Authored by John Xavier Serranilla
Co-member Gabriel Juan Tiozon
May 5, 2019
Hi guys I am John Xavier Serranilla or you can call me Xavier in short. I am here to show you how to pursue civil engineering without you giving up!
Civil engineering industry is very common yet high demand in terms of the project “build, build, build” around the world. Pursuing this course will make a person hired fast because of its rampant demand in our society. Civil engineer’s salary may range to 149 thousand pesos to 511 thousand pesos with the median of 243 thousand pesos. Civil engineers are hardworking people and they are not afraid to fail because failure is there motivation from the start of their education up to professional matters.
These are the tips on how to pursue civil engineer without giving up
Never underestimate the power of hope and mental strength to succeed. Read and learn from my top ten tips so that you can adapt my lifestyle every day to keep on continuing pursuing civil engineering, so let us start the count down from one to ten to never stop pursuing civil engineering.
- Keep in mind that “With God, all things are possible” always be faithful.
- Don’t you ever lose your track or vision keep moving forward.
- Have a good mindset, prepare yourself mentally.
- Have your own goals and plans every day and accomplish it.
- Always trust yourself; no one can be trust worthy than you.
- Have a great circle of friends that are motivators.
- Always appreciate the concepts in engineering; memorizations will not save you from the long run.
- Make or have your own motivation and take action.
- Be enthusiastic and be hungry to add “engr” in your name.
- Always embrace failures, because failures are the first step to achieve success.
First things first always keep in mind that with God, all things are possible so always be faithful. Having a strong relation with God may boost your confidence and can attract positive energies that can help you succeed. Second tip is to never ever lose track or vision, if you fail just keep moving forward. Every success is the equivalent to multiple failures. Third tip is to have a good mindset, always prepare yourself mentally. Acceptance of hardships, failures does not define you. Be courageous to be civil engineer. Fourth tip is to have and set your own goals and plans every day and accomplish it, every step counts to success. Fifth tip is to trust yourself because first things first if you trust yourself the rest will gain trust in you.
Sixth tip is to gain a great circle of friends that lifts each other up not those leeches that come for you because you have they want. Always choose your friends. Seventh tip is to always appreciate the concepts in engineering; memorizations will not help you in the long run. Eighth tip is to make or have your own motivation and take action with it. Family, friends, love life, or motivation for the future. The future can be seen as how hard you strive from your present. Ninth tip is to be enthusiastic. Enjoying what you do can lead and boost your mental awareness to succeed into your career. Be hungry to add that “engr” before your name, it is overwhelming to hear. The last tip is to always remember tip number one because if you worship him I assure you high chances you can accomplish it with the help of God.
As a student from Far Eastern University of Technology programmed at BS Civil Engineer after developing this ten tips into your lifestyle you have the 50 percent chance to never quit pursuing civil engineer. The other 50 percent will come to your own efforts. So good luck and let us pursue civil engineer.
Read more about the conference here: https://medium.com/the-mission/10-ways-to-boldly-commit-to-your-dreams-and-turn-them-into-reality-feb5c56c22cf
See you guys in the working place for civil engineers!

