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[kevinthenerd]

I'm not going to seek your approval. I was looking for a little sympathy but need to find it elsewhere.

Locked due to nothing to see here.

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[elmro]

There are plenty of engineering companies out there. Look forward to getting paid to do what you love!

 

[mooglemania85]

You need to get laid. You'll feel revitalized.

 

[thecrecarc]

Try death? dunno

 

[Capt Caveman]

Stop being a nerd.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Get a job at Geeksquad.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
I don't party or go out, and I don't spend a lot of time for empty enjoyment.

Maybe you should try that? You aren't stuck in life. You're what, 22? Your life hasn't really begun yet. Go out, have some fun, enjoy being young while you still are, and keep applying. Someone will hire you. You'll be fine.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Sounds like you're missing out on everything that makes life enjoyable - other people.

 

[YoungGun21]

Like death will be any more fun?

 

[moshquerade]

I'm on the computer nightly looking up new and exciting technologies and whatnot. I don't party or go out, and I don't spend a lot of time for empty enjoyment.

This is the source of your boredom.

 

[Slew Foot]

/wrists








Just kidding. Find a hobby that involves other people, join a bowling league or take dancing classes or something.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
While I'm not the very best in any one thing, I have an impressive synergistic skill set. I can program in C and BASIC, and I can troubleshoot PC hardware and Windows operating system issues (except Vista). I'm four months away from my bachelor's in mechanical engineering, and outside of the classroom I taught myself matrix/linear algebra (from MIT's video lectures) and Solid Works (from the help files). I'm working on watching the video lectures for a graduate class in automation (even though I'll never get credit for it). I finished building a 3-axis CNC mill, and I was about halfway through the software when a motor broke tonight. I applied for an internship at Lockheed Martin but was turned down due to my GPA and the fact that I'm too close to graduation (even though I had an engineer on the inside recommending me). I subscribe to Racecar Engineering and read it religiously; combining that knowledge with what I've learned in books and Wikipedia and other websites, I can keep up with ANY talk on IC engines. I'm on the computer nightly looking up new and exciting technologies and whatnot. I don't party or go out, and I don't spend a lot of time for empty enjoyment.

This is frustrating as all hell! I'm sick of being a student all the time. I want some practical experience. The physical application of what I'm learning is why I've been spending all this time all along. It was so frustrating tonight that the project that came closest to fruition (due to the financial luck of coming across the most expensive components for free) died. What is the point of the life I wasted learning all this when I'm just going to get "no" for an answer? I want to help the world. I have what it takes to do so. My literary research has been fucking EXTENSIVE as all hell. On my own, in addition to what I've seen in school, I've studied management and business, psychology, history, electronics, philosophy, spirituality, photography, chemistry, physics, biochemistry, etc. While I'm probably not as smart as the movie character Will Hunting, I do find that sometimes the people who understand me best are long dead in a book somewhere.

What can I do? I need some capital funding to get going on an invention or something. I feel totally stuck in life with nowhere to go. While I don't feel lost, I feel like I'm out of gas.

Jesus Christ... what r u complaing about?

$ and toys isnt anything. having a passion you enjoy is what life's all about.

you like to tinker, learn, and build. Kinda like a real life McGyver.

I would trade my fortune to be in your shoes in a heartbeat.

Here's my story

 

[MrPickins]

Here's your solution.

Really, it just sounds like you need to take a break.
Learn to relax, guy.

 

[TallBill]

Go out, drink beer, get laid, be happy.

 

[Q]

Get some booty.

<------Because he can't.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: YoungGun21
Like death will be any more fun?

No sh!t. Trust me, being dead is boring.

 

[FoBoT]

go climb a mountain

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Step 1. Back away from the computer
Step 2. Leave the house
Step 3. ???
Step 4. Still ??? but it's better than what you're doing now.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
go climb a mountain

 

[Kaspian]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Sounds like you're missing out on everything that makes life enjoyable - other people.

:thumbsup: Bingo!

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
synergistic

I found the problem.

 

[ngvepforever2]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
While I'm not the very best in any one thing, I have an impressive synergistic skill set. I can program in C and BASIC, and I can troubleshoot PC hardware and Windows operating system issues (except Vista). I'm four months away from my bachelor's in mechanical engineering, and outside of the classroom I taught myself matrix/linear algebra (from MIT's video lectures) and Solid Works (from the help files). I'm working on watching the video lectures for a graduate class in automation (even though I'll never get credit for it). I finished building a 3-axis CNC mill, and I was about halfway through the software when a motor broke tonight. I applied for an internship at Lockheed Martin but was turned down due to my GPA and the fact that I'm too close to graduation (even though I had an engineer on the inside recommending me). I subscribe to Racecar Engineering and read it religiously; combining that knowledge with what I've learned in books and Wikipedia and other websites, I can keep up with ANY talk on IC engines. I'm on the computer nightly looking up new and exciting technologies and whatnot. I don't party or go out, and I don't spend a lot of time for empty enjoyment.

This is frustrating as all hell! I'm sick of being a student all the time. I want some practical experience. The physical application of what I'm learning is why I've been spending all this time all along. It was so frustrating tonight that the project that came closest to fruition (due to the financial luck of coming across the most expensive components for free) died. What is the point of the life I wasted learning all this when I'm just going to get "no" for an answer? I want to help the world. I have what it takes to do so. My literary research has been fucking EXTENSIVE as all hell. On my own, in addition to what I've seen in school, I've studied management and business, psychology, history, electronics, philosophy, spirituality, photography, chemistry, physics, biochemistry, etc. While I'm probably not as smart as the movie character Will Hunting, I do find that sometimes the people who understand me best are long dead in a book somewhere.

What can I do? I need some capital funding to get going on an invention or something. I feel totally stuck in life with nowhere to go. While I don't feel lost, I feel like I'm out of gas.

"I can program in C and BASIC"...:laugh: , my 11 year old cousin can program in BASIC and C would be the least to expect from a future engineer. It is funny that you think that nobody understands you because I know at leasst 10 people like you with one huge difference : they do what you do and they also have fun.

Nonetheless, if you are good at what you do, you'll find a job with no problem. But if you are bored with life, you have to make changes. Your degree, your technical skill set, your brain or a nice job are worth nothing if you are miserable.

 

[bignateyk]

dude seriously... STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER.

1) not to crap on your life or anything, but those skills are a dime a dozen. They are easy to learn, and lots of people know them.

2) Sitting at home learning stuff on paper is just about useless. Get your first real job and you'll find that you just wasted the last 4 years of your life while you should have been...

3) INTERACTING WITH OTHER PEOPLE

 

[Xavier434]

It sounds like you need additional aspects in your life to spend time on outside of academics and research. You say you want to invent things and help the world? Sure, there have been people in history who have accomplished such tasks practically by themselves, but not many. I suggest you spend more time being social and around people. Have fun. Talk to a lot of people and get to know them. Let them get to know you. Don't worry so much about whether you feel that they understand you right away. Such things come over large amounts of time.

Remember, learning how to communicate very well with a large variety of different people can potentially bring you farther along with your goal to do something big that will change the world much more than your academic prowess. Achieving great things is most often done by understanding how to get a large group of people to accomplish a common goal. It is the core of leadership. Without great communication and social skills, one cannot do this properly.

 

[Beev]

I'm in the same state as you, OP. I'm 23 and life is just blah. Of course, once I finish animation school life will be sweet