▲ 41 ▼ What skill do you have which you never use? (piefed.blahaj.zone) submitted 11 months ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/ask@piefed.social 38 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 23 points 11 months ago (9 children) My degree 💀 permalink fedilink source hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] cloudless@piefed.social 8 points 11 months ago (7 children) Is that a skill? Or a fine piece of paper? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (3 children) Ooof that’s a tough question. It’s technically an engineering degree, so I was under the assumption that I would actually use it in my day to day. I just unwittingly stumbled back ass-ward into a completely unrelated technical field, so yeah. At least that fine piece of paper did its job and got me the connections I needed to be employed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago (2 children) which engineering degree is it? is it like theoretical research(experiments, writing science papers,,,etc), i can see that being a very hard to get a job from. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Chemical Engineering —-> RF signal processing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 11 months ago i did RF signaling in undergrad or was IF in ochem permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago* (2 children) both, the job prospects are so low in many stem fields its pretty much difficult to apply to a job , which are pretty much gatekeeped. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Which is why I was sooooo grateful that my professors helped get me my first internship outside of academia. Most of my job moves afterwards have been through connections I made at working so it was critical for my career to get started. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) your PI, PROFESSORS went out of thier way to help you, thats probably what Universities should having resources devoted to or my other suggestion was warnign students about certain fields. attribute my state school is how they treat HS students, just push them through the system and hope they dont ask too much questions, what they are after was FRESHman to get thier butts in the seat, because they know thats the cash cow for full tuition money. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 11 months ago same permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cloudless@piefed.social 8 points 11 months ago (7 children) Is that a skill? Or a fine piece of paper? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (3 children) Ooof that’s a tough question. It’s technically an engineering degree, so I was under the assumption that I would actually use it in my day to day. I just unwittingly stumbled back ass-ward into a completely unrelated technical field, so yeah. At least that fine piece of paper did its job and got me the connections I needed to be employed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago (2 children) which engineering degree is it? is it like theoretical research(experiments, writing science papers,,,etc), i can see that being a very hard to get a job from. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Chemical Engineering —-> RF signal processing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 11 months ago i did RF signaling in undergrad or was IF in ochem permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago* (2 children) both, the job prospects are so low in many stem fields its pretty much difficult to apply to a job , which are pretty much gatekeeped. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Which is why I was sooooo grateful that my professors helped get me my first internship outside of academia. Most of my job moves afterwards have been through connections I made at working so it was critical for my career to get started. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) your PI, PROFESSORS went out of thier way to help you, thats probably what Universities should having resources devoted to or my other suggestion was warnign students about certain fields. attribute my state school is how they treat HS students, just push them through the system and hope they dont ask too much questions, what they are after was FRESHman to get thier butts in the seat, because they know thats the cash cow for full tuition money. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (3 children) Ooof that’s a tough question. It’s technically an engineering degree, so I was under the assumption that I would actually use it in my day to day. I just unwittingly stumbled back ass-ward into a completely unrelated technical field, so yeah. At least that fine piece of paper did its job and got me the connections I needed to be employed. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago (2 children) which engineering degree is it? is it like theoretical research(experiments, writing science papers,,,etc), i can see that being a very hard to get a job from. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Chemical Engineering —-> RF signal processing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 11 months ago i did RF signaling in undergrad or was IF in ochem permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago (2 children) which engineering degree is it? is it like theoretical research(experiments, writing science papers,,,etc), i can see that being a very hard to get a job from. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Chemical Engineering —-> RF signal processing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 11 months ago i did RF signaling in undergrad or was IF in ochem permalink fedilink source parent
[–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Chemical Engineering —-> RF signal processing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 11 months ago i did RF signaling in undergrad or was IF in ochem permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 11 months ago i did RF signaling in undergrad or was IF in ochem permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 11 months ago* (2 children) both, the job prospects are so low in many stem fields its pretty much difficult to apply to a job , which are pretty much gatekeeped. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Which is why I was sooooo grateful that my professors helped get me my first internship outside of academia. Most of my job moves afterwards have been through connections I made at working so it was critical for my career to get started. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) your PI, PROFESSORS went out of thier way to help you, thats probably what Universities should having resources devoted to or my other suggestion was warnign students about certain fields. attribute my state school is how they treat HS students, just push them through the system and hope they dont ask too much questions, what they are after was FRESHman to get thier butts in the seat, because they know thats the cash cow for full tuition money. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Which is why I was sooooo grateful that my professors helped get me my first internship outside of academia. Most of my job moves afterwards have been through connections I made at working so it was critical for my career to get started. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) your PI, PROFESSORS went out of thier way to help you, thats probably what Universities should having resources devoted to or my other suggestion was warnign students about certain fields. attribute my state school is how they treat HS students, just push them through the system and hope they dont ask too much questions, what they are after was FRESHman to get thier butts in the seat, because they know thats the cash cow for full tuition money. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) your PI, PROFESSORS went out of thier way to help you, thats probably what Universities should having resources devoted to or my other suggestion was warnign students about certain fields. attribute my state school is how they treat HS students, just push them through the system and hope they dont ask too much questions, what they are after was FRESHman to get thier butts in the seat, because they know thats the cash cow for full tuition money. permalink fedilink source parent