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[–] 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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    [–] 12 points 11 months ago

    Resolving IRQ conflicts via jumpers.

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    Is that a skill? Or a fine piece of paper?

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Rescue someone from a height.

    Had to learn it because I was working for a wireless teleco. Hope to never use it. But I don't work for a telco anymore so the chance is insanely low.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    I can juggle a soccer ball indefinitely (with pretty much anything that's not a hand).

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    being nice when i could be right

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    I got certified in swift water rescue about 20 years ago. Happily, I’ve never used it.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I whistle really well and have four different variations but its not a useful skill that will get me a job

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    What are the four variations?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    I can whistle while smiling, whistle while breathing in, classic pursed lips, and I can trill with a little bit a spit. The smiling one always gets a laugh, I'm pretty sure its technically nose whistling but mechanically I'm forcing air through my tough at my teeth which reverberate at a high pitched sound

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    MPN-13 radar maintenance. I am not even sure if they are still around.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    filmmaking. I have thousands of dollars in (now ageing) gear that rarely gets used anymore because I lack the social network of contacts in my new small town to make a project happen.

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    Haven’t used any of my wrestling skills or knowledge in almost 20 years. Almost certain I never will again.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    For reasons beyond my comprehension, I’m good with children and they, for some reason, are drawn to me and show me levels of respect and interest in what I have to say that they don’t offer to others.

    I can’t stand children and avoid them like the plague.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I took a bunch of sword and fencing classes back in the day. I suspect/hope that won't come up often as I don't even own a sword.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago*

    Formatting spreadsheets. Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, I can use em all. I stack boxes for a living.

    Also Alpha bravo charlie delta Echo foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet kilo lima mike November Oscar papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango uniform Victor whiskey x-ray Yankee Zulu

    Voice to text, one take, one breath. I die a little inside every time I hear someone say A as in apple, or S as in Sandy

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Not a skill, but I still have pi memorised to 25 decimal places . Memorised at i think age 15, and at age 26, I lost a trivia question to it...

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    Juggling oddly-shaped fruit.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Entertaining children

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