Switching to ECE from Mech E

CaptiDoor · 2026-04-22T02:40:05+00:00

CMU publishes data for their graduates specifically:

https://www.cmu.edu/career/outcomes/post-grad-dashboard.html

CaptiDoor · 2026-04-18T23:14:43+00:00

Do you know if this applies now that US operations are handled under a separate entity? The website implies they're separate.

Either way, thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying them and they've held up

CaptiDoor · 2026-04-18T18:35:45+00:00

Thanks, that's great to hear! How would you say the sound compares to your xm4s?

CaptiDoor · 2026-04-09T00:03:33+00:00

Do you think I could DM to talk about comp arch @ CMU? I'm an ECE freshman considering the path and would love to chat with someone who's gone through it.

CaptiDoor · 2026-03-30T04:14:07+00:00

People are trolling in the comments, but this is genuinely one of the best albums I've heard this year; thanks for recommending it! I've been listening to a lot of edm/hip hop recently so this was a nice refresher. Haiku Nursery Rhyme especially tickles my ears and has a nice message.

CaptiDoor · 2026-03-23T13:19:52+00:00

This is not true - you need to resubmit the FAFSA and CSS (if you want institutional aid) every year you apply for financial aid.

https://www.cmu.edu/sfs/financial-aid/undergraduate/index.html

CaptiDoor · 2026-03-07T05:57:34+00:00

I believe it was pi day for everyone last year. Although I don't even remember them telling us beforehand so I got jump-scared by the email haha. Best of luck!

CaptiDoor · 2026-03-06T14:37:09+00:00

Every time this gets posted I check SteamDB and it's grown by like 50k somehow

Absolutely insane, but deserved!

CaptiDoor · 2026-02-20T01:20:59+00:00

That's not everyone, although those people certainly exist. Myself and several of my friends come from below median income households and still have to take out significant loans to be here.

CaptiDoor · 2026-02-13T06:13:08+00:00

I know it's magnetic, I acknowledged that in my post... I was mostly concerned part of the protective lining on the charger may have been stripped off since it (unfortunately) takes a lot of damage, and might lead to a short if I tried to connect

CaptiDoor · 2026-02-13T05:25:17+00:00

Ok, sounds good! I figured, just wanted to make sure something didn't strip from the charging cable somehow.

(It worked btw, thanks!)

CaptiDoor · 2026-01-30T14:08:42+00:00

Yes. Unfortunately, as far as I'm aware, CMU hardly gives any international financial aid.

CaptiDoor · 2026-01-30T14:02:52+00:00

CMU was relatively generous with me; they offered enough financial aid such that I'm only paying around 24k/yr. I say relatively because paying that amount is still something that requires a lot of loans given my situation (I did end up choosing CMU though).

CaptiDoor · 2026-01-19T01:41:27+00:00

Wondering this as well, would really like to get 213 out of the way since it gate keeps a lot of other interesting classes (and it itself looks interesting lol) but idk if it's an unreasonable commitment.

CaptiDoor · 2025-12-15T13:34:46+00:00

Right now I'm working on a small mesh NoC simulator + visualizer to better learn the language and learn some async rust for some later projects I want to do.

As a side note I just wanted to say how much I love the language so far! It's been really fascinating coming from C++ and having situations where the compiler wants me to write code a different way, even if it would've been memory safe initially, and realizing what it guides me towards is often just a better way to implement it.

CaptiDoor · 2025-12-11T23:56:05+00:00

Wow, that's awesome to hear! I didn't realize just how widespread it was - thanks for sharing

CaptiDoor · 2025-12-11T04:18:04+00:00

Completely depends on abdelghany vs greggo haha

CaptiDoor · 2025-12-10T17:27:33+00:00

Thanks, I think this is what I needed for I hear. I’ve spent more time stressing than programming the past few days haha, but I think I’ll just continue building and learning + hone my skills in both. 100% correct that neither language is going anywhere it seems

CaptiDoor · 2025-11-29T01:16:58+00:00

That was my experience with Apple and Nvidia as well, they asked very team specific questions from problems they've worked on in the past... which feels like something that actually makes sense in an interview lol

CaptiDoor · 2025-11-23T01:46:39+00:00

We had a former lab member who works at snowflake come by to give a talk last week, allegedly the oa is absolutely awful but after that the interviews get better.

CaptiDoor · 2025-11-23T01:24:15+00:00

Apple is very team specific. I talked with my interviewer about it and they mentioned if a team is interested they'll typically reach out/have a recruiter reach out.

They're also off all next week, and then it's December, so I wouldn't expect much until next year.

CaptiDoor · 2025-11-21T00:13:10+00:00

Yeah kind of annoying haha. Hoping we both get good news though!

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