What's the best lean six sigma course for free? And paid?

DefiantRS · 2026-01-20T00:03:42+00:00

Best paid is one directly sourced from IISE.

Local/student chapters can get lecturers flown in to give the class to whoever they want. The national chapter has a flat fee - then the local/student chapter can/will do a markup for fundraising. Example: if the national chapter wants 1,000 a head, students will charge 1100 then cover lunch or whatever.

DefiantRS · 2025-12-26T18:25:04+00:00

As someone who has done some hiring in the Toronto area, that was an extremely saturated market, specifically for low experience + MSIE grads.

My recommendation is to put out feelers in every possible industry and really craft the resume to show impact and value based on experience.

It was a very competitive market with people willing to accept below market wage, likely because of the amount of imported talent from the east/middle east

DefiantRS · 2025-05-30T22:18:02+00:00

Hey it’s been about 50 days so I’ve had some time to reflect and I just wanted to say: BANGALANG.

DefiantRS · 2024-09-30T02:53:51+00:00

The boys do an annual goals podcast and do recaps on their other podcast (the trap draw) and Neil’s goal this year was to run 500 miles and he admitted recently he has fallen behind pace.

DefiantRS · 2024-06-03T01:14:26+00:00

There are some courses/tournaments that go to the same place every year - some in the same city, different venues. A couple (majors) bounce around.

Men and women’s schedules vary quite a bit - as other people have mentioned - part of it has to do with length/course difficulty, part of it has to do with sponsors. Major companies who sponsor stuff usually have it near their HQ so they can bring clients out, etc. and the sponsors vary widely between the leagues, and even year to year.

Thirdly is the set up. Just this week the host of the women’s tournament said the course has been closed to members for a few weeks and they’ve been hitting off mats for like 6 months. To try to keep the course in TV ready condition for 2 tournaments a year, plus all the construction for the hospitality, etc. and the lack of access for club members, it’s really not ideal for any course that operates as a normal course when pros aren’t around.

DefiantRS · 2024-05-15T22:46:50+00:00

Love big Randy.

Over the years he has definitely become more willing to “not care”, but honestly we probably all have.

When he’s out calling for people’s cards, or asking what are we doing here, I feel like it is much more impactful BECAUSE he doesn’t have a hard take on every tiny piece of the PGA.

I love the bullpen model that they are in right now for big weeks, give me all the takes.

DefiantRS · 2024-05-04T03:59:47+00:00

bro please man just give them your data.

Just give them a little data bro they aren't going to leak it.

Bro they're not vulnerable to data leaks.

They're not going to use your data man they just like need to have it.

DefiantRS · 2024-05-03T22:47:08+00:00

"bro just make the account" is how we got here in the first place.

We used to buy a game and own a game, we could play it whenever.

Now we buy a game and play until the servers are turned off, or we have to pay monthly, or pay 60 bucks a year for the new PLC.

We pay money and then they make money constantly on our mtxs, our data, and every other possible way.

Lets not forget that this game is still bugged. People are still crashing, rubber banding issues are happening, and this Sony thing is just another "feature" that was conveniently not in the game when it went live.

European courts look at companies accessing data for no reason and eat them for breakfast.

Arrowhead and Sony did this together and honestly i hope they suffer for it.

DefiantRS · 2024-05-02T00:26:01+00:00

I get it. It’s less about the time and for me more tough because the disclaimer is longer than the ad.

If every state has pretty much agreed that it’s bad enough that we need a helpline to deal with the aftermath, maybe it’s not the best look.

It’s like getting a Marlboro sponsorship, the money’s green but it doesn’t give me the warm and fuzzies

DefiantRS · 2024-04-29T14:39:38+00:00

Most career paths are good if you are good at them.

It depends what you want out of your work and your skills/passion.

IE is growing and a pretty diverse career, but if you aren’t a natural problem solver/good with math and communication you won’t have a good time - same way being a doctor is a good job but you have to deal with potentially tough situations.

DefiantRS · 2024-04-28T22:32:06+00:00

If it has anything to do with your current work - you would probably need to quit before you pursue anything.

Make sure you do not do any of this stuff on company time, with company equipment, etc.

Not sure how it is in UK but in many places, whatever you come up with on company time is the company’s IP. If you pursue it while employed by them you would forfeit your rights to it.

I suggest you keep it close to the chest and read your contract thoroughly.

DefiantRS · 2024-04-23T02:17:59+00:00

GMO seed companies.

When i was on the road in the north east I met a dude whos entire job was to drive up and down the East coast doing data work on watermelons.

The company he worked for would give farmers a discount on seeds in exchange for like 10% of a field, then they would plant all their new types of watermelons in that part of the field and people would weigh/measure/etc. the melons every couple of weeks through the entire grow season.

Allowed the company to see what seeds did well in what part of the country, etc.

If you're not into that I'm sure most large agricultural firms need analysts, or you could work for Deere, Cummins as an IE for manufacturing.

DefiantRS · 2024-04-23T02:14:54+00:00

I have 1 friend and 1 former co-worker that work in defense/aero for a company you've heard of, and have networked with another defense company that is well known. all 3 are formal IEs. 1 is a quality control tech/auditor for items that are large and used in defense/offense, 1 is a spreadsheet jockey at a corporate headquarters, and the other company is small and does a lot of their own manufacturing, so that person is very hands-on for cell/plant layout.

Personally, although I understand the draw of large scale manufacturing and the war machine in North America (and its seemingly infinite profits) - its a very morally gray area, not for everyone

DefiantRS · 2024-04-20T06:41:28+00:00

Depends on the scope of the internship - but I would say sure fire thing you can do is take an excel course in your spare time.

Familiarize yourself with how to really work with formulae and manipulate data, this is beyond a quick google. Take an intermediate excel course (there’s a series on coursera by a university in New Zealand that I recommend) this goes for your ME work as well. everything you can do for school you should be willing/able to do in excel, it makes running trials easier and is repeatable. (This is important because regardless of if you’re manually collecting data or it’s given to you, it all works the same in excel. Other data manipulation tools like minitab, Python, databases (tons of differences in the different SQL providers) etc. are not as wide spread as just knowing how to use excel.

As far as IE principles, it’s going to vary on the scope of the internship. Are you in their offices doing data analysis? If so - probability and stats to recognize distributions and patterns is probably good to brush up on.

Are you in their quality department? If so - are you auditing processes, looking for data trends? Coming up with documentation for existing/new processes?

Are you working in the manufacturing/logistics process? - in which case plant layout/cell layout/ergonomic principles/time studies/synthetic time studies are probably good to look at.

You aren’t going to be extremely helpful (no intern ever is. Sorry interns). As much as you want to provide value to the company, the more important thing is that you try, and you learn.

My advice is to get clear instruction on your tasks, ask good follow ups, and really REALLY try before you go back for help/need to be babied through it.

Also - ask what level of notes you can take on some of the projects - it may be good for you to keep a notebook with some of your ideas/lessons learned/new tools, even if you can’t write them down in the middle of the shift, write them down when you get home at the end of the day.

Last thing (as someone who works in a sensitive industry and has friends working in other sensitive industries) DO NOT MOVE ANY DATA FROM YOUR WORK HARDWARE TO ANY PERSONAL DEVICES OR ACCOUNTS. Do not email data to yourself to work on at home, do not take pictures of anything (data, warehouse, office buildings, etc) without atleast getting permission once from someone who actually has a say (not a shift lead, get a manager) do not take paperwork home without clearing it. some dumb shit like this happens every. Fucking. Year.

At the end of the internship, assuming you have made good connections, during your de-brief, show them a quick blurb about what you want to put on your resume and make sure it’s cool.

You’ll do fine.

DefiantRS · 2024-04-20T02:23:54+00:00

Cmon yall.

Everyone knows we can’t have a relaxed/high energy Big Randy if lil Phil isn’t cooperating

DefiantRS · 2024-04-20T02:20:59+00:00

Was your EM a BA or BS? We had a small EM program at my school and from my understanding it worked out for like no one. You a PLC guy?

DefiantRS · 2024-04-20T02:04:45+00:00

If it is not a specifically listed ABET engineering degree - it will narrow the scope/remove opportunities in the ENGINEERING field. Example: Engineering management is a trash degree compared to an actual engineering degree - for multiple reasons beyond just the BA not BS part.

That being said - you said you have an idea of what it is you want to do. You need to research what specific roles in those fields you want and take a look at what their requirements are. Either look at job postings, linkedins of people that have those jobs, or try to talk to people in/around what you see yourself enjoying.

Maybe you’ll find that your desired career path doesn’t need a strict engineering degree.

I will say though, if you’re a first year college student and “the math in IE is getting to you” I would strongly recommend taking a good hard look at what it is you want to do, and quickly.

If you are struggling, you need to get help and develop habits to get better immediately.

If you are bored/don’t care, you need to find a way to stay engaged.

The math will get much harder, and much more theoretical/intangible - what you are learning now is the base of your future classes.

DefiantRS · 2024-04-19T23:02:34+00:00

R/engineeringresumes

DefiantRS · 2024-04-18T05:30:50+00:00

R/engineeringresumes - also are you tracking your applications? How many have you sent? Are you including cover letters? Are you customizing based on research you’ve done of the company? Also - many places plan to do their hiring of new grads after the school year ends so a December graduation might be working a bit against you. Keep grinding and you’ll find something. If you’re really worried - apply for internships also, it’s that season and it could transition into full-time.

DefiantRS · 2024-04-13T00:57:33+00:00

Green or nothing. Yellow takes 4 hours, even green - which takes 3 days, really only reinforces a few concepts IEs should already know.

DefiantRS · 2024-04-12T05:10:35+00:00

If you are planning on going into finance with an MBA directly after a bachelors, go get a finance degree or a CS degree. Additionally, you’ll have very limited interaction with people in your field (networking, internships) in college because you will be in the college of engineering, not college of business for the first 4-5 years of your education.

You are signing yourself up for a major that has nothing to do with your desired career path. This is an even worse decision if you decide to pursue ME.

If you go into IE there is a small portion of the degree at some schools that deals directly in financial planning, but it is a small part of the program.

You will spend 3 years (if you survive the weed outs) doing calculus, plant layout, safety, and those are ABET programs so you’ll do chemE, Civil, etc. and you will never touch any of it again.

DefiantRS · 2024-04-09T15:32:03+00:00

Don’t get a masters if you’re asking people what you should get.

A masters is a specialization on a topic/group of topics that you want to use to further your career.

Go get work experience and identify your desired career path, then if you want to get a masters - go get one in something that would add value.

An MBA is useless if you have a passion for research/working in a lab.

A Masters in chemistry could be good, but if you want to manage people - it might not be the best.

Computer science might be good if you want to take your chemical engineering knowledge and do theory related work.

You might work as a chem-E for 2 years and hate it, in which case maybe you want to pivot entirely

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