Anyone here an engineer?

[keiri]

Originally Posted by switchlanez

Cool! I was using an HTC phone before I even thought about working for them. Been w/ them almost a month now and still can't digest how I got here. How'd you hear the work is strenuous? Because it is... 10 to 13 hour weekdays + half day on weekends balls to the wall all hours. I see it as my rite of passage into wireless and I'm never bored (keeps me on my toes).

Our Software Quality Assurance team is dispersed across the country near Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon headquarters. We travel up to 50% of the time which works for me because I'm single/don't have a family to raise (Anyone in wireless testing and willing to work/already lives in Japan? My boss can't find qualified engineers there who speak English). HTC is younger/smaller than the competition (Apple, Samsung, Motorola/Google) so it still feels like a start-up where everyone's swamped w/ work but driven. Different culture compared to my past employers - Cisco and Kyocera (formerly Qualcomm's handset division).

When I was unemployed in '09 I started applying for an MBA at UCSD but got distracted by UCSD's wireless courses and just kept going. What is your focus in your MBA program if you don't mind me asking?

I was interested in wireless during my junior/senior years of undergrad and was looking into getting a job with at&t as a network engineer or network quality analyst. So, researching the positions and talking to a couple of guys who worked for Motorola at the time during RF/signal testing I got a lot of background on what was required and pretty much how long the days were. It sounded daunting yet very rewarding for a driven individual.

Right now my MBA is Project Management focused with a concentration in MIS and IT management. I figure it's a nice path into IT management/upper level positions or a launching pad for an IT consultancy business.

[Voodoo Rufus]

That picture is so true. B.S. in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineer here, but far from it in my profession.

[Giccin]

I love nerds.

They know what they're doing. Lol

<-- Medical Nerd but still very admarative of the engineers.

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by Giccin

I love nerds.

They know what they're doing. Lol

<-- Medical Nerd but still very admarative of the engineers.

nothing nerdy about the medical field but maybe one of these guys will get the courage to ask you out. you can talk about tensile strengths and transformers and such

[keiri]

Originally Posted by fatoni

nothing nerdy about the medical field but maybe one of these guys will get the courage to ask you out. you can talk about tensile strengths and transformers and such

I'm pretty sure Giccin has a man and doesn't need another.

Also, way to be antagonistic.

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by keiri

I'm pretty sure Giccin has a man and doesn't need another.

Also, way to be antagonistic.

damn someones done their homework.

i dont really know what happened but nerd isnt really a bad thing any more but its still funny.when its all said and done im probably a nerd too, at least if i am ever successful in becoming a medical dosimetrist.

besides, this is the internet. youre obligated to be antagonistic.

[keiri]

Originally Posted by fatoni

damn someones done their homework.

i dont really know what happened but nerd isnt really a bad thing any more but its still funny.when its all said and done im probably a nerd too, at least if i am ever successful in becoming a medical dosimetrist.

besides, this is the internet. youre obligated to be antagonistic.

It's not a bad thing compared to being a dork or geek - but I guess in someways it's still insulting. Personally, I think it's a plus to be intelligent and obsessed with what you find interesting.

PS: I agree on your second statement - I usually play antagonist on the internet because it's entertaining...and because it's the role I like playing in arguments.

[Longhorn248]

Originally Posted by fatoni

besides, this is the internet. youre obligated to be antagonistic.

Yeah, if you're a d-bag. I've seen plenty of people being cordial on the internet.

[Dimman]

Originally Posted by 70NYD

Mechanical eng here with a secondary major in Automotive eng
I graduated in 2010, and am now working in mining related hydraulics. I like it because I don't have to work AT a mine, but its well paid
If I could get any job, I would be working for a major automotive manufacturer, or a defense contractor, so a little envy from me there longhorn
My quality of posts have dropped significantly over the last few months, as I couldnt keep up with a massive influx of people spewing things that were completely wrong, so I adapted and gave up
Loving that photo

Throw some of your brain my way, in the engine-tech thread. I have MANY questions for smart engineers.


Edit:

Oh and for the rest of you, I'm a machinist. I've had enough experience with careless mechanical engineers that makes me think of this:

[RRnold]

BSEE and work in the Wireless/Telecommunications field @ Qualcomm. I work on the Software/Systems QA for Android and Windows Platform's camera core. Our team is broken down into multimedia (audio, voice, video encoding, power optimization, camera/camcorder etc) and we work exclusively with the developers for regression testing and integration.

Looks like we are in the similar field! :happy0180:

[Longhorn248]

Originally Posted by Dimman

Throw some of your brain my way, in the engine-tech thread. I have MANY questions for smart engineers.


Edit:

Oh and for the rest of you, I'm a machinist. I've had enough experience with careless mechanical engineers that makes me think of this:

That drawing is terrible, every competent ME knows you have to include units and scale.

[Allch Chcar]

Originally Posted by Longhorn248

That drawing is terrible, every competent ME knows you have to include units and scale.

That 3 bolt Support and rectangle bracket... If I had to stare at that drawing for any length of time I might start believing it is possible for 10.16cm to be longer than 0.633 feet. -.-

I'm going back to school to learn ElectroMechanical engineering. I want to be a hybrid engineer. If only I had stayed focused, I would have finished years ago.

I am more of a geek than a nerd, BTW. Not hating, just saying.

[fatoni]

Originally Posted by Longhorn248

Yeah, if you're a d-bag. I've seen plenty of people being cordial on the internet.

yeah there were some cordial people on the internet earlier but they both left. calling out d bags isnt the nicest thing either. ill admit that this one was a little out of the blue but this topic is also in the wrong section. besides this forum has a vs section. what kind of environment does that cultivate

[Longhorn248]

Originally Posted by fatoni

yeah there were some cordial people on the internet earlier but they both left. calling out d bags isnt the nicest thing either. ill admit that this one was a little out of the blue but this topic is also in the wrong section. besides this forum has a vs section. what kind of environment does that cultivate

I wasn't calling you specifically a d-bag, rather people that feel that just because you're on the internet that you have to be an antagonist. But whatevs, we don't all have to get along. :happy0180: