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B.Eng in Civil Engineering specialized in strucutral and Transportation Engineering. Post graduate certificates in roundabout design, perimeter security and blast mitigation. Thought about going back for an M.Eng or an MBA but really no value added for me in my career.
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| Originally posted by colonelcrisp B.Eng in Civil Engineering specialized in strucutral and Transportation Engineering. Post graduate certificates in roundabout design, perimeter security and blast mitigation. Thought about going back for an M.Eng or an MBA but really no value added for me in my career. |
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| Originally posted by Domesticated Your classes have a fail rate of 70% because they are about as exciting as watching paint dry. |
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| Originally posted by MeLLyMeL Not true - My Anatomy & Phsyio class has a drop out rate of about 60% because in order to get into Nursing - you must have a 3.8 gpa. |
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| Originally posted by Domesticated You need to take an English comprehension class. At what point did I say all classes have high drop out rates because they are boring? |
Got my MSc in Computer Science in 2004. Now working as a software test analist / engineer.
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| Originally posted by basd analist |
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| Originally posted by jennypie lolololololol |
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| Originally posted by basd Fuck proper English spelling |
If I could be hired right now as a junior research analyst, I'd go to work with a smile on my face everyday. Nothing beats getting paid to do what you love.
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| Originally posted by jennypie Fuck it right in the ass? |
I dreamt about that exact scenario once.
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| Originally posted by jennypie I dreamt about that exact scenario once. |
The most fucked up aspect of the dream is that it was Christopher Llyod holding the broomstick.
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| Originally posted by jennypie The most fucked up aspect of the dream is that it was Christopher Llyod holding the broomstick. |
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| Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN great scott! |
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| Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN great scott! |
Currently year 2, technically a math major, but I take all sorts of random stuff. Reading some of the comments, I just want to say -- you've never really done math or science properly if you think it is just using equations with little understanding of what they mean. Sure, the early years require rote learning and few can appreciate algebra/trig/etc as something more than a tool, if they appreciate it at all. Luckily for me, math classes generally stopped being like that around sophomore year of high school and I've loved it ever since. 3-4 four years later, I'm taking math/science classes where you don't get told what to do and there's no clear right answer. If you're doing theory for example, you have to *invent* whatever mathematical structures you need in order to prove some result. No one gives you a formula. In fact, very often *you* have to give the formula If you're applying theory, you also can't just plug in formulas (whether you or someone else derived the formula); you have to worry about implementation, algorithms, etc. Also, most tests are designed to make you think creatively -- to weed out those who just remember formulas without understanding and to reward those who are inventive and really understand the material. For that reason, it's not unusual for test averages to be 40-50/100 and even lower.
That said, I've taken a few great philosophy courses and learned that it's also important to be able to reason about things that are not clearly defined. This does not mean to write bullshit, but to present clear arguments, even if the subject matter is fundamentally murky and poorly understood (e.g. consciousness, creativity, ethics, etc). My profs had little tolerance for bs or unclear thinking and were generally quick to point it out in papers.
So I wouldn't say math/sci is necessarily easier or harder than humanities when both are done right. This means math/sci profs should challenge students to do more than just regurgitate memorized info, and humanities profs should have no tolerance for bullshit. More importantly, self-respecting students of the above should do the same.
And ultimately I think both humanistic and scientific thinking can inform one's life on many different levels. I find myself thinking as often about how some bit of math explains something very 'non-scientific' in my life as I do about how something inherently philosophical does the same.
Ah man, that post made me horny for math.
I'll finish my diploma (= master) in electrical engineering / medical engineering within a year. Don't know what to do afterwards. Options include working a little and getting an MBA, studying law and become a patent attorney, do a PhD in Medical Life Science or the craziest one: study 5 more years and get an MD.
Whatever it is, the follow-up will be to make some money, then buy a few sheep and a nice little house on Islay and spent the rest of my time sipping whiskey there.
First year in University of Vilnius. Studying journalism.
people who think science and math are not creative subjects, need to think twice before replying over the internet, sitting at your home, hooked to a modem, communicating with TA server, over fiber optic cables, laid undersea, crisscrossing the globe...staring at an LCD screen, attached to your computer, with a microprocessor, made of semiconductor technology, in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, created from breakthroughs in science and maths, by brilliant scientists, who were creative enough to harness nature's laws, to develop innovative technology...it all began, when an apple fell on newton's head, and he thought about gravity, which lead to development of astronomy and calculus and optics, which lead to speculations about the nature of light and then of propagating electromagnetic waves, and then came Faraday with his electricity and then came Edison with his bulb...same time, people were understanding fluid mechanics and radiation and absolute frames of reference and the ether which led to the study of special relativity, then general relativity and also quantum mechanics and then came the wars and creativity was harnessed in making guns and planes and radars and sonars and mortars and nuclear weapons and everything exploded with the information age and here we are today debating merits of science and maths over the internets...
cue people who think social sciences are dumb...
maaaan
that skool shit is a JOKE
For me it is a BS in Meteorology with an MS in GIScience. Degree'd curriculum is over now (to those getting their PhD - my hats off to you) - but the learning will never stop until I retire. Sigh.
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| Originally posted by _Nut_ but the learning will never stop until I retire. Sigh. |
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