EricW Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 I just got the word this afternoon. I'm done. Finito. Gone. Hasta la bye bye. I are un Electrical Injuneer and am now allegedly qualified to speak as an expert on the movement of positive charges through waaahr (that's "wire" for anyone living north of the Mason-Dixon line). Could gainful employment be on the horizon? Will I be able to list something under "Occupation" other than "Cathouse Piano Player?" I'm not so sure that I'm looking forward to life in a cubicle farm again. Normal working hours? What are those? What do you mean I can't bring my dog to the conference call? No dryfiring in the hall?!!! WTF?! We'll just have to wait and see. I think some social readjustments are going to be in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Congrats! Another double E.....What subgenre is your thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Congradulations! Going to make TruGrip 45% more electronic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Congrats are in order. Quite an accomplishment - fer shere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 7, 2005 Author Share Posted September 7, 2005 Congrats! Another double E.....What subgenre is your thing? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hopefully electronics / IC design. I was strongly considering working for an electrical utility, but sort of scrapped that due to the obvoius mind-numbing boredom and bureaucracy that would be involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carinab Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Do you know your way around programmable FPGA devices and sonet rings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 7, 2005 Author Share Posted September 7, 2005 (edited) Do you know your way around programmable FPGA devices and sonet rings? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> {Edit} FPGA: yes. We went over PGA's but I never had a chance to build a device. Sonet: no. My skooling was depressingly theoretical. Virtually impossible to get someone to actually work with you on a physical device. Not that I didn't love working with digital logic and devices. Absolutely my favorite part of the curriculum. Edited September 7, 2005 by EricW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Hey Bud, Don't let gainful employment cut into your shooting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFD Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Maybe he can shoot out of the window of that electric train he'll be driving.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I'm thinking Tom Swift and the Double Stack Open Electric Gun! Congratulations Grad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Normal working hours? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hahahahahaha! Engineer, Normal working hours? That's like Military Intellegence or Honest Democrat or Rosie O' skinny! Congratulations, but don't plan on working any normal hours unless you think 80 hours a week is normal. Nolan Skilled, but otherwise unremarkable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standles Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Congrats... Now go work for the DOD and/or Guvment and waste all that effort. The Gov is outsourcing all thier scientific wet ware. We are nothing more han paper pushers, money launderers for congressional welfare, and "acqusition specialist. No I am not bitter I am just ... well ok bitter.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Skepper Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I just got the word this afternoon. I'm done. Finito. Gone. Hasta la bye bye. I are un Electrical Injuneer and am now allegedly qualified to speak as an expert on the movement of positive charges through waaahr (that's "wire" for anyone living north of the Mason-Dixon line). Hi Eric, Congratulations, and as one Electrical Engineer to another, here's a philosophical question for you :- The Science Graduate says........Why does that work? The Engineering Graduate says........How does that work? The Arts Graduate says........Do you want fries with that? Best wishes, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Soon on the What I Hate forum, getting a job. Great, that's all we need, another electrical engineer. I'm completely surrounded by EE guys at work. I'm the lone mechanical engineer in an electronics company. Mechanical engineers build weapons. Civil engineers build targets. Electical engineers help mechanical engineers find civil engineers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Congrats Eric, Now that you have cumpleated ur skoolin, did they teach you to spell EE. Sometimes that is overlooked But all kidding aside, yours is no small feat. Whatever endeaver you may pursue, find something you enjoy. don't let them pigeonhole you into a cubicle farm figuring current (I) loads on apartment buildings. dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Good job EricW! You could just avoid the whole work thing and go for your Master's now. Then in 2 years on to the PhD. Along about 2014... Dr. Wesselman... Student 1: "Gee, I hear that Dr. Wesselman is a real hard ass" Student 2: "Naw, just get him talking about guns and dogs and he is a push over" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Well, and if you DO end up in a cubicle farm, just wait until lunch hours and use the cubes for shoot house dry-firing scenarios...! That should cut the stress and boredom a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Well, and if you DO end up in a cubicle farm, just wait until lunch hours and use the cubes for shoot house dry-firing scenarios...! That should cut the stress and boredom a little. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That could be fun with a Glock Airsoft... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 8, 2005 Author Share Posted September 8, 2005 Well, and if you DO end up in a cubicle farm, just wait until lunch hours and use the cubes for shoot house dry-firing scenarios...! That should cut the stress and boredom a little. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That could be fun with a Glock Airsoft... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Which is why I want to work for some little outfit with minimum of corporate bureaucracy. Working for a Boston-based company with a litany of rabid anti-gun policies got old in a hurry. I'm also hoping they'll let me work hourly and not on salary. If the work's done, I want to punch out, go outside, and play. Sitting around just putting in your time has to be the worst thing in the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkS_A18138 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Congrats!!! Find a cell phone company they still have money. I did 16 years ago and hope to never leave. Oh I still love being an hourly person!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I'm not so sure that I'm looking forward to life in a cubicle farm again. Normal working hours? What are those? What do you mean I can't bring my dog to the conference call? No dryfiring in the hall?!!! WTF?! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Dude, just find a job where you can work from home. It's the way of the future (or some happy crap like that). I have all three dogs at all times, and my 1911 lays on the desk next to my mouse.... Dress code is optional.... hours are optional... and I ain't in a cube!!! Congrats and good luck with future plans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuildSF4 Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 I just got the word this afternoon. I'm done. Finito. Gone. Hasta la bye bye. I are un Electrical Injuneer and am now allegedly qualified to speak as an expert on the movement of positive charges through waaahr (that's "wire" for anyone living north of the Mason-Dixon line). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations... Eric to a friend "A few years ago I could not even say Electrical Injuneer now I are one." PS- Hourly is so much better, either way you are a pee-on, but at least for hourly they have to pay you for the hours you put in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 ¡¡Muchas Congrats Erico!! Now go design an adhesive-less TruGrip that will stick by electron exchange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer-lock Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Congratulations! Now…why the hell would a gifted entrepreneur like you want to work for wages? Why not get to work on the real problems in this world like building an eXtreme timer that does everything a Mark IV does but in an ergonomic package with real controls, memory and USB support. Once you have that right adapt it for other sports. You already have a leg up with TruGrip. Get your business plan together and hit the banks. It’s the occupational equivalent of hand-propping a Ryan. Good luck, David C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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