# S4E40 Gina Covarrubias | The Engineering Life Coach

- Show: [Being an Engineer](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer)
- Published: 2023-10-20
- Length: 45m
- Episode: 40
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2023-10-20-s4e40-gina-covarrubias-the-engineering-life-coach
- Listen: https://teampipeline.us/gina-covarrubias-engineering-life-coach/

## Summary

Gina Covarrubias, founder of Deliberate Doing LLC, shares her journey from a 12-year career in aerospace engineering to becoming a life coach for technical professionals. She explains how the pursuit of a 'dream job' and reliance on extrinsic rewards like money led to career despair, and how she pivoted to help engineers overcome this by focusing on intrinsic motivation and self-reflection. The episode includes a live coaching segment where host Aaron Moncur identifies his own disengagement and financial frustrations as symptoms of misaligned expectations rather than a dislike of engineering itself.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2023-10-20-s4e40-gina-covarrubias-the-engineering-life-coach#t=0) Introduction: Gina Covarrubias and Deliberate Doing
- [2:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2023-10-20-s4e40-gina-covarrubias-the-engineering-life-coach#t=173) The Trap of the 'Dream Job' and Extrinsic Motivation
- [7:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2023-10-20-s4e40-gina-covarrubias-the-engineering-life-coach#t=433) Live Coaching: Aaron's Career Disengagement
- [28:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2023-10-20-s4e40-gina-covarrubias-the-engineering-life-coach#t=1711) Root Cause Analysis of Career Expectations
- [33:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2023-10-20-s4e40-gina-covarrubias-the-engineering-life-coach#t=2001) Reframing Identity and Resilience in Engineering
- [39:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2023-10-20-s4e40-gina-covarrubias-the-engineering-life-coach#t=2356) Introverts, Remote Work, and Finding Joy

## Topics

- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Founder wellbeing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/founder-wellbeing)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Deliberate Doing LLC (company)
- Purdue (other)
- University of Utah (other)
- Pipeline Design & Engineering (company)

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