His Desire to Learn Woodworking Skills Got His Channel Started
• How He Scaled His Famous YouTube Channel as a Side Project After Work
• The Power of Feedback to Improve Yourself in Whatever You Do
• How to Balance Technical and Comprehensive Content for a Large Audience
• Grady’s Top Tips for Those Who Also Want to Start Something of Their Own
• Creative and Illustration Resources That Helped Him With His Channel
• How the 100-Year-Old American Civil Engineer’s Handbook Can Help You Today
• A Surprising Announcement by Grady for 2022

Our Partner:

School of PE - http://www.civilengineeringacademy.com/sope

Resources Mentioned:

CEA Facebook Community - https://ceacommunity.com

Engineer to Entrepreneur - https://engineer2entrepreneur.net

Practical Engineering Website - https://practical.engineering

Practical Engineering YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel

What Really Happened During the Texas Power Grid Outage? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08mwXICY4JM

How Do Sinkholes Form? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-DVIQPqS8E

Edward Tufte - https://www.edwardtufte.com

The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, by Edward Tufte - amzn.to/3wACGh4

David Macaulay - https://davidmacaulay.com

Underground, by David Macaulay - amzn.to/3qqJ0Xz

CEA Website - https://civilengineeringacademy.com

The Ultimate Civil PE Review Course - https://civilpereviewcourse.com

CEA Newsletter - https://civilengineeringacademy.com/join-our-newsletter

Reach out to Isaac - isaac@civilengineeringacademy.com