/sci/ - Science & Math

>>6036727
>not understanding that smart people are capable of acknowledging intelligence in others

>>6036722
The reality is there are very smart people on this planet. That shit is interesting. I have plenty of faith in myself.

>>6036709
>Of course, you might just be easily impressed by people who have a lot of experience in their field.
This is true, but I'm talking about people who are clearly superior in intellect, not just experience.

>>6036712
It depends. The senior principal engineers are fucking geniuses. Same goes for the executives (most of which started as engineers).

I wouldn't make a blanket statement, but the above seems to be the general case.

>>6036704
>You need to stop idolizing people and do something.
What the fuck? I do plenty and am very successful. There's nothing wrong with looking up to people. I just think they're interesting is all.

>>6036694
>2013
>still shitposting like this

Anyways --
The upper managers that report to the executives are also really smart. Not the same tier as the executives or principal engineers, but definitely up there.

>>6036685
Keep trying buddy. Maybe one day you'll get min wage job you've been looking for!

greetings /sci/

So I'm an engineer at Intel and as such, I work with a lot of smart people on a daily basis. Recently, something is starting to intrigue me.

Of course, most people in the company are pretty intelligent (the lab technicians are on the lower end of the spectrum but whatever), but whenever I have meetings with "higher ups", my mind is blown. Listening to some of the Senior Principal Engineers talk, and especially the executives, you can tell that they are extremely intelligent. It's almost as if they live on a different plane of existence. I'm sure you know what I mean...it's not hard to tell when someone your talking with is really, very intelligent.

The "regular" engineers (such as myself) I suppose would be considered "smart" by the average person, but once you interface with an executive (chief officers, VP's, directors, etc) it's a whole different game. You're dealing with someone who has incredible mental agility, that can think extremely fast, find patterns and connections very easily in just about anything, learns more rapidly than anyone else you've ever seen, and more. These people are like fucking superhumans.

What is it that creates this type of person? Of course there's genetics, environment, etc. but this shit is very interesting.

tldr; general discussion on intellect and genius-tier people

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>>5739067
that is a way cleaner way of doing it then what we learned in class.

i literally would never have thought to make u=(x+4)^(1/2)

>>5739070
>>5739071
alrighty, i'll have to hit the textbook and spend the rest of the day doing practice problems

thanks for the help all

>>5739050
thanks, i was able to do it with that u value

my biggest problem with integrals like this is picking the correct u value.

how do you do this best? is it just a matter of practice practice practice to sort of gain an "ability" with being able to pick correctly?

how can you do this using substitution?

i've tried it with u = (x+4)^(9/2) but failed

is that the correct u value?

perhaps, i fucked up in the process somewhere, but i can't seem to figure this fucker out.

>>5183316
>implying i didn't correct myself in the very next post

>>5183194
viscous cycle!

>>5183105
>dat high pressure job
obama has aged incredibly fast too. shit's crazy.

>>5183070
once you get a real corporate engineering job, 90% of the theory bullshit they teach you at uni (even for my MS) is totally irrelevant.

in reality, it's about as simple as: "just build the fucking software"

>>5183041
i started young (6th grade?) out of interest, then i wanted to pursue it more for the money, but i can honestly say i enjoy my fucking job so much.

>Models for this and that, barrages of acronyms, and diagrams for every little thing makes me think software engineers are trying to make their job seem harder than it really is.
a lot of engineers like to make things harder than they really are just to seem smarter. this is called "over engineering"...i've had my fair share of experience with these asshole at my workplace

>>5183012
i understand the power of knowledge. what i'm saying is, it's simple a different type of knowledge.

for instance, you (for simplicity sake) know much more about the facets of science than i do, however, i know much more about the process of software architecting and engineering than you.

we're not "better" than the other, just different.

>>5182964
fuck it man. i doubled in CS and EE, now i hold a MS in CS and BS EE. fuck the physicsfags, 99% of which are destined to be high school teachers.

>>5182949
typical /sci/fag response.

i completely understand the importance and benefits of science. but that doesn't make it any more superior to engineering.

yes, discrete math, then calc if you haven't already

>>5182938
>hurr durr Dr. Sheldon Cooper
i know some of you faggots actually believe this

>>5182932
>with
without*

yes, i'm that high

what's /sci/'s issue with engineers?

i'm a senior software engineer for a major fortune 500, make just under $137k/yr, and live a great life.

science and engineering go hand in hand...engineering is essentially the practical application of science. what gives? you /sci/fags really have that bad of a superiority complex? have fun being a fucking lab rat at a university with your useless degree, whilst my engineering background gives me a great job with a great salary with great benefits.

with science, engineering doesn't exist. with engineering, science is useless. deal with it.

Bampin'