But I mean, the protocol is very useful, especially the math, and you will become proficient at what you were taught to do, but I by no means have a more valuable opinion on anything outside of electrical engineering just because I am learning the protocol behind it.
Depends on the type of engineering you want to do. You need way more than basic math to do, for instance, the aerospace type engineering, or electrical engineering.
The Degree is a certificate that states you passed a baseline knowledge bar in Engineering. That’s it.
It’s really just Step 0 in your path towards a profession in Engineering.
Are there better ways to learn the fundamentals? Yes.
Any kid with willpower will find a way to learn all this stuff, and seek teachers/mentors, etc.
All the best students I was surrounded by were already freakin smart before they walked into class. They already knew the material, had a grasps of the concepts and were just there to get the ‘paper’ so they can move on.
So what do you do when the computers are down and you have to do calculations manually? That is the stupidity that dumbs us all down.......relying on computers rather than your brain.
as someone with an engineering degree, yes, it is worth getting - IF you want to do engineering and want to live in an area where the kind of engineering you want to do is done.
Otherwise, you gotta be real careful now deciding if college is really worth it especially with so many good opportunities in trades that don't require any college at all.
I was lucky back in 1970 to have the UK government pay my university fees (and I didn't have tp pay them back). My course was Electronic Engineering but they taught me many other subjects including how a car engine works and economics! Now, 52 years later, I'm fucking brilliant - I know absolutely everything - and I'm modest, too! ;)
what's nice about engineering is you have to learn how to learn because there are some complicated things you have to learn to get a degree. The things you learn in school can become outdated or useless but since you also learn how to learn you'll always be an engineer, solving problems and figuring out new things, thinking logically and recognizing patterns.
lol yeah I'm an ME and have a long resume, I've done mostly design of some sort in various industries but a lot of machine design lately, because - naturally - there's a lot of that around here.
Manufacturing (as in Manufacturing Engineer) and quality just seem so .... boring, but a mechanical degree applies to so many fields you can do a LOT of different things.
I have heard that engineering degrees are one of the few worth getting.
Excluding Civil Engineering lol
But I mean, the protocol is very useful, especially the math, and you will become proficient at what you were taught to do, but I by no means have a more valuable opinion on anything outside of electrical engineering just because I am learning the protocol behind it.
Depends on the type of engineering you want to do. You need way more than basic math to do, for instance, the aerospace type engineering, or electrical engineering.
The Degree is a certificate that states you passed a baseline knowledge bar in Engineering. That’s it.
It’s really just Step 0 in your path towards a profession in Engineering.
Are there better ways to learn the fundamentals? Yes.
Any kid with willpower will find a way to learn all this stuff, and seek teachers/mentors, etc.
All the best students I was surrounded by were already freakin smart before they walked into class. They already knew the material, had a grasps of the concepts and were just there to get the ‘paper’ so they can move on.
So what do you do when the computers are down and you have to do calculations manually? That is the stupidity that dumbs us all down.......relying on computers rather than your brain.
as someone with an engineering degree, yes, it is worth getting - IF you want to do engineering and want to live in an area where the kind of engineering you want to do is done.
Otherwise, you gotta be real careful now deciding if college is really worth it especially with so many good opportunities in trades that don't require any college at all.
I was lucky back in 1970 to have the UK government pay my university fees (and I didn't have tp pay them back). My course was Electronic Engineering but they taught me many other subjects including how a car engine works and economics! Now, 52 years later, I'm fucking brilliant - I know absolutely everything - and I'm modest, too! ;)
what's nice about engineering is you have to learn how to learn because there are some complicated things you have to learn to get a degree. The things you learn in school can become outdated or useless but since you also learn how to learn you'll always be an engineer, solving problems and figuring out new things, thinking logically and recognizing patterns.
lol yeah I'm an ME and have a long resume, I've done mostly design of some sort in various industries but a lot of machine design lately, because - naturally - there's a lot of that around here.
Manufacturing (as in Manufacturing Engineer) and quality just seem so .... boring, but a mechanical degree applies to so many fields you can do a LOT of different things.