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hey guys I'm a first year electrical engineer student, what should i be doing to better myself?

>> No.5847478

>>5847429
studieying

>> No.5847479

>>5847478

You waited a while on that one. Are you very proud of it?

>> No.5847490

switch to CS

>> No.5847491

>>5847479
what do you want people to tell you?, what should you be doing to better yourself?
I'm mean... really? Is it that difficult?

>> No.5847496

>>5847479
what???

>> No.5847505

>>5847491
>>5847496

Not OP. I thought the poster was punning. In retrospect, I should have just assumed he couldn't spell.

My bad, everyone.

>> No.5847506

Practicing sucking dick. Don't neglect the balls, etc.

>> No.5847514

>>5847506
this

>> No.5847587

>>5847429
mastering all facets of matlab. learn some complex variables and pde stuff.

>> No.5848514

>>5847587
This and this>>5847506
suck prof dick and use ratemyprofessors..your GPA may rely on it

>> No.5848518

not browsing 4chan.

>> No.5848519

>>5847506
this, pretty much

>> No.5848552

You could start by coming out of the closet.

>> No.5848617 [DELETED] 

>>5847490
Learn C++
Learn Algorithms (Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, Stein)
Learn Python
Learn Maple/Mathematica
Learn AMD64
Learn FPGA programming
Learn QM and theoretical E&M
Learn Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Solid State Physics
Learn PDEs/Advance Linear Algebra/Real Analysis/Complex Analysis/Fourier Analysis/Functional Analysis/Numerical Analysis

and above all

>Learn how to fucking solder

>> No.5848620

>>5847429
Learn C++
Learn Algorithms (Cormen, Leiserson, Rivest, Stein)
Learn Python
Learn Maple/Mathematica
Learn AMD64
Learn FPGA programming
Learn QM and theoretical E&M
Learn Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, and Solid State Physics
Learn PDEs/Advance Linear Algebra/Real Analysis/Complex Analysis/Fourier Analysis/Functional Analysis/Numerical Analysis

and above all

>Learn how to fucking solder

>> No.5849564

stay single, get that degree. once your out. youll have the money to be a bachelor like many are in college.

>> No.5849569

>>5848518

This a million times this

>> No.5849580

>>5848620
knows what's up. basically switch to software engineering.

>> No.5849693

>>5848620
> C++ and python
I fucking vomited.

>> No.5849716

>>5848620
what good is python to EE?


>>5849693
> mom, where are my autism pills

>> No.5849745

>>5848620
Wow. EE has a lot of great things, I'm glad I chose this over SC.

>> No.5849778

Learn ARCGIS software as well wont hurt and its pretty easy

>> No.5849787 [DELETED] 

will you do fine in EE if you study 4 hours daily

>> No.5849811

>>5847429
Realize that any job you get immediately after graduate will be a support job for a designer wtih a masters.

>> No.5849890

>>5847429
Work on some projects and join an EE related club if possible. Clubs also have funding which you can use to work on larger projects with the help of other engineers.
Early social interaction goes a long way towards helping to prepare for an interview for a job or internship. Also try and get an internship or coop when you can, apply like crazy and you might eventually get one.

>> No.5850246

make electronics kit
raspberry pi
arduino

do not worry too much about math. some topics from pde/complex variables are useful. at my school EE taught us that math stuff in a semester course.

http://catalog.csun.edu/courses/ece-455-mathematical-models-in-electrical-engineering-3/

>> No.5851347

>>5849716

Python is good to get you used to MATLAB, is what I think.

>>5849811
This, EE Master's are all designers, EE Bachelor's are all test/support/QA at most companies.

>>5848620
I agree with this list in terms of computer skills EE should have, you should also look up how to program PIC microcontrollers, MSP430 if you don't mind TI's shit.

Arduino is for... hobbyists, it's only halfway acceptable in academia.

>> No.5851375

remember this if you say fuck it to everything else

GPA is good for getting a job once youre done, but if this isn't your real passion, you're going to be shit at it and hate it too. If this is you, get out sooner rather than later.

>> No.5851390

>>5849716
>what good is python to EE?

Great if you want to quickly write up scripts to do various simple shit that pops up everywhere.

>> No.5851418

Here's a list of books that you might find interesting

The Art of Electronics
Horowitz and Hill
Some consider it the EE's "bible", it's a good overview of some concepts
The 3rd edition is coming out soon.

>Electronics Books
You're going to get this book
Microelectronic Circuits
Adel S. Sedra, Kenneth C. Smith
You're going to hate it.
Deal with it.
There's a few alternatives but their actual quality is debatable.

>DSP/Signals and Systems
Signals and Systems (2nd Edition)
Alan V. Oppenheim, Alan S. Willsky,S. Hamid
ISBN: 0138147574
Great book to learn linear systems, fourier transforms, etc. from.
MIT also has video lectures of Oppenheim from the 80s, worth a look
if you are interested.

Discrete-Time Signal Processing (3rd Edition)
Alan V. Oppenheim, Ronald W. Schafer
ISBN: 0131988425
Definitive text on DSP

Digital Image Processing (3rd Edition)
Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods
ISBN:013168728X
Self-Explanatory, read this if you want to know how we analyze pictures using signals and how to use it.

Pattern Recognition, Fourth Edition
Sergios Theodoridis, Konstantinos Koutroumbas
ISBN:1597492728
Related to above

>Solid State Physics
Understanding Semiconductor Devices
Sima Dimitrijev
ISBN: 019513186X
He has a newer book called Principles of Semiconductor Devices, I haven't read it yet, but it
might be the newest edition
ISBN: 0195388038
This book teaches you everything you thought about semiconductors is wrong, and then gives you
the right information.
Also check out Physics of Semiconductor Devices by Simon Sze.

Fundamentals of Power Semiconductor Devices
B. Jayant Baliga
ISBN: 0387473130
This is a book by the guy who made the IGBT. I can't actually
explain how important that is in laymans terms. A great
resource on power semiconductor devices(if you ever go down that field)

>> No.5851421

>RF
RF Circuit Design
Chris Bowick
ISBN:0750685182
Good intro/overview of radio ciruits, provides enough information to start looking
at more definitive books.
If you really like RF, look up all the books authored by Wes Hayward and Doug DeMaw

>Microwave Engineering - Think Electromagnetics applied to circuits, gigahertz frequencies., etc.
Microwave Engineering
David M. Pozar
ISBN: 0470631554
Currently reading this, good resource introduction to Microwave Engineering

The Design of CMOS Radio-Frequency Integrated Circuits
Thomas H. Lee
ISBN:0521835399

>Power Systems
Power System Analysis and Design, Fifth Edition
J. Duncan Glover, Mulukutla S. Sarma , Thomas Overbye
ISBN: 1111425779
Good resource on Power Systems, which most course don't really go over unless you delliberately go for it.
This explains why we use 3-Phase AC systems, why we even use AC, why reactive power is bad, etc.

>Power Electronics
Power Electronics: Converters, Applications, and Design
Ned Mohan, Tore M. Undeland, William P. Robbins
ISBN:0471226939
Good overview of Power Electronics, explains alot of the reasons why we use switch-mode power electronics.

Switch-Mode Power Supplies Spice Simulations and Practical Designs
Christophe Basso
ISBN:0071508589
Great resource on Switch-Mode Power Supplies, good information with an author with a background in the industry.

Most of these are Senior-level concepts and books, but you should be able to learn all the basic concepts of the book.
I didn't bother putting in VLSI or Pulsed Power books, list would become too long.

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5851459

Do not tell electricians how to do something.
They will turn your building's main off and isolate it.