Really Bad Imposter Syndrome Post-Grad
Hi all, I know probably lots of engineers face this issue post graduation but man I am finding it really tough mentally. I graduated a couple weeks ago and am a few days into my new job at an aerospace defence company. I have 0 experience in the aerospace industry project/internship wise and actually never even took aerodynamics senior year (it was elective, was thinking about it but ended up taking another course).
Any who, a lot of the coursework and internships I did was actually MEP/HVAC focused and I think mentally I was preparing to be in the world of HVAC as it seemed to click for me better then other subjects in school. During the winter time I applied and interviewed at a couple HVAC places but unfortunately nothing stuck, as we all know the job market is TOUGH, so I started just spraying my resume out, landed an interview at this company and within a week heard back with an offer.
So now I am in an aerospace design role that I just feel so useless in and I feel like I don't know anything. There is so much technical lingo and acronyms used on the daily that I am trying to pick up and I'm trying to understand all the different design choices/materials, its just a lot I guess.
Any suggestions to introducing myself to the aerospace industry? Anyone else feel this way when they started in whatever role they had fresh out of university? I am currently doing extra research/learning outside of working hours to try and get myself up to speed but I am feeling like I may burn myself out by working 9 hours a day, coming home, and looking at more aerospace stuff.