Had an old head tell me to do this. Definitely will check this out after I'm done with my degree.
Any Engineering Brehs?
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I try not to give my personal information too much on this forum but systems is exactly what it doing
Systems is such a broad category though. Depending on the company, systems engineering is just project management and not much engineering. I almost didn't take this coop because I was afraid that may be the case before I found out more about it. Luckily it very much engineering mixed with management of projects.
Yep homie I try to do the same thing without telling too much of my personal business. But because there are so many young folks on this site I try to drop some knowledge cause there are so many half truths out here. Also I want folks to know that there are many ways to skin a kat as they say.
Yes you are right about systems engineering. It is really project management and that is why a lot of system engineers become managers or project managers. I have done systems work before and I really enjoyed the field.
Matlab is considered a high level language?
The second part is so true. I remember thinking control systems was going to be a tough class and when I took it, it was a lot easier than I thought, it might even be the engineering class I liked the most [mechanical engineer]
Controls is harder than orgo? Really? I never took orgo but I used to hear crazy shyt about it. I think controls is as hard as your professor makes it. At my school, one professor was easier than another [mainly the tests I've heard]it isnt the hardest part of the curriculum(controls is)
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Matlab is a high level language since there is a lot of interpretation that takes place between code and translating to machine language.
Assembly would be the low level.
In programming high level and low level refers to which part of the software to hardware spectrum you're working in. If he is using the term in that context then matlab would be high level (far from the hardware level ). However it's a easy language to learn.
High level and low level aren't what you may be thinking. High level just means the language doesn't rely on a particular machine or is close to human language.
Makes alot more sense now.
organic chem 1 was a breeze
organic chem 2 was difficult, almost 200 reactions to memorize and most of my tests were synthesis laden(also understanding spectroscopy was difficult at first)
but my controls exams were more difficult, we had to derive equations for processes then correctly tune them using matlab simulink. They basically expected your math to be A1 at that point and be well versed in matlab which i was neither due to the way my classes got scheduled
organic chem 2 despite it being difficult material still was regurgitation which i have an easier time with than outright problem solving where there are hidden assumptions to be made(which is why controls was difficult due to the amount of shyt that went into deriving equations)
Yeah sounds like your teacher made it much more difficult then.
The matlab questions on our test were multiple choice. Basically would give you the picture of a root locus and you'd have to select which matlab code would provide you that root locus. Block Diagrams, Stability, Steady State error, Root Locus, PID/PD/lead/lag controls, Bode plots. The math wasn't too difficult because everything was in the s-plane [that's kind of the point of the s-plane, to make the math easier]
As a math undergrad, an MBA can take you just as far as an EE/CS MS, lateraling to a firm like Kleiner Perkins or 3i, or Atlas w/ that pedigree will have you starting out at 200k+ w/ big bonuses.
Alternatively, first semester of either the MBA or the EE/CS MS program you should be able to start working with the "Big" Silicon Valley companies like Facebook, Google, Apple, IBM, etc. With an easy job offer afterward or work in a Fellowship.
Either way, at your current company you'll be able to fly up in terms of pay.
Alternatively, first semester of either the MBA or the EE/CS MS program you should be able to start working with the "Big" Silicon Valley companies like Facebook, Google, Apple, IBM, etc. With an easy job offer afterward or work in a Fellowship.
Either way, at your current company you'll be able to fly up in terms of pay.
im an Auburn grad, where did you go? I had multiple choice problems but they were often parts of a multi-part problem
Our professor wanted us to be very familiar with typical responses seen in industry and what they mean
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On the flip side the patent office usually hires hundreds of engineers every year. Was working there in 2015 when I couldn't find a job
Do you even need a degree to work there? I knew a guy in school that was much older in his 40s who worked there while he as getting his degree. He needed to finish the degree to keep the job or some shyt, I forget.
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He probably already had some government experience which can probably be substituted for a degree. Everyone I knew over there had at least a bachelors.