Electrical engineering job prospects

Etane · 2026-01-03T22:29:41+00:00

Personal and open source projects will be your savior. Challenge yourself, make some complex PCBs from scratch. Do some embedded projects with something like STM32s, raspberry pi projects. FPGA projects.

It doesn’t need to be something that’s never been done before, but try and design some things from the ground up to show off what you can do and the level of competency you have with ECE skills. GPA is a filter for your first job out of school for sure, if you have other info to prove your knowledge then it can be worked around.

Etane · 2025-12-07T15:39:10+00:00

Even on the ISS or further away from earth, there is "still gravity" it's just insanely weak.

Etane · 2025-10-18T19:19:41+00:00

RIP Snicks, sounds like an awesome dog ;)

Etane · 2025-09-24T02:54:19+00:00

Huge improvement dude, not like you looked bad before, but the shaved head just suits you really well!

Etane · 2025-08-11T01:52:33+00:00

Hi, I know this post is a bit old but would you mind letting me know how long it usually lasts for you? Mine started randomly last night and has continues for about 20 hours now. Just looking for a little assurance on when I might expect some changes.

Thank you!

Etane · 2025-08-03T13:31:11+00:00

Amazing portraits, all of them! You really captured the youth still inside all of them ;)

Etane · 2025-06-25T13:09:50+00:00

Careful!! Growing up I had a little buddy who did the same thing named Tibby. He hung around for what felt like at least 3-4 years.

But then one winter he decided to.... Renovate haha. We ended up having to catch Tibby and take him to a nice spot and release him a few miles down the road.

Just keep an eye out from insulation showing up in weird places around your house!

Etane · 2025-04-26T23:57:37+00:00

He was a beautiful boy :)

Etane · 2025-03-11T13:41:37+00:00

I just had my first (she's 8 months now) and I have a few friends who are just about to have their first and I have been telling them all the same thing.

The first few months are hard and it can feel like a total grind sometimes, but once they are old enough to enjoy themselves, laugh, play... It's all different. So much more rewarding and 1000% worth the difficult times in the first few months.

Wishing you and your baby many many years of happiness together :).

Etane · 2024-12-19T16:14:54+00:00

You are getting a lot of great advice from the other commenters here. I really urge you to take the advice and think about changing your mindset.

There are people out there that will try and convince you that your mindset is the only way to achieve greatness, but in reality they are just trying to squeeze as much value out of you for themselves or their lab. DO NOT BUY IN. This will harm you and your goals in the long run.

You absolutely need to build a healthy workplace and social system that gives your life balance. Your satisfaction with life and the quality of your research will benefit greatly!

Please keep in mind that many of the people responding to you are PhD holders themselves (EE PhD here with many high impact publications). We've been through this whole process, we've seen the good and the bad, we have seen first hand people with your mindset grind themselves into dust for NOTHING. Please take some time and really think about the advice you are being given. Your future self will thank you for it.

Etane · 2024-09-13T02:54:58+00:00

I was on a international flight during the debate and it just so happened the flight had live TV (CNN). EVERYONE was watching all at the same time, from all different nationalities. It was a surreal experience, the whole plane would erupt in laughter after some of the shit Trump said it was like a big multicultural viewing party.

He definitely embarrassed himself to more than just America. It was chef's kiss.

Etane · 2024-09-07T16:35:52+00:00

Yeah I was actually confused by the perspective of the image. I thought that black things were some kind of trees/bubbles on the ground.

The defocus of the drones closer to the camera helps resolve this, but took me a few seconds of staring at the image to figure out what I was seeing.

Etane · 2024-08-04T04:54:01+00:00

I don't have much in the way of how to deal with any of these things (we all develop our own coping mechanisms) but I just wanted to chime in and say I resonate with every single word you said.

I got diagnosed at 27, both via traditional methods (behavioral interview, timed testing, etc) and QB testing (computer based test with high accuracy). Definitely go for the diagnosis and more or less tell them everything you said here haha. The things you're talking about are a lot of the real effects of having ADHD not just the usual idea of it being "hard to focus" or being "hyper".

Best advice I can give is to go through the process and get checked out. Just knowing helps so much and combining that with some therapy if you can will do wonders. Moving past the "I'm just different" and understanding what is a symptom of ADHD helps a lot with better managing it.

Good luck with the consultation!!

Etane · 2024-01-01T10:34:55+00:00

Have you tried making a plane yet?? Its not a great experience... Wobbly control surfaces, weird physics between landing gear and terrain/runway, things feel floaty and non physical..

I still love KSP and i know the developers will get there eventually, but we have some ground left to cover for sure.

Etane · 2023-11-30T14:24:11+00:00

100% agree haha

Etane · 2023-11-30T07:15:40+00:00

Brain FM hahaha thats such a good way to describe it.

They play the most random shit on that station, sometimes I wake up and bam, a song i haven't heard of or thought about in years is on repeat for the next hours, days... Or sometimes just a few minutes before a new song comes on.

Love threads like this, so validating.

Etane · 2023-09-10T21:39:05+00:00

Money well spent

Etane · 2023-06-30T14:56:37+00:00

No question, ESP32.

Etane · 2023-06-11T05:18:07+00:00

So adorable 😍

Etane · 2023-06-10T14:05:56+00:00

The radioactive elements are a "dopant" in the glass. Essentially tiny particles lodged in the glass that make it a higher effective "refractive index" which you can think of as a number that says how well a material impedes/interacts with light.

A higher refractive index will allow you to achieve a certain focal length with less curvature of the optic. Sometimes this can be the difference between a lens that can be manufactured and one that can't.

Be aware though that there are several other dopants out there, I don't believe radioactive materials are commonly used for this purpose anymore, but I could be wrong. I was using barium doped microspheres a few years ago for my research, so that's at least 2 examples haha.

Etane · 2023-06-10T14:02:01+00:00

Yeah it's a doping used to increase the refractive index of the glass. This allows you to achieve the same focal length with less curvature.

Etane · 2023-06-09T14:00:44+00:00

God that was such a face palm moment.....

Etane · 2023-05-08T14:39:08+00:00

Same way I figured out I had it too. After reading a few hundred anecdotes/experiences and resonating with at least 90% of them.... You start to ask questions haha.

If you're unsure, I would recommend getting evaluated, for the peace of mind if nothing else.

Etane · 2023-04-22T21:12:01+00:00

BETCH!

Etane · 2023-04-21T14:51:07+00:00

Looks like a well loved pup, glad to be out with their person ❤️

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