That said I'd say perhaps join a Discord. The MicroTypeEngineering channel has a fairly active Discord with a good mix of pros and hobbyists who help each other in design questions and such.
YouTube was a HUGE resource for me following my Associate's program in EE. All of the channels they list above, plus here's some of my other favorites:
- https://www.youtube.com/@CuriousMarc (Bell Labs/PARC veteran, CTO of Samtec, restored an original Apollo 11 guidance computer to fully working condition--a national treasure)
That's my best recs for folks who focus on EE, and who put forth worthwhile content that is fun to watch and meaningfully educational. If anyone knows of some good EE Discord rooms, I'd love to know about them.
- https://www.youtube.com/@reps (German laserist and metrology nerd)
- https://www.youtube.com/@BenEater (famous for his breadboard 8-bit PC series)
- https://www.youtube.com/@mitxela (quirky DIY/hacker)
- https://www.youtube.com/@IMSAIGuy (HP/Bell Labs veteran)
- https://www.youtube.com/@Lantertronics (Georgia Tech professor of EE, excellent lectures in well-organized playlists)
- https://www.youtube.com/@tomtektest8042 (former CTO, EE prof, possibly passed away, but his channel is a TREASURE to any aspiring engineer)
- https://www.youtube.com/@mikeselectricstuff (British lighting/display guru)
- https://www.youtube.com/@ElPasoTubeAmps (Former NASA/Navy engineer, tube amps, radio broadcasting)
- https://www.youtube.com/@joesmith-je3tq (winner of the quickest breadboard oscillator on the planet a few years back with ~7GHz I think)
- https://www.youtube.com/@tesla500 (inventor of the Chronos high-speed cam)
- https://www.youtube.com/@Photonvids (entertaining "don't try this at home" high voltage experiments)
- https://www.youtube.com/@Thesignalpath (super-high competence teardown/analysis of high-end test equipment)
- https://www.youtube.com/@CuriousMarc (Bell Labs/PARC veteran, CTO of Samtec, restored an original Apollo 11 guidance computer to fully working condition--a national treasure)
- https://www.youtube.com/@NicholasRehm (EE grad student, inventor of dRehmFlight, an open-source flight controller for quad-copters)
- https://www.youtube.com/@AppliedScience (engineer at Google X, mad scientist)
That's my best recs for folks who focus on EE, and who put forth worthwhile content that is fun to watch and meaningfully educational. If anyone knows of some good EE Discord rooms, I'd love to know about them.
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