I stumbled upon a very interesting channel for engineers on YouTube called Lesics. It has a lot of fascinating content. Start, for instance, with a 15-minute video about the engineering details of constructing the Golden Gate Bridge. It was built in 1937 under the supervision of Joseph Strauss. You will quickly realize that the projects you are working on are trivial and insignificant compared to the challenges faced in the early 20th century. Constructing a bridge weighing nearly a million tons in a way that it could withstand load challenges unimaginable at that time is comparable to building spacecraft today. I’ve attached the link to the video in the comments.
