Satirical list of engineering careers from @morganhoong

The creator presents a satirical and cynical list of the four potential career outcomes for a friend studying mechanical engineering in college. She counts them on her fingers, listing options like working for defense contractors, working for Elon Musk, or selling out to become a software engineer, concluding that no matter the path, they will be overworked and underpaid compared to other tech roles.

Creator: @morganhoong on Instagram

Video format

Yap

Video outline

  1. State a limiting prophecy
  2. List stereotypical outcomes
  3. Create an internal callback
  4. Deliver a unifying punchline

Narrative framework

The Inevitable Outcomes Framework

Narrative framework logic

To present a limited, humorously cynical, and stereotypical set of future paths for a specific identity group, culminating in a unifying punchline that declares all paths lead to the same ironic fate.

Topics: Engineering, Satire, Career Advice, Student Lifestyle

Concepts: Rapid Fire Listicle, Stereotype Satire, Culture Profile

Formats: Yap

Elements: Title Text Hook, Jump Cut

Account types: Personal Brand

Transcript excerpt

Know that your friend who's studying mechanical engineering college is gonna end up in one of four places. Number one, they most likely will be bombing babies. Number two, they'll be working for Elon Musk. Number three, they'll finally be pursuing their lifelong autistic hyperfixation on planes, cars, or rockets, which also likely means they're gonna be working for Elon. Finally, number four, they went bald for that mech e degree for nothing. They're gonna sell out and become a software engineer. No matter what they do, they're gonna be working five thousand hours a day just to make less than a Google software engineer and bomb babies.

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