Mechanical or electrical engineer

[brianmanahan]

Hard drives are mechanical.

not ssds

and ssds are going to obsolete hdds in a decade or two

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Hard drives are mechanical.

It gets the idea across. Electronics and software alone won't get you anywhere.

 

[edro]

I love the e-peen in this thread.

 

[polarmystery]

ME's have WAYYYY better social skills than EE's. Also, there are MANY EE's out there with an elitist attitude that I just can't stand working with. I don't know or have not met any ME's with that same type of mentality.


(This is coming from an EE who works with EE's and ME's)

 

[edro]

This thread makes it evident that degree stereotypes are FAIL.

Most engineers are socially inept to some degree.
Because engineering involves a LOT of problem solving and referencing, most engineers can do most engineering tasks, given the references and time.

I know MEs doing EE work, EEs doing ME work, physicists doing ME/EE work, etc.
It really doesn't matter what your degree is in as long as you get in the industry and prove yourself.
Getting your foot in the door usually requires the right degree for the position though.

 

[Gibson486]

ME's have WAYYYY better social skills than EE's. Also, there are MANY EE's out there with an elitist attitude that I just can't stand working with. I don't know or have not met any ME's with that same type of mentality.


(This is coming from an EE who works with EE's and ME's)

I have seen this in interviews....

For some reason, very seasoned EE's tend to ask these questions that have more than one answer, but when you answer any way besides what they have in mind, you are wrong and then they act like you do not know anything.

 

[PsiStar]

It gets the idea across. Electronics and software alone won't get you anywhere.

Have to disagree, knowing a computer language can be more important than knowing a 2nd language ... after english. My MSME friends that do the fea work still must understand the underlying theory. Then there are the embedded machine control ladder logic guys. The ones that program the machines that the MEs build, but are controlled by the logic controllers.

not ssds

and ssds are going to obsolete hdds in a decade or two

I was waiting for that response, sorry. :whiste:

SSDs rely on mechanical wire bonds between the chips & carrier, then solder joints, then separable connectors.

In a decade or 2? I'll not venture a guess but it will be fun to watch.