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how much would you expect a engineer to know right out of college?

Gibson486

Gibson486

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Curious because I think my job company may be dissapointed in me....


Example 1:

One guy asked what the difference between an iterposing relay and a control relay was. I had no idea off the top of my head. So I just said "do not know". He just looked at me in digust. That was when i first started.

Example 2:

I was doing ths wiring diagram and one of the lead engineers stormed back to my cube and started asking how I could wire osmething like that and how I neglected to put in this NC relay. After explaining why I did what I did, he just said that I should not make those mistakes because it's "common sense".

Granted I was trained on the microvoltage side and I am now working on more higher voltage side, what am I supposed to know? I mean, I came out of college knowing the regular KVL, KCL, EMAG, Physics....but man, the people at my job make me feel like i know nothing🙁
 
IMO, 99% of what you learn in school is background and not very applicable in the real-world, but you need it as a basis to learn the real-world stuff.
 
dont worry, everyone starts off knowing nothing. the only thing you can do is to not make the same mistakes again.

i'm looking at a project i started last november. i am appalled at how horrible i was back then - im putting in overtime to fix mistakes that i made a year ago.
 
I'm still in school, but I would say that after college you don't know much. But your education puts you in a position where you are capable of learning EE knowledge at your job, whereas a non-EE would have no idea.
 
I remember my first code review right out of college. I got ripped up and down. But that was the first time that anyone bothered to explain the process to me.

The really bad thing was that I was hired to do Windows programming and I had done nothing but Unix in college.
 
Originally posted by: bonkers325
dont worry, everyone starts off knowing nothing. the only thing you can do is to not make the same mistakes again.
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This.

It's true for every profession. That period of time where you go home thinking you don't know anything sucks, just have faith that it gets better.
 
Originally posted by: JDub02
I remember my first code review right out of college. I got ripped up and down. But that was the first time that anyone bothered to explain the process to me.

The really bad thing was that I was hired to do Windows programming and I had done nothing but Unix in college.
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Most of the time its the other way around. You had the better end of the deal.
 
sounds you like you work around egotistical engineers. its unfortunate that they do not attempt to teach you new concepts that you may not already know. It should be like a community of scholars, not a LOOK AT ME!!! SEE HOW MUCH I KNOW contest.
 
Nothing - I teach engineers in college, and they're mostly dumb as bricks. The good ones will get hired. The rest need to quit, and I actively encourage this.

Engineering should not be the mediocre degree that it is becoming
 
This is why internships are so much more valuable than grades. People with internships know what they're doing in the real world after they graduate.
 
Originally posted by: Tiamat
sounds you like you work around egotistical engineers. its unfortunate that they do not attempt to teach you new concepts that you may not already know. It should be like a community of scholars, not a LOOK AT ME!!! SEE HOW MUCH I KNOW contest.
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No kidding, OP's coworkers sound like real dicks.
 
Originally posted by: Gibson486
how much would you expect a engineer to know right out of college?
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I would expect one to know the difference between "a" and "an" and when it is appropriate to use one or the other. But I also expect that from third graders, so maybe I'm aiming a bit too high...
 
Originally posted by: Gibson486
Curious because I think my job company may be dissapointed in me....


Example 1:

One guy asked what the difference between an iterposing relay and a control relay was. I had no idea off the top of my head. So I just said "do not know". He just looked at me in digust. That was when i first started.

Example 2:

I was doing ths wiring diagram and one of the lead engineers stormed back to my cube and started asking how I could wire osmething like that and how I neglected to put in this NC relay. After explaining why I did what I did, he just said that I should not make those mistakes because it's "common sense".

Granted I was trained on the microvoltage side and I am now working on more higher voltage side, what am I supposed to know? I mean, I came out of college knowing the regular KVL, KCL, EMAG, Physics....but man, the people at my job make me feel like i know nothing🙁
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First of all, learn English. Did you mean interposing relay? Do you understand what the word interposing is? I guess not, since you can't even spell it.... :roll: But if you DID, you would understand what its purpose is.

Look at how you spelled "something" above. You need to pay attention to details, wise up real quickly. Either you want to do this the rest of your life, or not. Stop wasting your life if this isn't really your field.

 
Originally posted by: 0
Originally posted by: Gibson486
Curious because I think my job company may be dissapointed in me....


Example 1:

One guy asked what the difference between an iterposing relay and a control relay was. I had no idea off the top of my head. So I just said "do not know". He just looked at me in digust. That was when i first started.

Example 2:

I was doing ths wiring diagram and one of the lead engineers stormed back to my cube and started asking how I could wire osmething like that and how I neglected to put in this NC relay. After explaining why I did what I did, he just said that I should not make those mistakes because it's "common sense".

Granted I was trained on the microvoltage side and I am now working on more higher voltage side, what am I supposed to know? I mean, I came out of college knowing the regular KVL, KCL, EMAG, Physics....but man, the people at my job make me feel like i know nothing🙁
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First of all, learn English. Did you mean interposing relay? Do you understand what the word interposing is? I guess not, since you can't even spell it.... :roll: But if you DID, you would understand what its purpose is.

Look at how you spelled "something" above. You need to pay attention to details, wise up real quickly. Either you want to do this the rest of your life, or not. Stop wasting your life if this isn't really your field.
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hahahaha, god i hope you are joking.
 
Originally posted by: Gibson486
Curious because I think my job company may be dissapointed in me....


Example 1:

One guy asked what the difference between an iterposing relay and a control relay was. I had no idea off the top of my head. So I just said "do not know". He just looked at me in digust. That was when i first started.

Example 2:

I was doing ths wiring diagram and one of the lead engineers stormed back to my cube and started asking how I could wire osmething like that and how I neglected to put in this NC relay. After explaining why I did what I did, he just said that I should not make those mistakes because it's "common sense".

Granted I was trained on the microvoltage side and I am now working on more higher voltage side, what am I supposed to know? I mean, I came out of college knowing the regular KVL, KCL, EMAG, Physics....but man, the people at my job make me feel like i know nothing🙁
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I am so glad I am not an engineer. If someone asked me the difference between an interposing relay and control relay I would probably die of not caring.
 
Originally posted by: 0
Originally posted by: Gibson486
Curious because I think my job company may be dissapointed in me....


Example 1:

One guy asked what the difference between an iterposing relay and a control relay was. I had no idea off the top of my head. So I just said "do not know". He just looked at me in digust. That was when i first started.

Example 2:

I was doing ths wiring diagram and one of the lead engineers stormed back to my cube and started asking how I could wire osmething like that and how I neglected to put in this NC relay. After explaining why I did what I did, he just said that I should not make those mistakes because it's "common sense".

Granted I was trained on the microvoltage side and I am now working on more higher voltage side, what am I supposed to know? I mean, I came out of college knowing the regular KVL, KCL, EMAG, Physics....but man, the people at my job make me feel like i know nothing🙁
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First of all, learn English. Did you mean interposing relay? Do you understand what the word interposing is? I guess not, since you can't even spell it.... :roll: But if you DID, you would understand what its purpose is.

Look at how you spelled "something" above. You need to pay attention to details, wise up real quickly. Either you want to do this the rest of your life, or not. Stop wasting your life if this isn't really your field.
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So 2 typos = "doesn't know english?"

Why don't you pull that stick out of your ass?
 
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