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How to Actually Find Your Engineering Passion | Wesley Grammer
Description
Passion rarely shows up as a lightning bolt. Usually it's a slow build — one project, one pivot at a time. In this clip Wesley shares how his came together.
Guest Wesley Grammer walks Malcolm and Thomas through how he discovered his passion for electrical and computer engineering — the gradual pull toward EE, the Arduino projects that got him hooked, and the moment he chose a different path than the one he'd planned. The throughline is a message every student and early-career engineer needs: you don't have to have it all figured out on day one. Sometimes the move is trusting the process and letting yourself change.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 — Discovering the Passion for Electrical and Computer Engineering
00:42 — The Gradual Inclination Towards Electrical Engineering
01:07 — Exploring Interests in Arduino Projects
02:11 — Choosing a Different Path
03:09 — Trusting the Process and Embracing Change
📊 Key takeaways from this segment:
• Passion is often a gradual discovery, not a single lightning-bolt moment
• Hands-on projects (like Arduino) can reveal what actually excites you
• Trusting the process and embracing change beats forcing a plan you've outgrown
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