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Did someone say... ???lobstah rolls
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Did someone say... ???lobstah rolls
I was not a good negotiator when I was 10ÂThis is adorable.
I kinda wish I had waited to get my masters/see if my company would have paid for it, because that is literally my main debt I still have. I took a one-year MEng degree, which didn't require defending a thesis, but required me to do research like I was going to defend as well as taking 18-credits per semester as well as an out-of-country trip to implement my research in Honduras. Idk. I think there were a ton of things I could have done differently, but I need to live with what I've done.I had no plans to get a Masters, but when I worked for Lockheed Martin, I joined their "Leadership Development Program". One of the requirements was grad school. But it was super convenient. Lockheed and NASA had an agreement with the local university and they would teach grad classes on site after work for the employees. And since it was all working students, the professors were super understanding about workload. A couple of the professors were also senior engineers at work. It took me 5 years to finish, because I'd only take 1 (occasionally 2) classes a semester, but it was a pretty good deal. (Also Lockheed paid for everything.)
Yes you are, shaddup. JK is the best way!I don't think I was really cut out to be an engineer.
I've learned way more about @jean15paul_PE today than I was anticipating.Now my career aspirations throughout my life, that's a much more interesting list.
Kid: Baseball player (I don't even remember this, but that's what my parents say)
Young Tween: Marine biologist (I love swimming and I loved animals)
Older Tween: Prostitute (sex for money sounded like a great career to a horny boy)
Young Teen: Standup comedian (I liked being class clown)
Older Teen: Physicist (This was the first time I was seriously thinking about career interests)
17+: Engineer (I didn't even know what engineering was until my high school calculus teacher introduced me to the idea)
Same..and yet, here we are. Some days i’m Still surprised I haven’t been canned yet.I don't think I was really cut out to be an engineer.
+1 for Cheb's Life Coaching LLC.You have to be a lot more talented than you give yourself credit for.
I don't think I was cut out to be one either, which is why I've strayed away from heavy design.I kinda wish I had waited to get my masters/see if my company would have paid for it, because that is literally my main debt I still have. I took a one-year MEng degree, which didn't require defending a thesis, but required me to do research like I was going to defend as well as taking 18-credits per semester as well as an out-of-country trip to implement my research in Honduras. Idk. I think there were a ton of things I could have done differently, but I need to live with what I've done.
Kinda hoping I can do something is waste water when I get older, but, tbh, I wouldn't mind being a secretary and taking messages/ordering lunches/etc. I don't think I was really cut out to be an engineer.
Just noticed the spelling there. This is a new one to me! I will share this with my cube neighbors (literally surrounded by architects).architorture
I shuddered a little bit, as I read this. Those classes represent the two lowest grades in my entire undergrad degree... Now, it should be noted that the math department at my school was the devil and really had it out for engineers, so the upper-level math classes that engineers had to take were brutal.(I reaaaaaaaaaally enjoyed differential equations with linear algebra)
Same. Loved my grad school "advanced engineering mathematics" classes. Definitely not mathemagician-level work but way fancier than undergrad classes and really elegant when all said and done.I reaaaaaaaaaally enjoyed differential equations with linear algebra
My DE course ended up being fun for me. Not so much for anyone else. I took DE in a fall semester, but during the summer before I found my dad's old DE textbook from when he was in college. I went through the book in about a week reading every chapter and working every problem, because I was bored and liked math. When I actually took DE I was really glad I knew what I was doing, because we had the hardest (but good) teacher that semester. There were a lot of drops that semester. I know this isn't surprising to most, but I was shocked when I took the course and I was thinking, "literally nothing has changed in math since my dad went to college." I also thought, "dang, my dad is smarter than I give him credit for."Same. Loved my grad school "advanced engineering mathematics" classes. Definitely not mathemagician-level work but way fancier than undergrad classes and really elegant when all said and done.
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