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Old 03-31-2007, 08:03 AM
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Just asked my mechanical engineer father if he uses calculus at work. His response; "Yeah. Just not very high forms of it."
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Old 03-31-2007, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Loki047
You should look for a new field
I'm a certified engineer in several states, and have a couple graduate engineering degrees. I am quite pleased with how my own career has been working out.

To the point at hand, I still maintain that high-end work can't rely on pre-written tools. You can't avoid using calculus, and stuff way beyond, in high-end engineering.
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Old 03-31-2007, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Atlanta93LE
I'm a certified engineer in several states, and have a couple graduate engineering degrees. I am quite pleased with how my own career has been working out.
Well were both happy then.
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Old 03-31-2007, 11:07 AM
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Not until I get this turbo bolted on!
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Old 03-31-2007, 01:40 PM
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You don't get paid what you're worth, you get paid what you negotiate. A friend of mine w/ no degree told me this and I've found it to be true. He's also specialized his carrier to the point where only a few in the country have his skills, so he does have something to negotiate with. He never uses calc, BTW.
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Old 03-31-2007, 01:54 PM
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100k isn't much money. Hell I make that and I'm broke as ****.
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Old 03-31-2007, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Philip
100k isn't much money. Hell I make that and I'm broke as ****.
Yeah but thats three years out, within 5 years over 200k and plateau around 350k. At least thats what was promised.

If thats not the case then I go to law school. 180K first year with 15K bonus, till eventually I **** currency.

Plus its not the education, that just proves you can work hard. Its the ideas that matter. I dont care how many degrees or from what school if you cant think then its wasted on you.
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Old 03-31-2007, 06:06 PM
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promises promises, you've spent too much time in school
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Old 03-31-2007, 06:26 PM
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Matriculated in matriculation:gay:
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Old 03-31-2007, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Philip
promises promises, you've spent too much time in school
Haha I know, but it does end of being a lie Ill just move on.
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Old 03-31-2007, 06:42 PM
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well I wouldn't be so broke if sallie mae wasn't taking like 1200 a month for all that schooling I guess.
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Originally Posted by Philip
well I wouldn't be so broke if sallie mae wasn't taking like 1200 a month for all that schooling I guess.
Damn leeches, thats why Im holding on to mine, shes pulling in more than i am
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Switching gears for a little bit, are any of you CPE's? I am working on a project designing a 4bit processor and I have it in logicworks 5. I have leds wired up to the inputs and outputs but they don't seem to be displaying properly. Could any of you take a look at it and see wtf is up? I have it wired up what I believe to be 100% correct. I can send you a list of micro ops with it.

EDIT: nvm, I got it working.

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