Finally back

Chipsonfire · #1 06-08-2009, 01:11 PM

Hey everyone. Some of you may remember me, though I'm going to guess most of you dont

I haven't been on the forums for probably about a year, and this is because I had to stop playing for about that long. The reason behind this extended hiatus is I've been working my ass off getting everything in line to finish my degree

I am now a card carrying Mechanical Engineer!

The point of this is to say that I'm likely going to be spending more time on the forum as I try to get back what few skills I had. When I finally picked my bass up again, I was doing a setup (due to weather changing and vastly increased humidity making everything out of whack) and my D string broke

So now I'm waiting on some new budget strings before I can start playing again

I'm not sure which is worse, being a broke college student or a broke college graduate with no job, but that is a post for another day...

René_Julien · #2 06-08-2009, 01:18 PM

Congrats on your degree.

Although I joined TB around the time you left: Welcome back.

iamlowsound · #3 06-08-2009, 01:23 PM

Congrats on the degree. I am starting school in the fall for environmental engineering. As for which is worse? Being broke in any case sucks.

lowsound

Chipsonfire · #4 06-08-2009, 02:09 PM

Thanks guys. It feels pretty good to be done with that, though I feel like I'm not done with college just yet

We'll just have to see how the job search turns out, I guess.

fdeck · #5 06-08-2009, 08:24 PM

Learn SolidWorks if you haven't done so already.

MJ5150 · #6 06-08-2009, 08:31 PM

You could be a broke high school dropout with no job. Keep your head up, things could be much worse. At least you're smart now.

-Mike

Chipsonfire · #7 06-08-2009, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by fdeck

Learn SolidWorks if you haven't done so already.

Doing so now, actually. I know some basic stuff from doing tutorials, and I got a lab book for a lab that is taught at my college that I'm going to go through.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJ5150

You could be a broke high school dropout with no job. Keep your head up, things could be much worse. At least you're smart now.

-Mike

lol so true. I'm not too worried about it. If I don't find work by the end of the summer, I'm going back for grad school. I'm signed up to take the GRE on the 20th and that is my last step as far as applying, and former students are pretty much guaranteed a grad position if they want one.

DogBone · #8 06-08-2009, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Chipsonfire

Doing so now, actually. I know some basic stuff from doing tutorials, and I got a lab book for a lab that is taught at my college that I'm going to go through.

lol so true. I'm not too worried about it. If I don't find work by the end of the summer, I'm going back for grad school. I'm signed up to take the GRE on the 20th and that is my last step as far as applying, and former students are pretty much guaranteed a grad position if they want one.

Welcome back (and nice to meet you)!

Good luck with the GRE, the Master's if you decide to continue into grad school, and of course the job hunt. Also as you know becoming a P.E. may help, and I understand it's not too bad if you pursue it while all your schooling is still fresh in the mind.

I work in manufacturing (my background is electrical/electronics), and I know it's rough for engineering nowadays with all the outsourcing.

Congrats on the degree! As one of my old professors (RIP) used to say, in a "real field" and not one of those liberal arts touchy feely subjects!

Chipsonfire · #9 06-08-2009, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DogBone

Welcome back (and nice to meet you)!

Good luck with the GRE, the Master's if you decide to continue into grad school, and of course the job hunt. Also as you know becoming a P.E. may help, and I understand it's not too bad if you pursue it while all your schooling is still fresh in the mind.

I work in manufacturing (my background is electrical/electronics), and I know it's rough for engineering nowadays with all the outsourcing.

Congrats on the degree! As one of my old professors (RIP) used to say, in a "real field" and not one of those liberal arts touchy feely subjects!

Thanks and nice to meet you too! I'm sure becoming a PE would help, but that requires a minimum of 3 years in the field, which is what I'm still trying to do lol. By the way, if I go masters, it will be in Engineering Management. As much as engineers make, the people who manage them make even more

Also, I like working with people at least as much as I like working with things

DogBone · #10 06-08-2009, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Chipsonfire

Thanks and nice to meet you too! I'm sure becoming a PE would help, but that requires a minimum of 3 years in the field, which is what I'm still trying to do lol. By the way, if I go masters, it will be in Engineering Management. As much as engineers make, the people who manage them make even more

Also, I like working with people at least as much as I like working with things

Very true about the management part.

Best of luck.