We Are The Engineers

Wasted Talent #1

by Angela Melick

The life of an engineering student ain't easy! The brutal courseload, the caffeine-fueled study marathons, the social isolation from everyone but each other. These comics are an engineering student's comic observations about belligerent baristas, grade-grabbing geniuses, psychotic squirrels, addictive anime, impossible internships... and everything in between! The best-of collection from the popular webcomic "Wasted Talent".

Genres: Graphic Novels, Webcomic, Comics, Graphic Novels Comics, Humor, Nonfiction, Comedy

88 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2010

Reviews

[Danielle T · Rating 3 out of 5]

I followed Wasted Talent as a webcomic when I was in undergrad (think I found it because we're both sisters of Alpha Omega Epsilon!), and recently got the boxed set of the physical editions so it's time to revisit! This volume centers on Jam's undergraduate experience as an engineering student at UBC, and it resonated more when I was experiencing similar things. Some jokes don't age as well ('raping the curve' is definitely the kind of thing edgy, predominantly male majors would say) but overall enjoyable.

Just like, remember to rest, y'all. I get it, allnighters are very doable when you're a twenty something but ooooof

[Sketchfile · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nerd-ery, college life, engineering. Pulled from the Wasted Talent webcomic (also done by Angela Melick). Loved this comic, and I'm not even so familiar with the engineering side, they're all written well enough in a way that I can still follow along just fine and still understand the funny. All the extras and notes are pretty fun too, and give a little more insight/context than the original webcomic had.

[L J Cote · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a testament to the author's character that she remained funny and relateable despite the burden of attending engineering school with other engineers. The pervading spirit of the Pep Rally is what keeps this volume from being a 5/5 like the rest of the collection.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm so glad that I found this comic in college.

[Kaatje · Rating 4 out of 5]

Engineering student culture is glorified alcoholism, sleep deprivation, cult behaviour, and participating in activities that are probably (most definitely) illegal.

[Sarah Sammis · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book is short and hilarious. You can read it in about an hour. The first book was so good that I've tracked down and purchased the second in the series, Welcome to the Real World.

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[Jessalyn King · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been meaning to read the web-comic Wasted Talent for a while. Last year, I met the author at a comic expo, and got the first collection of it but it took me until the next expo to actually read it (so slow!). I loved it though. I read it straight through, and giggled all the way. Don't take as long as I did to read Wasted Talent. I think you'd probably like it best if you or good friends of yours went through a university engineering program.

[Susan · Rating 1 out of 5]

I reviewed Wasted Talent: We Are the Engineers in my Eight Book Minimum, and... I probably would have enjoyed this more when I was a student myself and sleep/regular meals were foreign concepts, but I'm pretty sure this "yikes" in my note is because of the murder squirrels and joking about people who like cats being butt pirates, soooooo maybe not!

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

So closely follows my own college experience it's frightening.