Jake Voorhees

In under an hour, I'm joining NOVA Building Stuff talking with my friend Dr. Nehemiah Mabry about the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. Watch today at 1pm EST on Twitch at @NovaBuildingStuff and YouTube at ‪@novapbs‬ !!

1 year ago | [YT] | 4

Jake Voorhees

1% Nation! I have a YouTube & career update for you, and a question at the end!

When I started this channel six years ago, the content was intended for a 25-35 year old engineering professional audience. That's why it's called, "1% Engineer" - to help young engineers rise to the top 1% of their career.

But something unexpected happened.

I discovered that most of 1% Nation was a student aged 18-24. These people not yet worried about their career, because they need to survive being a student. What they were worried about was choosing the wrong engineering major! So I made a lot of videos about major choice, which is not universal to the community, and therefore, impossible to sustain a channel this way.

So I stopped uploading videos and went back to civil engineering. In the spring of 2021, I moved to Philly and returned to an engineering firm I was with previously - this time in a marketing/strategy/business development role.

Two years+ into that and I'm so happy. I figured it out guys. How to get what you want in your engineering career, and I want to get back to helping and teaching you guys how to best navigate these waters. I want to help you guys summit too.

Here is the question: what type of career videos do you want to see if I return in the fall?

Thank you, 1% Nation! <3
Jake

2 years ago | [YT] | 80

Jake Voorhees

MEETUP Tonight!! First ever community meetup at 8PM ET.

Join the Discord Server here bit.ly/1EngineerDiscord2​ and find the voice meetup channel.

We'll be discussing how to select the right engineering major, how to find an internship, and we'll Q&A.

Love you 1% Nation and see you tonight! <3

4 years ago | [YT] | 6

Jake Voorhees

What are you trying to figure out right now?

4 years ago | [YT] | 34

Jake Voorhees

Hey 1% Nation,

The last three video releases have been the best of all time. I appreciate each of you so much and love love love those of you who engage with me in the comments ❤️.

I changed the most recent release to Monday, and YouTube is now suggesting that Monday at 11AM ET is the time that more of you are on YouTube.

So that will be the new video time guys. Thanks for understanding. I’ve gotten some comments about the video today, so I hope you can understand :)

Also, I’m responding to 100% of comments nowadays. So if you want to chat or have questions, comment anywhere! Especially on the “What Do Mechatronics Engineers Do” video here https://youtu.be/4YjLZcQRLds which has been doing well lately.

Thanks again 1% Nation ❤️❤️❤️

4 years ago | [YT] | 41

Jake Voorhees

Tune in LIVE tonight at 8PM ET !!!! https://youtu.be/Kye77txPm_w

4 years ago (edited) | [YT] | 8

Jake Voorhees

When should we host upcoming 1% Engineer live streams?

5 years ago | [YT] | 16

Jake Voorhees

We have some awesome updates coming soon!

For now, who wants to be featured on the show?

Make sure to reach out to hello@jakevoorhees.com Thank you!

5 years ago | [YT] | 105

Jake Voorhees

Want to learn about how you can have a career engineering vaccines for diseases like COVID-19? Video on that tomorrow... stay tuned!

5 years ago | [YT] | 25

Jake Voorhees

Episode 106: What Do Biomedical Engineers do is here! https://youtu.be/jVwEFp8yfU8

5 years ago | [YT] | 16