/sci/ - Science & Math

>what do you study?
>chemistry
>so you gonna make drugs?

>>7755848
>what do you study?
>aerospace engineering
>so you're a popular and successful person who's going to have a lovely wife and kids someday?

>what do you study
>computer science
>can you make apps

>>7755870
and then you realize, you can't even do apps

>>7755886
Yes I can, was part of some class lol.

>>7755890
>2016
>lol
>not kek
>If it was 2015 i would have understood

What's so cool about EE? It gets meme'd out to having 'black magic' capabilities. Is there any substance to that?

>>7755904
lol is the kek of 2016

I mean come on

What do you study?
Physics
Oh, so you're like Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory?

Everytime

>what do you study
>computer engineering
>install this printer for me

>>7755848
>what do you study?
>mechanical engineering
>So you like boypussy?

>what do you study?
>psychology?
>so you drive people crazy?

Posted this before, but I had a conversation that went like this once.

>what do you study?
>EE, I'm thinking about going into wireless communication in the future
>you should really learn a new language, like German
>English and my native language is sufficient for my studies, I'd probably be better off focusing on my courses
>but you want to go into communications

>What do you study
>CS
>Can you clean my Laptop? It's really slow lately

>>7755904
lol is a sort of sad kek imo. kek is more like laughing at you

>>7755945
Is this even real?

>>7755848
>what do you study?
>mathematics
>let's talk about something else.

>What do you study?
>mathematics

>oh so you want to teach?
>what are you going to do, teach?
>oh my friend studies math, she's going to be a teacher
>so, what can you do with that?
>huh, you must be good at [something regular people think math is, such as multiplication, geometry, or basic calculus]
>quick, what's 3421 x 5556 [or some other random bullshit]
>Oh, I'm so bad at math!
>Oh really? I'm an engineer, I probably do most of what you do.

>>7755946
LOL every time

>>7755886
A CS degree shouldn't give a fuck about some iPhone APIs or shit like that desu

>>7755904
>2016
>not using zozzle

>>7755848
>What do you study?
>Physics
>Oh so you're like Sheldon lol
>Haha, I guess so.

Every. Damn. Time.

>>7755886
A CS degree should give you the skills you need to learn any language.

And with Stack Overflow a psychology / business major could even write an app.

>What's your major?
>Biotechnology
>Wow, you must be really smart!
>Every. Single. Time.

I have the most pretentious major.

>what do you study?
>computer science
>so you can speed up my computer?

>what do you study
>computer engineer
>meh, what a shit thing to do
>how do you cope with screwdrivers
>can you fix my computer so it runs better?

>>7755945
kek
but sadly were i live you need two language exams for masters

>what do you study
>biology
>so you want to be an MD?

>hey, my aunt told me you're good with computers, can you fix mine?
>I'm not into that kind of shit
>but you said you studies computer science

>>7755984
>all those feels

I used to study industrial design (i know not very sci) and now whenever people say "hey anon you should make so and so it is a great idea" I just say "ok I need a 50k investment or so" and they shut up.

>What do you study?
>computer science
>so you use notepad and stuff?

>>7756103
>I use the more advanced version of notepad, notepad++

>>7756054
any cs major worth his salt studied computer organization and should know how to fix most pc issues desu

>what do you study?
>chemical engineering
>that's great ...

>What do you study
>nothing
>Oh but you're so silent you must be smart
>not really

>>7755984
You forgot
>Oh. *awkward smile*

>>7756114
>any math major worth his salt studied calculus and should know how to calculate most triple integrals desu
That's how stupid you sound.

>>7756207

But both of those statements are true, anon.

>>7756114
As a CS major, most computer problems don't even happen anymore. This isn't the early 2000s anymore. I haven't had a problem in years with a computer except when I accidentally got a virus this year, instead of removing it I just rolled the computer back to a previous date and it was gone.

This happened to me when I saw a guy from high school the other day.

>What are you doing?
>In university for math. You?
>Went to college for a couple years and now working in electrical (some sort of trade)
>Aborts conversation with me
>Didnt even elaborate what he took in college

It was really weird. I have awkward tendencies but this guy went full autismo and he was a jock.

>>7756223
kek, BTFO trade-school scum

>>7756223
Dropouts are embarrassed about dropping out. Go figure. I have more respect for that guy than the full self-deluding fuckwits make excuses that blames everyone but themselves for dropping, not to mention those that "graduate" with worthless degrees. Anyway just change the topic, don't be a sperg like >>7756232.

>>7755904
>2016
>still hasn't invented a time machine to return to 2015, apogee of the dank meme

>>7755848
>what do you study?
>computer science
>..... really??
>yeah
>really???

Apparently I don't seem like a CS-student.

>>7756232
Except the trade school electrician will be making 60k a year. Meanwhile that anon with a math degree with be collecting unemployment--unless he gets a PhD in math and in that case will be making 300k starting

>>7756207
This one is true though

>>7755865
partly true for me

>what do you study
>dicksucking
>oh youre an engineering major? Can you clean my shaft?

>>7756268
>be me
>eating kebab in snack bar
>"what do you study?"
>"CS"
>"desu you kinda look like you would"
kek

>>7755958
Lololol

>>7755848
>what do you study?
>astronomy
>can you tell me my horoscope?
-or-
>oh i'd love to try your food

>>7755848
>what do you study?
>mathematics?
>So you wanna teach?

This happens almost every time. It is sad because the only contact people have had with someone who studied mathematics have been with their high school teachers.

There is... so much more.

I guess that is the downside of not studying a meme degree. Fortunately, meme studying meme degrees have way more downsides so I'm willing to swallow it up and explain that I don't want to teach every single time because I will be enjoying the benefits of not being a meme.

>"what did you study?"
>psychology
>"woah don't go psychoanalyzing me now haha"

Every single time

>>7755869
gtfo cadet parker

>>7755886
T O P K E K
O
P
K
E
K

>>7755946
>implying CS majors are even capable of this

>>7756371
>meme meme meme meme meme

getting tired of this

>>7756765
>>>/b/ is that way.

>>7755848
>what do you study
>bioinformatics
>what is that?
every time

>>7756776
That's a whole field?
So what is it, just finding new ways to take fingerprints?

>>7756783
Depends on what subfield of biology you want to work with. I do research with the chem department helping them to visual proteins and DNA
you can work with geneticists, wildlife biologists, those people who make prosthetic. Then you can do more higher degree (MS and PhD) research with A.I using models based on biological data. just depends on how you focus.

>what do you study?
>computer science and math
>hey i'm an engineer and i can too! <insert 15 minutes of the guy equating himself to god>
I just don't stop nodding but I swear my heart burns with the fury of a trillion hypernovae

>>7756373
>what do you study
>psychology
>so you want to manipulate people's minds?

>>7755865
Damn you Breaking Bad. It used to be people thought of explosions.

>>7756760

>>7756362
>"desu you kinda look like you would"
Heh, strangely I've gotten that one before as well. Seems like people either have wildly different impressions of me personally or what a CS-student is supposed to be/look like.

>What do you study?
>Math.
>So you work with numbers?

>>7755848
>>what do you study?
>computer science
>>I'm so sorry

>So, what do you study?"
electrical engineering
>"Can you please fuck my girlfriend?"

>>7755912
they wish they were wizards

in reality they:
a) Wire stuff
c) change light bilbs
b) Wish they were computer engineers

>what do you study
>biology
>so you value true scientific passion over what jealous failures on sci way over their head in abstract majors might think of the practicality, usefulness, and humanity-advancing potential of your major?

>What do you study?
>"Computer Engineering"
>Like Computer Science but engineering?
>"It's hardware stuff that deals with the actual components of the computer. CS just builds on top of that."
>Oh ok. Can you build me a graphics card?

>tfw I go to a primarily STEM university

why

>>7757000
>so she feels better about having me.
finished that for you

>>7757051
no

>>7757005
in that case

computer engineers
a) apply new thermal paste
b) change graphics cards
c) wish they were electrical engineers

>>7757057
in that case

engineers in general
a) do what real scientists tell them to do whom are too lasy to do it themselfs
c) should of got a DELL

>>7757009
faggot

>What do you study?
>Chemical Engineering.
>Oh, so you're an engineer, can you help me fix my [thing]?

>what do you study?
>chemistry
>how do you make drugs?

>heat up some cyanuric acid with baking soda and activted charcoal to 800 degrees C inside of a container sealed from the air for a ~30 minutes. then take the powder, dissolve in water, filter, and dry it to get pure cocaine powder!

i feel bad for mechanical engineers who are probably asked to fix someones car like every single time some finds out they're a mechanical blah blah.

although EE's get the whole electrician thing so it's pretty equal. nuclear and aerospace guys I doubt deal with any of that garbage.

because they're too busy trying to find jobs

>>7757062
don't blame me for being content with life and not jumping on a bandwagon "hard science" major just to get a boner every time someone asks you what your major is and you get to feel like albert einstein for 3 seconds until they realise you have no confidence and will never achieve anything in that field.

>hay anon, wat major you in? tee hee ;)
>ugghh, im a astroquantumtelekeneticanalrapist
>wow that sounds hard :P
>HHHHNNNNNNGG yes, it is!
>so what do you do? also what is that microscopic bulge in your pants?
>oh this and that, science and stuff, and the size of my penis is inversely proportional to the length of my major
>oh... cool, but i prefer practical majors like biology myself
>biology isnt a real science because it only has 7 letters
>kay have fun then cuck

>"what do you study?"
>engineering
>"claim me right here."
the usual response. i don't have time for it. I take a number if I have the time and get back to work until I get my 30 minutes of rest during the day where I then call one over.

>>7757107
fucking this. i have to turn my damn phone off because they won't stop texting and calling me. i have to tell them to stop sending nudes. my phone goes berserk.

>>7756831
Yeah, one drop of a red liquid in a test tube into a test tube full of blue liquid would create a huge explosion.

>>7755921
Or if you say 'experimental physics' and get called Leonard.

Hate that fucking show man, it basically just tries to poke fun at autism.

>>7757092
I'm just calling it like I see it. There's nothing wrong with liking Biology, personally I like Chemistry. However, it's hard not to look like a pretentious queer when you say shit like this:
>so you value true scientific passion over what jealous failures on sci way over their head in abstract majors might think of the practicality, usefulness, and humanity-advancing potential of your major?

>>7757092
I'm not saying there is anything wrong with liking Biology, personally I love Chemistry. I don't go around acting like I'm going to save the world with it. It's hard not to sound like a pretentious queer when you say shit like this:
>so you value true scientific passion over what jealous failures on sci way over their head in abstract majors might think of the practicality, usefulness, and humanity-advancing potential of your major?

>>7755921
I don't even study physics and people make big bang theory references about me for being one of the few non-retarded family members.

>what do you study?
Environmental Science
>Do you smoke weed
mfw

>what do you study?
>math
>so you shitpost on 4chan all day and jerk off to cartoons and internet iq tests?

>>7756371

>Feeling this smug about taking pure math
>Being this overly concerned about your life choices relative to what other people are doing with theirs

The kind of mathematician that would actually have a meaningful impact on the world wouldn't be the kind that would be as insecure with their degree choice as you are anon. You can chant meme degree all day it's not going to going to save you from dying penniless in obscurity.

>>7756137
>what do you study?
>chemical engineering
>oh, I hated chemistry in high school

The only people that say something like "cool" are other engineering majors

>>7755870
>>what do you study
>>computer science
>>can you fix my printer
ftfy

>>7755904
zug zug

>>7757188
kek

>>7757000
"Can you please fuck my boyfriend?"*

>>7757149
Yeah, duh, it's science.

>What are you studying?
>Mechanical engineering
>So you're a homosexual?
>Well yeah, sometimes things are just meant to be!

>>7757207
>it's not going to going to
surely, being a faggot shouldn't require so much effort

>>7757232
You were born a Mech. Engineer?

>>7757254

Teaching Tyrone to factorize polynomials will be pretty exhausting as the years drag by, don't you think? At least you'll have the summers off.

>What are you studying?
>Materials science and engineering
>What's that?

>>7757009
>What do you study
>biology
>so you didn't get into medschool?

FTFY

>>7755921
Every
Fucking
Time

>>7755984
>oh so you want to teach?
Literally every single time.

Instead of saying "I study math," why not say "I'm currently modeling the mechanocatalytic state functions of Iron(II)-dependent blah blah blah" that's sure to be a panty dropper

It's all in how you frame it

>>7756831
I'm not saying Breaking Bad made anything better, but the amphetamine/ecstasy cooking chemist with a side-business stereotype has been around for far longer. Maybe this is just a European quirk though.

>>7757300
>Knowing others won't understand the terms you're about to use
>Using them anyway
I hate people who do that desu

>>7756008
>posts a picture of supramolecular chemistry creation

Biologists don't do shit and you know it.

>>7757092
That's not the reason anyone here makes fun of biology and you know it.

Have fun with your no jobs.

>so what do you do for a living?
>oh I'm a mechanical engineer!
>oh wow neat what are you working on?
>huh? Oh well I guess I installed some factory equipment that came in today
>(he doesn't have a college degree)

>>7755848
>what do you study
>Biology
>so you want to be a doctor
>no
>so you want to inject rats with chemicals
>no
>so you want to catch birds/ fish
>no
>so you're going to flipping burgers then

>what do you study
>Life Sciences
>so what job opportunities do you have
>here's the comprehensive list:

>>7757092
Physics only has seven letters.

>>7757207

>>7755984
The last one is so true. I am currently doing a double specialist in Math and Physics, every engineer i know says that i do what he does

>>7755984
My college has three math degrees that I know of: math, business math (they have something similar for computer science too, it's supposed to teach you math/comp Sci and business to make your degree more practical for the job market) , and math education (to become a teacher, because in my country teachers need a university degree).
So with business and education out of the way, what CAN you do with a regular math degree? I assume you will just get a PhD and "research" math?

>>7755869
I'm an aerospace engineer
>don't ever want kids
>just want to travel and collect flags

>>7756371
Except for the fact that math is a meme degree.

>>7756108
>using notepad++ over notepad#
pleb

>>7755848
>what do you study?
>music
>so do you DJ?

>>7755958
underrated post

>>7757361
you could probably do the most outlandish degree possible and engineers would still say they do most of what you do

>>7757289
Metallurgy in that group?

>>7756373
>>7756826
>i study psychology
>That's nice, can you ring up my order now?

>>7757598
Stupid meme by a stupid poster.

>>7757599
I sense you're reacting with vitriol as a defense mechanism to cover up the crippling fact that you spent thousands on a trash major

Oh look, I didn't even need to go to school for four years to do that!

>
>
>

Such are the conversations in the life of a sperging physics major.

>>7757603
I'm a highschool dropout that's been passively studying physics, medicine, (bio)chemistry, and certain types of engineering, since I was ~10.

Jokes on you, I don't ever plan to have a career. I'm 22 and certainly not getting younger. You're a fool because what you're saying is foolish, further lazily assuming "ur mad cuz ur psychologist lel" is just more evidence. The only way it has anything to with me, is the machinery of my mind had to generate the output. It doesn't draw from anything very personal.

Stay bitterly myopic.

>what do you study?
>aerospace engineering
>so you're gonna work at NASA??

>>7757611
You're completely mistaken. What I said isn't foolish, it's completely based in reality. Psychology is the second most chosen bachelor's degree in the US, but it's one of the least paying and least likely to have positions open for new graduates. You want to see proof?

http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/majors-that-pay-you-back/bachelors - Psychology is ranked 231.

http://psychology.about.com/od/psychology101/fl/Are-There-Too-Many-Psychology-Majors.htm - The 'upside' to a psychology major, outlined by a a university psych professor. "Hanolen writes. While unemployment is indeed a national problem and a major point of concern, Hanolen suggests that the psychology major offers effective training for a wide variety of entry-level jobs."

Here's another quote from the article.
>"Both me and my girlfriend got our BA in psychology in 2012. After nearly a year of attempting to find jobs we both had to settle for clerk positions because that was the most pay we could find. $12/hr. Every job out there for psych won't list the pay on the application because they all offer peanuts. Can't be a social worker because you don't have a social work certification or social work degree. No luck getting a position at an actual psych hospital or counseling position because so much competition out there and those people keep their jobs until they die (and pay less than 25k/year). I have not even had luck with government/ veterans preference jobs"

I back my shit up. Psychology is an overrated and oversaturated degree and most people will never hold a meaningful position with it.

For the record, I've been teaching myself too, since 15. I couldn't even go to highschool. It doesn't mean shit in an argument, even if someone assumes you're something you're not. The only thing that matters is how you back up what you say.

>>7757611
>Doesn't know anything about academia.
>Has never been in academia.
>Thinks he's allowed to have an opinion on it.

Shut the fuck up. The other poster is right and most smart kids in psychology would tell you the same thing. The degree is oversaturated because long ago their departments lowered their curricula standards because they knew it would drastically increase tuition -which it has, today they have over 100 000 graduates per year. Now it's a worthless, oversaturated degree, while in the past most companies actually hired BA Psychology grads to do work relevant to their field.

>>7757005
lel this

>>7757622
It's foolish because it's misframing "reality" and confusing something variable for being near constant. You're oversimplifying, and ignoring that the assumption

If someone chooses to get a degree with delusions of it panning out in a way it isn't likely to, fine enough, make fun of em' all you desire, and it might even save them money if you do. That goes for any field. The difference is one approach is relatively discrete and a specific critique, the other is obnoxiously based on a broad heuristic.

People can always go into counseling and practice privately. The competitive aspects of this can go a number of directions and dependent a lot on the individual's appearance, personality, and personal tendencies. ie, a degree in psychology won't buy you insight into human behavior or the workings of someone's mind, nor even your own. But if you already have this skill, it could be very effective. More or less, if you're well known, if you're good, people will come to you. Especially as the tendency to reject pure pharmacological approaches increases, which while it could go either way, I feel like it will.

Etc. It's not about the present state of the field itself so much as expected outcomes and overall desired results. The smarter choice is probably accumulating credentials allowing you to work on bridging psychology and neurology in a research oriented position, though. What's more interesting than your links would be what the majority of these students think the degree will afford them. Both employment wise, and personally.

>>7757626
Read what you just wrote back to yourself. Your post is simultaneously an admission of your own lack of knowledge.

Eg:
>The other poster is right and most smart kids in psychology would tell you the same thing.
Then why is it happening? Etc. When someone is making a sizeable investment, certainly not all of them just have an "it'll work somehow" or pure idealistic deal going on.

>>7757653
>and ignoring that the assumption
Woops. Not sure what that sentence was supposed to be. It's gone now.

>>7757653
Some of that is technically true, but you've got to take into account the setting of this conversation.

This is a shitty thread on 4chan that's not going to go anywhere or do anything meaningful. It's gone in 12 hours, tops. It's five in the goddamn morning, too. I'm not having a long and nuanced conversation over the viability and inherent worth of university courses and credentials in our current society.

Everyone's joking around. Learn to appreciate a shitpost, anon. I'll show you.

>>7757626
>The other poster is right and most smart kids in psychology would tell you the same thing.
>smart kids
>psychology

>>7757660
They enrolled because like most freshman they didn't know any better, they stay for countless reasons such as because they're planning on going to grad-school for business or law etc. You fucking retard.

Again just shut the fuck, you're a child in an adult conversation and it's annoying. Maybe you should wait until you've gotten real world experience and talked to people before making retarded statements about something that by your own admission you know nothing about.

>>7757653
>bla bla bla bullshit from someone who hasn't even started college

Don't they teach you about rationalization? :^)

>>7757668
Why are you so "annoyed", out of curiosity? Your evaluation is clearly wanting, for someone who has so much experience in academia.

Look at yourself. You want to talk about children in adult conversations while spouting off and descending into a teenage tirade, "you fucking retard". What a joke, lol. You look broken at best.

So okay. They got suckered in by false beliefs, saw the bigger picture, and don't want to waste the resources they're already invested. Potentially they want to go to graduate school and move towards business or law. Anything else substantial you'd like to add?

>>7755848
microbiology
train microscopic monkeys

>what do you study?
>medicine
>proceeds to ramble on about all their health problems, as well as the health problems of their family, friends and pets

>>7757679
Well I'm not dead but I've misplaced my will, I'm going to wear this smile like it's a hundred dollar bill and just wait, wait, wait wait wait.

>>7757660
gonna let you know from experience dealing with this types, the psychs and sociology people, they seriously are just hoping for the best almost none of them ever researched anything involving their degrees

and yeah the field is supersaturated, it is to the point now you need a masters to even be considered for most entry level positions paying over minimum wage

they were always very casual and just said it was their passion so they hope it works out...

aka, it is easy and requires no effort so it is my calling, a couple did tell me they are expecting to be counseling famous people for 200$ an hour with their four year psychs

seriously, they are as bad as most people say

>>7757081
Thanks anon!

>>7757626
>The degree is oversaturated because long ago their departments lowered their curricula standards
>Now it's a worthless, oversaturated degree
Really? I'm German so I'm curious how it works in the USA. In Germany, for most subjects there are three possibilities to get into the subject you want:
1. you apply for a university that has a limit on the amount of students it takes for a subject. The decision on who they actually take isn't based on some fancy motivation letter, but the GPA. They basically say that X amount of students get in, they sort all applications by GPA and then cut off after X students, i.e the best X ones get in. They often release the cut off GPA from previous years so students who apply have an idea of how likely they are to be chosen.
2. You apply at a university where you know there isn't such a restriction because not too many people apply. Example: applying for mathematics at a university that is famous for its art degrees. Or applying for art at a university that is famous for its science degrees.
3. You don't get in anywhere, and they tell you you have to wait a few years and then get in
But it's different for medicine based subjects: medicine, vet, dentistry, psychology and maybe pharmacy. Maybe even law I'm not sure.
These require basically a 1.0 GPA (4.0 in America), and you have to get a mental evaluation, and even then it's not guaranteed you get in.

>>7757375
Finance, economics, accounting, programming, data analyst, tertiary education, private and public research, statistician, cryptography, and TONS of jobs in applied (biomathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering etc), just to name a few. The majority of math majors who don't teach or go into finance go into these applied fields, working at engineering firms or private research companies in biology, chemistry, or pharmaceuticals. The "math major is only good for teaching and research" meme isn't true unless you live in the middle of no where and refuse to move.

>>7755848
>What do you study?
>Botany
>What can you do with that? Work in a nursery?

>>7755926
Well, do you?

>>7755848
>what do you study?
>pure math
>I hate you
Yeah, me too.

>>7755848
>electrical engineering
ah, so you actually researched majors before picking.
>>7755869
>aerospace engineering
you know that mechanical engineering will get your more jobs, also in aerospace.
>>7755870
>computer science
hopefully you don't want to make video games or mobile apps
>>7755921
>physics
hopefully you are actually extremely intelligent as you're otherwise wasting your time
>>7755924
>computer engineering
electrical engineering exists and offers many more jobs, most also in computer engineering industry
>>7755926
>mechanical engineering
ah, so you actually researched majors before picking.
>>7755942
>psychology
you're not needed
>>7755958
>mathematics
hopefully you are actually extremely intelligent as you're otherwise wasting your time
>>7756032
>biology
hopefully you're part of that 1% of faggots who aren't only in biology to apply to medical school
>>7756137
ah, so you actually researched majors before picking.

>>7758408
This is the soft hand of someone who never worked physically in his entire life.

>>7758415
>your hands will permanently stay roughed if you ever work a day in your life
That's illogical.

>>7758531
>I went to the gym for one day once, so I'm one of the /fit/ guys now
Nice try, DYEL fag, but ... nope.

>>7758543
That's irrelevant to what you said in >>7758415. You're implying that since >>7758408 has soft hands, he has never worked a physical job in his life, yet our bodies don't keep such calluses for the rest of our lives unless we are currently in such a job that would make our bodies form them.

tl;dr you're a moron, and nobody cares about what you have to say because of that. Please leave /sci/ as you are simply another part of the cancer that must be purged.

>>7758551
>a job
>lasting only one day
Hello NEET.

>>7757327
Yes, you're absolutely correct when you imply that biotechnology has very little to do with the supramolecular Star of David that I found in my /sci/ folder.

>being this autistic

> what do you study?
> Math
> so you're going to be a highschool teacher?

>>7755984
>>Oh really? I'm an engineer, I probably do most of what you do.
I've heard this from accountants, and I'm in Pure Math -__-

>>7756362
>>7756869
This isn't a compliment you autists.

>>7758694
>comparing accountants to engineers
that's like comparing elementary school math teachers to mathematicians

>>7757356
then i guess its not a real science
>"pure and applied mathematics"

>>7757188
if you don't smoke weed why the fuck are you in environmental science

>>7755904
> 44.8998886^2
>kek
>not heh
ISHYGDNDD

>>7758408
>hopefully you don't want to make video games or mobile apps
Making video games is fun, plenty CSers do it as a hobby.

>What do you do for a living?
>Mechanical Engineer.
>So you wok on cars?

> Computational Science
> oh my niece studies computer science too!

>>7755958
lol

>what do you study?
>semigroups
>so you ball out of control?

>>7755848
I'm an evolutionary biology/biomathematician and I've done research relating to the ideas talked about in this image.

I'm currently working on transcriptions networks involved in hematopoiesis.

>what do you study?
>microbiology and biochemistry
>what?

>What do you study?
>Mechanical Engineering
>Wow, you must be really smart anon!
>haha yeah...
>mfw I'm doing worse than 90% of the faggots in my major

>>7758408
>my opinions about disciplines are based on """"""""""""""""funny"""""""""""""""" 4chan memes
the post

>>7756367
>>oh i'd love to try your food
fucking kek

>>7756218
>He thinks system restore can remove viruses

Because of threads like these I always seem to make good impressions with engineers and stuff, learned to avoid all the cliched questions

>What do you study?
>Natural sciences
>So you assist park rangers and stuff?

>>7758408
you didn't quote chemical engineering
that tickles my autism

>>7756008
wait, so the iron atoms don't exist in the final molecule? they're just there to build it?

Currently in economics.
Gonna get into sociology (part-time) next semester and switch to medicine after that one (while pursuing sociology further).

>>7760687
anon that's not how this thread is suppossed to go

>>7755848
Regarding the pic, are scientists really split between gene or group? Por que no los dos? From what I've seen, people really seem devoted to either or rather than a solid mix of both. I'm really curious about it. I respect Dawkins a lot but it's so hard to get a clear reading how well established his contributions are

>>7760870
>I respect Dawkins a lot
Hopefully only in regards to his science stuff

are you planning on learning how to install lightning, op? i think you should. maybe it has little to do with your degree but it'd be kind of retarded that you're an electrical engineer and you wouldn't be able to do stuff like that. my dad's an electrical engineer and he can do that

>>7755848
>what do you study?
>mathematics
>so you really like calculating?

>>7755984
>>Oh really? I'm an engineer, I probably do most of what you do.

Whoever says this is a shit-tier engineer.

>>7756054
i think most people who browse 4chan should be able to do that.. it requires no thinking at all

>>7755848
>what do you study?
>undecided
>aren't you 4th year
Hate my life

Comp sci majors I feel. It never gets better

>what do you do for a living
>Electrical engineer $100k a year
>Can you install/fix/repair my computer/toaster/refrigerator/car/phone/tv?

>what do you study?
>mathematics
>ew..

>>7761075
You know what's going to make some people justifiably rage a little bit?

I tell people I study mathematical biology (my minor), and they go "WOW! That sounds so interesting!"

It's all in how you frame it. Tell them exactly what type of mathematics you study, and give them some fancy words. Idiots love fancy words.

>>7756071
GT?

>>7761039
>my dad was a EE and he fixes all that shit
>mfw there will never ever be a broken electronic in my household

>>7757192
My sides

>>7755912
Latest data show a 0% increase in demand for EE in the next 10 years

>>7756367
>I'd love to try your food
Can you explain this

>>7757917
...what can you do with that? Wouldn't botany be more of a trade school type thing than something taught in universities

>>7761171
my guess is that astronomy sounds like gastronomy

He>>7755848
>what do you stud?y
>"machine learning"
>will you invent Skynet?

>>7755958
kek

>what do you study?
>I didn't go to college, I make money by playing guitar and singing for people
>can I suck your dick?

>>7761146
not everyone lives in u.s.a where the industry is going to shit

>>7760677
Get out.

>>7755984
FUCK the engineer thing hits home.

My parents are both engineers.

I'm taking a course that covers basics of Algebraic topology and a few other things in that area and my parents are hung up about how PDEs was "so hard" so they "completely understand what I'm doing" but if I "just practice more, eventually it will all just click."
Fuck, I try to explain I am way beyond that but they just keep saying that it's all about practice.

>What do you study?
>Clinical exercise physiology
>So you're gonna be a personal trainer?

>>7761484
they're right though

>>7758415
>>>/sci/
>Being proud of physical work

Where the fuck do you think you are exactly?

>>7757222
Caveman?

>>7757874
So in other words, you can do any job that anyone else with a hard science degree could do too?

That's kinda the point anon, people want to know what you can do with a maths degree that you couldn't do without one.
I'm not asking to bait, I'm really curious.

People (including myself) give the same stock response about most degrees.
Shit, even some of the EE lecturers were telling us stories about finance firms that wanted EE grads over finance because they can work in teams without shitting the bed.
But why the fuck go to all the trouble of doing a decent degree to do a job literally any mildly competent person could do?

What actual advantages does it give you over the regular joe science graduate?

>>7755918
I read it as, kek is the lol of 2016

>what do you study?
>pure mathematics
>"so you must make 300k annually?"

>what do you study?
>biochemistry
>le breaking le bad meme
Just because it ends with chemistry. Could be worse I guess.

>what do you study
>mechanical engineering
>can you fix my car/bike/scooter/etc.?

everytime

>Automation Engineer
>"I didn't know you were a car person."

>>7760677
>what is a catalyst

>>7762121
>>No, it's nothing so useful as all that

>What do you study?
>Political science and Molecular Biotechnology
Either
>Oh wow! So what are you going to do with that?
Or
>You couldn't have picked two more different majors

>>7762323
But really, what ARE you going to do with it?

>>7762323
Nah m8 it's pretty obvious you're going for that apocalyptic bio warfare thing.

>what do you study?
>economics (actually math)
>oh cool!
>(too β to pick up girl)

>>7756823

that's right... take it, bitch.

>>7761039
>>7756014
>>7756028

... yes

>>7756002

business majors can't even do business. Most engineers end up in management by 30