How Engineers Make Money: The Business Side of Construction and Structural Engineering @KienenKoga

Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

In this video with @MatPicardal we discuss the business side of civil, construction and structural engineering. How do the engineering firms make money? And what we can do on both sides to help each other out to be as profitable as possible.

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How Engineers Make Money: The Business Side of Construction and Structural Engineering

$My Biggest Issues With College | An Honest Engineers Opinion: Is College Worth It? Is college worth it? In this video Ill go over my biggest issues with college and the process students go through to get their degree. Though I have a BS and MS from college, there are things within the system that just dont make sense to me. Instagram: kikoga 1. Are You Really Getting Value out of College I did a video the other week about how much of my degree I actually use on a day to day basis. The answer was 9%. Thats pretty ridiculous when you really think about it. With the average cost of college tuition per year being over $25k, that means for the 4 years you are at college you pay $100k for less than 10% of usefulness....doesnt quite add up. 2. Student Loans Student loan debt is one of the worst debt you can accumulate. Especially if you are going into debt to get a degree for a career that isnt very lucrative. With the average student loan debt exceeding $35k, thatll mean you will pay over 10 years, about $371/month. With the average entry level salary out of college being $50k, after taxes that $371/month ends up being 10% of your paycheck just tossed out! That $371/month invested over that 10 year loan period would give you over $69k at an 8% return and that $69k left untouched for another 20 years would grow to over $300k! Unlike an appreciating investment like real estate, its very tough to substantiate taking out student loans unless your degree gets you a job that pays well enough to cover the costs. 3. College Differentiation and Rankings Does it really matter where you get your degree from? To me, no. Part of my issue with colleges is that the professors are not necessarily there to teach. They are probably there (depending on the school) for research and making sure the university gets funding....teaching is like their side thing. Its more important to me to use your time in college to gain experience and connections to set yourself up for a job. Colleges also dont seem to be ranked based upon graduate success. I think it would be more telling if the schools graduates had jobs in their industries with salaries higher than average. Might be a pipe dream, but that to me is what really matters and what I would want out of a college experience. 4. Timing Of Your Decisions You need to make 2 big decisions at weird times of your life. Being a high school senior to determine where to go to college. And being a college sophomore deciding what to major in. You dont really know enough at these stages to make real decisions, and especially when theres big money on the line to decide, it is kind of a backwards system. 5. You Can Learn Pretty Much Anything Online For Free Or at least at a fraction of the cost. Whether its YouTube or any other course out there, you can certainly teach yourself everything you wanted to know about any topic. Unlike our parents days, the information is so accessible nowadays it is tough to substantiate a six figure cost for a college degree. Especially if youre only getting 9% out of it. 0:00 Intro 0:45 Are You Really Getting Value? 2:16 Student Loans 4:05 How Colleges Are Ranked 5:55 Big Decisions During Ridiculous Times 6:55 You Can Learn Most Things For Free LIMITED TIME: Get 2 FREE STOCKS ON WEBULL when you deposit $100 (Valued up to $1600): https://act.webull.com/kol-us/share.html?hl=en&inviteCode=b6rwkeSWuTOz Software Used In Construction: AutoCad https://amzn.to/3qGt1lz Autodesk Revit https://amzn.to/3qEl6Fe Microsoft Office https://amzn.to/3pFMPnQ Youtube Camera and Recording Equipment: Camera https://amzn.to/2ZOrGxn Shotgun Mic https://amzn.to/2ZAL2FT Clip On Mic https://amzn.to/3qM3pUw Ring Light https://amzn.to/3pAA6m9 Drone https://amzn.to/2ZyJkET *Some of the links and other products that appear on this video are from companies which Kienen Koga will earn an affiliate commission or referral bonus. Kienen Koga is part of an affiliate network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites. The content in this video is accurate as of the posting date. Some of the offers mentioned may no longer be available. Song: MBB - Hawaii Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music. Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Video Link: https://youtu.be/DdHHXQOIM3k$

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