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CommieGIR posted:I should really move into doing this, I do Systems Engineering consulting right now, but I have a heavy IT Security background. Come up here we've got shitloads of work and no good people.
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This topic is awesome and good. IT work is slogging and dull and I'm looking for a way out.Adiabatic posted:Good job! 
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May 11, 2017 16:12
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The best thing is nobody at a manufacturing plant understands any of this poo poo. If you're already a manufacturing engineer, you know their side of it well enough to not sound like a moron. If you also know networking/automation/programming you then become a wizard that spits magic through a keyboard and Makes poo poo Just loving Work.
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May 11, 2017 16:15
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The windows updates last night made my work computer BSOD. It's been a fun morning.
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May 11, 2017 16:22
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Ehh I'm just not really interested in manufacturing any more, I think I'm just burned out from not being challenged in this job for so long
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May 11, 2017 16:22
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CommieGIR posted:I should really move into doing this, I do Systems Engineering consulting right now, but I have a heavy IT Security background. Also how much I like a systems engineer is inversely proportional to the amount of times they use the word "holistic" when talking to me. We had a vendor come in last week that used it 18 times (I counted) in a four hour meeting, and I wanted to strangle them.
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May 11, 2017 16:22
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some people just have a word that they pick out to sound smart like the guy i knew who would shoehorn in the word copasetic whenever possible 🙆
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May 11, 2017 16:27
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BraveUlysses posted:Ehh I'm just not really interested in manufacturing any more, I think I'm just burned out from not being challenged in this job for so long I mean okay, but if you're looking to get into techy stuff, manufacturing is headed that way and the barrier to entry into the field for tech automation in an industrial setting is much lower than in pure tech where you'll run into 8 billion Tusen Takks that live in a software bubble wholly disconnected from manufacturing/industry. By that I mean you'll be effective and helpful with actual issues much much sooner and have much less competition.
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May 11, 2017 16:28
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Adiabatic posted:Also how much I like a systems engineer is inversely proportional to the amount of times they use the word "holistic" when talking to me. We had a vendor come in last week that used it 18 times (I counted) in a four hour meeting, and I wanted to strangle them. I will not say the word holistic because I will vomit.
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May 11, 2017 16:28
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CommieGIR posted:I will not say the word holistic because I will vomit. I love you.
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May 11, 2017 16:29
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IT is a terrible slog and I am glad I got out. Of course now I run a team of devs making a product which doesn't sound too different but it is infinitely better.
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May 11, 2017 16:30
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Adiabatic posted:I love you. There is a major issue of buzzwords in the System Engineering sectors, bugs the gently caress out of me. BigPaddy posted:IT is a terrible slog and I am glad I got out. Of course now I run a team of devs making a product which doesn't sound too different but it is infinitely better. I'm ready to get into something that's more engineering than being a datacenter janitor.
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May 11, 2017 16:32
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Adiabatic posted:I mean okay, but if you're looking to get into techy stuff, manufacturing is headed that way and the barrier to entry into the field for tech automation in an industrial setting is much lower than in pure tech where you'll run into 8 billion Tusen Takks that live in a software bubble wholly disconnected from manufacturing/industry. By that I mean you'll be effective and helpful with actual issues much much sooner and have much less competition. I write automation software though 😞
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May 11, 2017 17:13
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Adiabatic posted:Also don't let the PID process and time domain / S domain / LaPlace transforms / diffeq scare you. That poo poo's all done with computers now and it's just filling in boxes at this point. I guess that's why Vibrations and Controls is one class now at my school. I failed it this semester due to mental health issues.  At least I can retake it over summer, with one of the highest praised professors in the department; I had him for another class and would have passed it easy if it didn't have Vibes as a co-requisite.Engineering school is hard, guys.
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May 11, 2017 17:19
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Whatever you do, stay in S-domain. We don't venture into the Z-domain, it's where madness happens. All hail the mighty PID control loop, may we always keep our operating points on the stable side is the root locus and may our approximation as LTI always be valid.
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May 11, 2017 17:41
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I count birds for a living
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May 11, 2017 19:29
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Adiabatic posted:
The current system is necessarily wasteful by design, to ensure reliability.
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May 11, 2017 19:46
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I had to remove the brake booster from my saab today. Couldnt work out what to undo to remove it. Looked in the Haynes manual:Haynes Manual posted:Unscrew the mounting nuts and withdraw the servo unit gently caress YOU HAYNES! Ended up removing the servo together with the mounting bracket as one of the servo-bracket nuts is inaccessible. The Swede who designed the bracket was a dick. Adiabatic posted:Come up here we've got shitloads of work and no good people. I would love to do some IT work in control/automation. Give me some work please Mr Adiabetic 
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May 11, 2017 20:03
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Tomarse posted:I would love to do some IT work in control/automation. Give me some work please Mr Adiabetic We're actively hiring for controls engineers and sysadmins, we're in the South Oxon countryside. We're always on the lookout for people at any level of the stack from linux dabbler and python dev through to PLC engineer and FPGA dev. If you're a good problem-solver, got some industry or research experience, and are serious, shoot me a PM or a FB message. Open to any of you lot btw. meltie fucked around with this message at 22:20 on May 11, 2017 |
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May 11, 2017 20:05
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Tomarse posted:gently caress YOU HAYNES! See also: VAG Engineer 1: "We can make this engine a non-crossflow design, put the exhaust manifold and turbo immediately below the inlet manifold" VAG Engineer 2: "Cool, it makes the packaging more compact, and people can easily get at it all" VAG Engineer 1: "Nah, put it at the back side of the engine bay and get that poo poo rammed up against the firewall, then give a clear foot of space around the front of the engine just to rub it in"
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May 11, 2017 20:48
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meltie posted:We're actively hiring for controls engineers and sysadmins, we're in the South Oxon countryside. Sadly I have no related experience. I just find playing with control and automation stuff interesting and would quite like to move out of little Britain. I work around educational IT and am just finding it more and more depressing with every school I visit and the way that the system is run and funded is poo poo and only going to get worse. InitialDave posted:My favourite brake servos are the ones where the arrangement of the engine and other stuff in the bay means you can unbolt it in two minutes, but that fucker is never coming out without at least three other major components being removed first. I always thought that they built cars round the heater box, but I now think they generally start with the heaterbox and the brake servo. They could have taken out all the ballache with this one just by putting a small cut out at the bottom of the bracket so that you could reach the 4th nut without having to take the whole bracket out too. Tomarse fucked around with this message at 21:07 on May 11, 2017 |
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May 11, 2017 20:58
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I have used one of those oscillating tools to trim a bracket and casting flash/reinforcement to remove parts from my bus without having to otherwise drop the engine. You look at it and go "why?"
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May 11, 2017 21:25
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Adiabatic posted:Get into DCS / SCADA poo poo. There's so much automation occurring in industry. Manufacturing is coming back to America, but the jobs are all logic programming and robit programming and automation. Can confirm, working with scada systems is a fun career. It's definitely better as a customer though.
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May 11, 2017 21:33
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:I have used one of those oscillating tools to trim a bracket and casting flash/reinforcement to remove parts from my bus without having to otherwise drop the engine. You look at it and go "why?" The FNG engineer gets to handle all the packaging work.
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May 11, 2017 22:03
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I'm not an engineer but I'm learning Python because our devs are loving poo poo at support tools and should be fired into the sun. They're 4 years behind where they should be and unless I do something (or someone else) does something my L2 guys have no real tools to solve problems in our area. Oh well, I can fix this and learn a new skill in the process.
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May 11, 2017 22:26
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i use a lot of python at work and it's pretty nice. it's pretty readable but not using colons and its dependence on whitespace can be annoying
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May 11, 2017 22:36
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gimpsuitjones posted:I count birds for a living I babysit adults for a living 
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May 11, 2017 23:16
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Mother's Day Pro Tip: If you're gonna get your mom flowers, find a local flower shop to her and call them up directly. If you're lucky, they'll take a CC over the phone and you can just give them a dollar amount and tell them to make something pretty. I've done this several times now and the arrangements always turn out awesome. The florists probably appreciate a chance to get creative and build something they want rather than something out of a book. I get really lucky as my mom lives in a pretty small town so the florist actually knows what she likes and can put something together specifically for her tastes. Seconding this. Always do something similar for my mom and it works out wonderfully. They always make very pretty arrangements for not too much money.
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May 11, 2017 23:18
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i'm paid to say 'no' a lot.
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May 11, 2017 23:19
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i'm paid to fidn the loving FIVE WAY DELPHI CONNECTOR BURIED UNDER AN UNREMOVABLE SUSPENSION SEAT ON A loving CUB CADET PRO Z100, REEEE
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May 11, 2017 23:23
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Gingerbread House Music posted:i'm paid to fidn the loving FIVE WAY DELPHI CONNECTOR BURIED UNDER AN UNREMOVABLE SUSPENSION SEAT ON A loving CUB CADET PRO Z100, REEEE You rang?
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May 11, 2017 23:30
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Seat Safety Switch posted:You rang? 
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Gingerbread House Music posted:loving FIVE WAY I think that counts as an orgy.
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May 11, 2017 23:56
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I'm paid to be the rear end in a top hat that won't let you return something because its been in the bed of your truck for 2 months and looks like a pack of dogs tore the packaging apart.
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May 11, 2017 23:56
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Cop Porn Popper posted:I'm paid to be the rear end in a top hat that won't let you return something because its been in the bed of your truck for 2 months and looks like a pack of dogs tore the packaging apart. I want to speak to your manager.
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May 11, 2017 23:57
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Seat Safety Switch posted:You rang? Putting a $1500 leaf vac on a $7500 mower is an overly complicated thing. I'm going to blame you, ok?
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May 12, 2017 00:01
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I'm paid to write android and iOS apps and automation and server backends and a load of other stuff
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May 12, 2017 00:01
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Gingerbread House Music posted:Putting a $1500 leaf vac on a $7500 mower is an overly complicated thing. I'm going to blame you, ok? Hey, get off me and then the tractor will stall.
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May 12, 2017 00:04
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Hey, get off me and then the tractor will stall. Um, not if the controls are in the outboard position and i have the parking brake on.
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I'm paid to computer janitor. I mostly sit around all day but the prozac is helping(?).
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