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Generally, the only jobs that require PhDs are pure research positions.
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BeefofAges posted:A suit, or a dress shirt and tie, or a polo shirt. It doesn't matter that much. Either you show up in a suit when everyone else is in a polo or you show up in a polo when everyone else is in a suit. Take your pick.
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I agree, though I think you would be well served by familiarizing yourself with it and with quality control systems/schemes in general. In the end, they are all pretty similar at heart...
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Jan 16, 2013 22:36
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If it comes up, don't be afraid just to chalk part of it up to immaturity. "Yeah, I over the last year, I've really grown up a lot. I've realized that *insert how I turned a weak point into a strong point here*."
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Nam Taf posted:Mine did the same. I coasted through first year on high-school knowledge and did nothing, then it all hit me like a freight train in the first semester of second year once we covered significant new knowledge. Not directed at you, Nam Taf, but in general: Are you an overachiever? Do you think you're pretty smart? Was high school a breeze? Then this. This will happen to you when you go to university. First semester will be easy, but don't let that fool you. You'll hit a brick wall second or third semester. That's what you need to be careful of.
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Jan 19, 2013 04:25
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Anyone have any advice about how to write a resume for their job as an application engineer? I am one right now and I'm in such a wide variety of stuff that I'm not sure how I can summarize that on my resume. TIA>
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Mar 2, 2013 21:51
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You CAN get jobs that you're massively underqualified for and be successful. Anecdata: friend with a master's applied for a job, didn't get it, but was hired into another position that was looking for PhD + 10 years experience. He then went to win the company's (a very large international one) engineer of the year award and is in general very successful. Point is: apply. The worst thing that can happen is literally nothing.
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Mar 27, 2013 14:21
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boxorocks posted:Also, the sales engineers at my work are not engineers and don't actually do any design beyond grand hand-wavey gestures that get scrapped by the actual delivery engineers as it's usually incorrect. Don't let that stop you from getting a job though if things are tough. Is there a difference between sales engineer and application engineer? As the latter, I admit I'm removed from the "pure engineering", but I've got my hands in so many things from product development to production, QA, logistics, and warranty/failure analysis that if I weren't an engineer (or, rather, had the skills that I gained while training to be one, which is what an engineering degree is really all about) that I doubt I could do everything properly.
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boxorocks posted:This is true also. Awful job-opportunity-wise or awful working-condition-wise? I'm looking for a job in Melbourne as a (not civil) engineer (how is that market, by the way? Oh, but I'm not Australia so I'm hosed no matter what  ) and all I see are construction-related.
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Jun 18, 2013 15:40
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On the other hand, if poo poo fucks up at a nuclear reactor, poo poo can get REALLY hosed up. Who's ever going to say "Yeah, let's let the engineers working on these reactors know a little bit less"? No one, ever. Not even if it's because they believe you need to know all that, but just because who wants to raise their hand for that?
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Jun 28, 2013 22:08
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As an application engineer, let me just tell you that depending on the actual job, you won't necessarily be getting out and about very much (besides other offices...) just because of the title. If you're looking at what engineering major to choose, well, pretty much all of them can get you there if you want...
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Jul 10, 2013 21:15
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Oh and also, a lot of other fields have more hands-on stuff. For example, my buddy is a geology major and spends his working days down in a mine. He seems to like it, though I consider it a lesser version of hell.
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Jul 10, 2013 21:59
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If your GPA in the final year(s) were significantly better than the earlier ones, you can turn it into a I've matured a lot now blah blah blah deal. This can be a great response to one of those typical HR questions like "what's your weakness" (inability to prioritize or some other spin on "immaturity").
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I disagree that they are all trivially easy and intuitive concepts to anyone. I also disagree that you can always make a manager out of an engineer. Yeah, okay, you can design a thing like nobody's business. But how much do you know about the inherent conflict of interests faced by AEs and how to deal with them? How much do you know about program management? If someone asks you why you picked A over B, how will you back it up if they don't have a degree in engineering? Just because it may be simple to understand and intuitive after the fact does not mean these are all things you can figure out on your own without potentially stumbling (and possibly hard). In my opinion, take the class. Maybe you won't use the CPM or PERT but just like your engineering degree where you may or may not apply the exact things you learned in class to your job, the point is to give you enough background information so that you can learn the things you need to without seeming like a bumbling idiot.
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Aug 15, 2013 21:20
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Well if you want to work for Intel, you need MS or better. If you want to work in metallurgy, MS is also helpful, but not necessary if you work in a plant. I don't know that there's too much practical difference between Mat Sci, Mat Eng, and MSE when it comes to actually getting a job. It's much more your experience that's going to matter, really, especially in relation to the type of work you're looking to do.
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Oct 8, 2013 16:24
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Does anyone know about avionics? Chat with me about it; I can offer a forum upgrade or something of your choosing in return. Or something.
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Nov 29, 2013 04:53
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Oil! posted:I just got the results back today. I passed and am now a Professional Engineer, but have no idea what to do with my licence. Be extremely smug about it to engineers without a license. March into your manager's office with your stamp and demand a raise.
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SeaBass posted:Both the non licensed engineers and your boss will laugh at you.  you're ruining it
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Dec 6, 2013 17:44
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What this really tells you is that you should do whatever makes you comfortable and makes you think is best suited for that particular position, because you're just as likely to get one response as the other. (I would personally de-emphasize it to leave room for other more engineering-related items.)
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There's always Detroit. If nothing else, suppliers are always looking for application engineers.
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Jan 22, 2014 22:23
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orange sky posted:However, I'm freaking scared that I won't know anything. This is completely normal and any good manager will not be hiring a new graduate expecting them to know very much. What you DO have are the tools and foundation knowledge necessary for you to learn what you will need to know. Don't be scared. If you still don't know anything after a year, then start getting scared.
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Mar 19, 2014 15:18
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There are also test engineer jobs that are similar, except less diagnosing problems and more doing a lot of what will probably be similar tests and writing a lot of reports. The advantage that has over field technician, for example, is that it can require a lot more engineering knowledge and understanding to do the tests and write the reports. vvv and we're hiring for this exact position. See you around the office? Good luck
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I'd say MS vs BS + UnrelatedBA is a debate worth having. I don't see how you could go wrong with MS + UnrelatedBS if your alternative is just a BS. Unless we start talking about finances, etc., then things obviously become murky, but it doesn't sound like that is necessarily the case.
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Well, Y is a geometric factor, so it depends on the geometry of the hole. An infinitely large hole, for example, will approximate a straight edge. Look through here, I think it may have the answer you're looking for: http://www.colorado.edu/MCEN/MCEN4174/index_files/lectures_files/Stress_Intensity_Factors.pdf
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Feb 13, 2015 21:47
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The service is on the pricey side now, I won't disagree but it is a great process that will help you write a good resume in the future. If you have basically no idea what you're doing, it's worth it.
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May 30, 2015 18:51
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A lot of jobs require a lot more travel than there actually is. If it's a matter of your wife not being able to travel 2-4 days every few months then it may be a problem for a lot of positions but if you're just worried about being gone constantly (like "up to 25% travel") or something then I wouldn't worry about it and just apply anyway. That's the kind of stuff you can clarify during the interview.
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Boris Galerkin posted:So my small team of like 5 people recently had 3 people turnover in the past months leaving me and another guy who does only CAD and no analysis. They've been trying to hire replacements but it's going really slow and it's still just us two. I plan on leaving in January for a new opportunity (already have the contract in hand) and while I don't give a poo poo or have any loyalty for my company, they are a contractor and I know that me leaving their team leaving only a CAD guy is going to very significantly harm their ability to conduct work, especially for the current projects and customer that I'm assigned to. Do you think they're liable to cut you off before winter vacation? Would it harm you if they did? If so, don't do it. If you want to keep up extra good relations then you might, but they're already looking for people so giving them extra heads up wouldn't really benefit them in any way, as they'll likely be interviewing the same people anyway.
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RedReverend posted:So I got a job offer at this company after graduating. I had been an intern there for a year and a half. I've been working as an Engineer I and was approached by the engineering manager who told me that she wanted me to replace her. She has been promoted to head of public works engineering and needs someone to lead the poco engineering group. Obviously there's more details but to me, being offered an engineering manager position after a year and a half (including time as an intern) throws off some huge red flags. It's possible you're really excelling at what you're doing and just got incredibly lucky and that would be great, but what the hell?
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Anything to do with analysis/modeling will be heavy on stuff like that.
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Dec 3, 2015 16:44
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Why wait? If you've only been working 2 years, assuming the retirement plan isn't crazy good, becoming fully vested is only a few thousand at most and not worth missing out on a potentially better job because of it. Besides, there's no guarantee that you'll find another job in the meantime. There's nothing you'd lose out on just by starting your job search early.
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CarForumPoster posted:E.g. one answer to that question is you could change the material. But because they said it didnt permanently deform you (as a mech E) should know that changing to another alloy of the same material is likely not the solution. Yeah, but what if you're holding up your sign with rubber bands? 
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If you REALLY want to know, a lot of companies are publicly traded so you can find their quarterly earnings, projections, etc.
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DaveSauce posted:not that I'm totally unwilling to consider different career options, but I just don't want to get stuck in a middle manager role at some generic megacorp that doesn't do engineering of any sort. Larger companies will offer you more options in terms of advanced (i.e. highly technical) engineering work. For example, there will be technical fellows (or something like that) whose work at the company is solely to understand every technical aspect of something, whether it's a process, component, whatever. In addition, larger companies will also have options for advanced (i.e. for the future) engineering work that you may not find at smaller companies due to lack of resources, unless you work at focused engineering companies like (just off the top of my head) Boston Dynamics.
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ch3cooh posted:Anybody here do much with MPI and AWS D1.1 and ASTM E709? Are you the person who is technically (in both senses of the word) supposed to be able to answer that question? I would ask both the rig inspector and the owner to cite the relevant standard or spec that would back up each of their claims and go from there.
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Paraphrase your post by email and quote the relevant specifications word for word. Check the paint thickness as CarForumPoster said, though you could technically forego it, but doing so is better than not. Depends on what happens if there's failure. I mean, if the rig blows up, then definitely check. If someone's inconvenienced for half a day, relying on the spec is definitely an option. Ask the inspector to refute you, but do so in a way that tries to stroke his ego. Or maybe that backfires, but whatever, guy's clearly a jackass who doesn't know left from right. totalnewbie fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Mar 22, 2017 |
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/shrug sounds fine to me! I've always found that when you've got two sides being unreasonably stubborn, making everyone do everything exactly as they should is the best way to fix it. Yeah, it's painful, but as long as you're not the one being stubborn, you can just sit back and watch. Besides, better safe than sorry
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My friend works for Cat and he got out. From what I hear, basically Cat rode the China-train all the way to the top and now China is just sort of coasting and Cat is having trouble dealing with that.
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There's that, but they also did a lot of capital investment, which is less easy to get rid of.
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osker posted:pressure or trial by fire I work for a "small" company and was sent to a customer in another country less than a month after I was hired. Long story short, decision process to send me was: "Who's the least important person here?" I look up "Oh yeah, totalnewbie. Plus, it's his customer. That's perfect." I spent the entire trip saying exactly nothing and letting our quality engineer handle everything; he was much more qualified to deal with the issue, but they insisted an engineer had to be there, so I was there. In the end, it was fine and was an incredibly stupid thing for anyone to go there for, I see now. But at the time, it was terrifying.
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