/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.2347092]

Alright /sci/tards, let's get some info up in hurr.

Why did you choose the field you are in (and I'm not talking to the damn high school kids on here).

Me: I've got an undergrad in Mechanical Engineering and I chose that as I've always wanted to be involved in car design. After graduating, I went on to do a Masters in Aerospace Engineering (which I'm finishing now) and I did so because I love aerodynamics and as a topic, it's hugely interesting...I mean, its rocket science and shit.

Go.

[Anonymous No.2347096]

Pfft, Aerospace Engineering isn't that impressive. It's not brain surgery or anything.

[Anonymous No.2347101]

Chemistry,
Doing a BSc Analytical Chemistry,
I love chemistry, I love understanding how shit works.

[Anonymous No.2347102]

I'm still a physics undergrad. I'm going to low temperature / helium physics in a few months. I don't really know why, I just fell for it.

[Anonymous No.2347106]

>>2347102

OP here....totally lol'd at your image but I'm in the library at uni. Lost hard.

[Anonymous No.2347123]

I'm doing Aerospace engineering , and it's actually a pain in the ass most of the time.
Basically a shitload of maths physics and fluid mechanics everywhere.
Actually during de first 2 years you'll rarely see or touch anything that flies or is supposed to.
And it's much more air than space oriented most of the time.
(at least where I'm studying)

As you might notice I'm a bit disappointed with the career, but it might have something to do with the fact I just came home after a fucking 4,5 h semestral exam.

[Anonymous No.2347127]

>>2347123

Speaking to the undergrads in my department, yeah, they seem to not be having the most fun. I think doing it as a post-grad course was a wise choice for me. I'm immediately in with stuff that flies and stuff that goes in to space (It's about 60:40 on aero compared to space stuff).

I'm SUPPOSED to be studying for a Space Dynamics exam but here I am. Heh.

[Anonymous No.2347174]

Ph.D Student in ChemE right now (same undergrad). If your aerospace classes are half as hard as our transport class was, then fuck your lives.

[Seer !fIsmERL7lE No.2347176]

Biology and psychology undergrad, intending to go into neuropsychology/neuroscience. I chose this path because our tools determine what we can observe, and there is no tool more core to the human experience than the mind. Therefore the study of the mind serves all sciences.

> stage, cinduse
You heard the captcha, Cinduse, get onstage.

[Anonymous No.2347181]

>>2347092
>Go.

Phd Canidate in experimental partcile physics.

I want to invent time travel.
Particle physics is pretty much the only way to accomplish all that shit.

[Anonymous No.2347184]

>>2347181
>I'm still in high school

fixed

[Anonymous No.2347195]

>>2347176
Trying to justify a psych degree, oh lawls.

[Anonymous No.2347206]

>>2347184
Why you hating Anon?
U jelly that a real scientist can enjoy 4chan?
U jelly of my success?
u mad?

[Seer !fIsmERL7lE No.2347213]

>>2347195
Not really here to defend a discipline to you, anon. There's worth in looking inward, even if a lot of the people who do it do a pretty shite and unscientific job of it.

[Anonymous No.2347430]

I couldn't decide between mechanical and electrical engineering so I picked electrical, but then two years later i switched to mechanical. Still graduated in 4 years though. Now I'm doing a master's degree in control systems, and I have a job lined up developing software (virtually none of the positions available for MechEs seem interesting to me. I'm not very handy and don't like building shit, which most engineers are/do).

In short, I have no goals in life and just do shit that seems interesting at the time. feelsokman.jpg

[Anonymous No.2347438]

>>2347430

Do you regret switching to ME? I'm considering EE.

[OP No.2347441]

>>2347430

Ugh how can you do control systems? I've done a fair bit of work with them and I HATE them. Fuck off Bode plots.

[Anonymous No.2347450]

I'm in chemical engineering, with a focus in biochemical engineering. I chose it because I want to manipulate genes and proteins. I think genetic engineering is the future, and human augmentation is what I want to do with my life.

[Anonymous No.2347456]

>>2347195

[Anonymous No.2347460]

>>2347438
Yeah a little. There were some interesting classes but overall I think I find electrical engineering more interesting. That's probably part of why I'm drawn back to control systems/mechatronics type stuff.

>>2347441
Eh it's not so bad. I think it's really cool how entire systems can be stabilized/controlled using some linear algebra/calc that's not necessarily immediately intuitive.

[Anonymous No.2347463]

>>2347450
>human augmentation is what I want to do with my life

Do you mean as in research wise?
Or that you be a cyborg (or whatever random anime bullshit)?

[Anonymous No.2347480]

>>2347463
Well, research obviously needs to come first, but I think if we can find a way to change human DNA for the better then we should go for it. As for becoming a cyborg, yes, but we have nowhere near the tech right now. Synthetic protein and gene development is an exciting but young field and I would love to find ways to improve human lifespan and intelligence, if it's possible.

Masters student btw

[Anonymous No.2347517]

I majored in Civil engineering but was luckily to have a friend land me a gig at one of the Valley movie studios doing facilities management. I can not imagine being surrounded by nerds or actually being a civil engineer.

The majority of the power players in the entertainment industry majored in liberal arts type stuff. Have fun being nerds.

[Anonymous No.2347531]

biology : I want to work on modding humans, creating implants that go for the eyes and shit
Cyborg shit

[Anonymous No.2347628]

BSc. Mechatronics, and before you say "HURR DURR MECHA-FAG-TRONICS IS FOR MUPPETS", I'm doing an honours degree at an internationally accredited university, and my degree is accepted internationally under the Washington Accord as an accredited professional engineering degree. So suck it...

Oh, and I like robots...

[Anonymous No.2347664]

DAMMIT SMITHERS

[Anonymous No.2347689]

EE.
Money.

Fuck you liars.

[OP No.2347705]

>>2347689

> Fuck you liars

If you're calling them liars as if they're making up their field then fair enough but if you are because they aren't claiming to be in it for the money then you can eat a bag of dicks 'cause I'm definitely not. If I wanted epic amount of monies I'd be in banking/economics or some shit like that. Or in Petroleum Engineering.

[Anonymous No.2347730]

>>2347689
I'm currently a janitorial contractor in industry, a couple years back a client offered to send me back to school to get an EE degree. In return I had to sign a contract to work for them 4 years at 65k/per.

I didn't tell them that I make 2-3 times that as a business owner, and have 10-14 people working for me at any given time, none of whom makes that little.

I just thanked them and turned the position down.

[Anonymous No.2349224]

\bhump

[Anonymous No.2350286]

>>2347730
Wait, so you earn 2-3 times 65k, but none of your employees earn as little as 65k?

So you only earn ~double what your employees do?

[Anonymous No.2350372]

I got into the art field on a CETA grant. It was a program during the Carter administration to help get /b/tards to work. I was an apprentice potter for 18 months at a working pottery/gallery. I then apprentice for another 18 months with a sculptor. It fooled me into thinking I could make a liing at art. I've worked in the fine art field ever since. 30+ years now....

[Krakengineer !!5XY+x7grkpt No.2350403]

Watched a lot of cyberpunk at a young age. Always wanted to be as involved with computers as possible. Had a huge fascination with science, but compsci is shit compared to computer engineering, so I became a computer engineer.

[Anonymous No.2350409]

Here's one of the project I apprenticed on with the sculptor. We installed a castel in a public park.

I average about 11K a year. haven't filed taxes in 20 years, don't have to.


>>2350331

[Anonymous No.2350420]

>>2347092
BS/MS, current phd student in aerospace engineering.

1) originally cause it's rocket science and shit and sounded impressive
2) continued because it's actually impressive, but if you don't have a phd you suck and fuck you. it's fun knowing more pure math than mathematicians while knowing all the applicability of real engineering.

[Anonymous No.2350425]

>>2350409
your castle fuckin sucks. have you considered contributing to humanity?

[Anonymous No.2350428]

My field is chemical engineering, and the reason why is crystal meth.

[Anonymous No.2350446]

>>2350286
Net, yes. Sometimes I earn less than my operations manager, since I just handle a sale or two a year and that guy works or sits in class for ~60 hours/week.

I gross far more than all of my crew put together of course... and my business pays for my time here among other little perks. Cash-flow is better than salary alone, because my salary is taxed, while mostly my vehicles, vacations, supplies, equipment and home office are not.

[Anonymous No.2350448]

Plant Biochemistry

Because life as we know it could not exist without plants. Potential to solve real problems facing the world (wtf is with you people... cyborgs?)

[Anonymous No.2350481]

>>2350428 here

After reading the thread, I feel like I could contribute a little bit more. I chose chemical engineering because making a substance (molecule) into another has always sounded like fucking magic to me.

I'm starting uni next year. I've already done one orgo chemistry class. What should I expect? Which classes are hardest and how to prepare for them?