/sci/ - Science & Math

>>4651514
Taiwan...

>>4651520

Taiwan?

>>4651520
Yeah, I don't know how to feel about this statement.

>job satisfaction
>possible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XAPnuFjJc

http://www.inspirationandchai.com/Regrets-of-the-Dying.html

one of the most common regrets of the dying: "I wish I didn't work so hard."

Ignore at your own peril.

Posting in thread because Berserk is god tier storytelling

>>4651543
>one of the most common regrets of the dying: "I wish I didn't work so hard."

Well, consider that most people toil away unsuccessfully at something. These aren't the regrets of Nobel prize winners. You can work your ass off and be satisfied.

>>4651527
Yes Caucasian person Taiwan...
They have an island devoted to people smarter than mainland Chinese and foreigners, it is the island of kill people that come here and bother us and these are our pet foreigners and they can stay because we love robots...
Also I don't do the research for you if you are going into basically biotech or chemical engineering then you would work either in a plant making schematics and elixirs or hiding in the back making tranny drugs or meth or pretending to be a smart white person in the front so Falun Gong leaves everyone alone...
There are more than one island and they are very tolerant and the only reason that mainland doesn't like them is that not all of the citizens can go, because of the unique mix of the population and because of the mainlands racist attitudes towards minority's...Whites are minority's there...
Umbrella Corporation...

You can can find a plethora of information about Che E on youtube. There is even a mini documentary that interviews numerous folk about their jobs and what they do day to day.
This professor is also really cool if you are looking to see what an intro class looks like. Listen and actually pay attention to the talks for the first few. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgWNQVdhE9A

>>4651556
Right?
>>4651543
I enjoyed that YouTube video, thank you.

>>4651568
True! But look at OP. I don't think a future Nobel prize winner wonders about employment, they care only about the science. If you look at the other regrets, they can all be summed up as "Don't be a cog", which is what OP seems to be intent on becoming.

>>4651543
That summarized some of the silliest pseudoscience I've ever witnessed.

>>4651556
Miura is... so.... damn..... slow.... though. I catched up and I think I'm going to wait like 10 years before I go back to it.

>>4651576

Really most engineers you meet fall into that category. In college probably most of the grad students I met said something to the effect of "well it's a good career and good money, but I don't know if I really like it"

>mfw I was studying for fun
>mfw I can do meaningful and absolutely enjoyable research by myself, with minimal resources (well, I'm EE...)

>>4651575
What was pseudoscience about it?

>>4651570
see...

>>4651570

I just don't even know what to say.

>>4651570
I have absolutely no idea what I am reading

>>4651570

WTF Taiwan guy. I was planning on going to Taiwan for my master's degree (microelectronics). I don't know how to feel about this. Should I be happy?
I'm from Singapore by the way.

>>4651662

Don't do it man, it's "the island of kill people that come here and bother us".

You'll get killed.

>>4651673

>b-but it's tempting

>top universities in Taiwan offer free master's education to foreigners
>full tuition paid
>monthly living allowance (plus tip)
>get nearer to north Asians (sucks being in the monkey south, we all look like monkeys)
>dat Taiwanese pussy
>could learn Cantonese and Mandarin in my 2 years there (that would look delicious on my resume, assuming China controls the world in the next 5 years)
>i can finally taste snow for the first time in my life
>can take a break in great Hong Kong

>>4651688

>top universities in Taiwan offer free master's education to foreigners

Seems to good to be true. Probably a ploy to kill people that bother them.

>full tuition paid

You already said it was free.

>monthly living allowance (plus tip)

How much? Some colleges here in the US do that, but it's lower than minimum wage and you can't do much with it.

>get nearer to north Asians (sucks being in the monkey south, we all look like monkeys)

Work on that self-confidence.

>dat Taiwanese pussy

Fair enough.
>could learn Cantonese and Mandarin in my 2 years there (that would look delicious on my resume, assuming China controls the world in the next 5 years)

>implying the Chinese won't economically collapse when the US/UK/EU does thus losing their monopoly over McDonald's toys.

>i can finally taste snow for the first time in my life
>can take a break in great Hong Kong

Those mite b cool.

All in all, you still need to make sure they don't kill you. Practice some Combatives or something.

>>4651688
>China controls the world in the next 5 years

That will never happen. The West has been afraid of China since at least a century. The thing you have to understand, is that China is completely dependent on the West to do anything. We fuel their economy, and with the simple fact that computers are American (no one is any real competition to Microsoft and Intel), they probably can't even work without us.

>>4651699

Well, i have older friends who went there. They say the allowance is enough. Just enough to live comfortably, so you don't have to have a job unless you need extra money for bitches and blow.

My life choice right now is basically to start working or ditch that 2 years of work experience and get a master's degree.

I was hoping that once I get the master's degree, I can easily (and instantly) migrate to glorious US and get a job at 50k starting at least.

Please tell me my dreams will come true.

>>4651721
Much of America's resources come from Canada, that doesn't mean Canada isn't America's bitch.

>>4651721

I was clearly exaggerating. I know that is unlikely. But my point was Mandarin and Cantonese on my resume would look good since the US is always doing business with China. Well at least that's what I believe. I'm probably wrong.

Also, not really related but it's really tense here in South-east Asia right now. China is taking control of islands in Philippine waters and the Philippine government is asking for help from the US. I believe they don't have an army there in the Phils or something and like a single, decades-old war plane.

>>4651737

There's a good possibility. Though you'll have to deal with our naturalization system, which is clunky to say the least, so forget that whole "instantly" bit. Kinda weird how our immigration system works (had to write a paper on it once.) but the time it takes to complete differs based on if you have family here, if you're marrying an American, what sort of education you have, your gender, how many children you have, etc etc etc. IIRC mostly there's a 5 year waiting period for the whole thing, and the test(s) themselves are actually pretty easy. You just have to memorize trivial things like "Which president signed the New Deal?" or "How many senators are assigned to each state?"

Honestly I still have problems with it, but that's what you're looking at if you want to lawfully immigrate over here. If you want to be an illegal you're probably not going to be able to peruse anything scientific, much less have your schooling/experience recognized by people here.

>>4651743
Not America's bitch but they can't overtake America. Take China. How can they hope to be a superpower when they can't even design their own computers, code their own operating systems?

Ok, if you want to maybe bring the thread back to the original subject, I have a question: I plan on going into ChE (finishing up freshman year now), but in the long term I really want to go into drugs/curing diseases. Is ChE a good route to take to that, especially as a good job backup if I don't succeed in making it that far?

>>4651770

WTF
5 Years?
I have to wait for 5 years?
(If I knew that I would have applied earlier)

that sucks :(

>>4651783
Sorry OP.
Well, when I was applying for colleges, I really wanted to be a chemical engineer because I met this really cool guy and I wanted to be cool like him. (friend of a friend)
I thought chemical engineering was the coolest thing ever. I don't even know any other majors. (I didn't know fuck shit about college back then) But I got a scholarship (plus allowance) for physics so I said fuck it and took that.
Eventually, when taking Chem 1 (which was required for most science students), I realized I really really hate Chemistry. I was all memorization and shit.
Eventually, I transferred to Electronics engineering and I loved it! That's what I wanted to do with my life, designing, simulating, creating hardware, etc.

Looking back, I couldn't imagine doing chemistry ever.

>>4651793

Don't ask me man, arbitrary waiting period. Hell, if you're male, without a wife or child, and have no useful skills, they can out-right refuse you. The real bitch of it? You have to be *in* the US to begin the wait period.

In any case, I'd still look into specifics and whatnot before you quote me on everything. I don't know a bunch of details with the system, just general facts.

>>4651770

It is funny because most Americans themselves do not know the answers to some of those questions.

>>4651819

Why do I have to be IN the US to apply to go in the US? Isn't that catch 22 or something?

I'll look into the details though but I have a feeling you are right.
My future is bleak :(

Can't I just trade myself? They send 10 rednecks or fat basement dwellers out and they let me in? I'd do a lot of good things and work hard for glorious USA.

>>4651829
franklin delano roosevelt
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>>4651839


>Why do I have to be IN the US to apply to go in the US? Isn't that catch 22 or something?

No, when you express interest in being naturalized you're considered "on visa", like a student visa or a business visa.

>I'll look into the details though but I have a feeling you are right.
My future is bleak :(

I hate to be the asshole here man :c
I'll try and help in what way(s) I can.

>Can't I just trade myself? They send 10 rednecks or fat basement dwellers out and they let me in? I'd do a lot of good things and work hard for glorious USA.

Nope :V


In any case; I'm sure you'll do fine man, if you're really hot stuff with your education then your (American) employer will probably help you through the whole process, again, do your own research, there could be a lot I'm leaving out.

>>4651839
get a work visa first and then marry someone

>>4651879

>I'll try and help in what way(s) I can

Well, you can marry me. I'll give you my first year salary.

>>4651880
yeah. Work visa and shit. I think that's what you're supposed to do. I guess that's when you apply for jobs online and your employer takes you in the US or something.

It bugs me that my useless friends who never went to college are in the US just because their parents already earned their greencard.
Meanwhile, I have to work my ass of to even be on the waiting list.

>>4651813
That wasn't me, but I like what you stated here. I am very open to switching to another major, as long as it involves engineering. I have thought about Electrical, Aerospace, Nuclear, maybe even Industrial Engineering. I enjoyed Chemistry in high school, so I decided Chemical Engineering.

>>4651946

Civil Engineering