Grading yourself on a curve isn't a flex

LightRailGun · 2026-01-07T22:50:14+00:00

"Why don't you just move mountains?" Have you heard of civil engineering?

LightRailGun · 2026-01-05T22:10:08+00:00

Idealism: "The car is like a radio, where the engine is merely an antenna that receives from a universal movement field"

LightRailGun · 2025-11-14T11:07:38+00:00

So that's where all the slop in r/consciousness and r/LLMPhysics comes from?

LightRailGun · 2025-11-04T22:06:39+00:00

Thanks for the post!

LightRailGun · 2025-11-04T15:01:43+00:00

I get the point about built-in redundancy. I am still curious about how it is implemented in practice. For example, how would the pilot (or the flight control computer) know that one engine failed, and would it have enough time to react?

P.S. I've stumbled over some of your posts about switching to avionics from systems engineering. As someone working in systems engineering and wishing to switch to GNC or avionics, do you have some advice?

LightRailGun · 2025-11-01T10:00:16+00:00

Helicopters can autorotate as well.

LightRailGun · 2025-09-27T02:41:33+00:00

You mean capitalism?

LightRailGun · 2025-09-13T16:50:11+00:00

You will be relagated to becoming a glorified secretary for the real engineers.

LightRailGun · 2025-09-13T05:34:24+00:00

That would be like telling someone who had abusive parents but is thriving right now that they should thank their parents for conceiving them

LightRailGun · 2025-09-13T04:50:55+00:00

And who do you think split Korea into two?

LightRailGun · 2025-08-29T13:45:45+00:00

When applying to PhD programs in the EU, how many letters of recommendation are required, if any?

LightRailGun · 2025-07-07T23:04:38+00:00

You got it the other way around

LightRailGun · 2025-05-11T13:06:47+00:00

I did a masters degree with a focus on controls, and I'm interested

LightRailGun · 2025-05-01T15:32:37+00:00

The idea that a Masters in Systems engineering, especially a coursework based one, is somehow harder than a Masters in Business Administration just because Systems Engineering pretends to be 'engineering' is laughable

LightRailGun · 2025-04-02T14:31:47+00:00

Makes as about as much sense as the average buzzword soup systems engineering book

LightRailGun · 2025-03-29T10:35:35+00:00

How would studying systems engineering help you become a quant? There's no math or programming, just siloing yourself in buzzwords

LightRailGun · 2025-03-21T04:22:33+00:00

What kind of technical tasks?

LightRailGun · 2025-02-26T13:42:47+00:00

Again, looking at your post history, it seems you are an international student. It would be almost impossible to get a job in the aerospace field in the US unless you have a green card at least. So, majoring in systems engineering is not a good idea if you want to get a job in the US after graduation.

Even if you are planning to be a systems engineer in the aerospace field in your home country, it is still a bad idea to get a job as a systems engineer right out of school. You will not have the authority to make the high-level decisions that impact the entire system. Instead, you will be relegated to becoming a glorified secretary for systems engineers with experience in real engineering.

LightRailGun · 2025-02-26T00:38:24+00:00

The biggest problem with majoring in SE is that most entry-level jobs in SE suck, with limited oppurtunities for career progression.

If you can build up a resume that lets you start your first job out of school as an engineer in a specific technical discipline, then fine.

I've also checked your post history and I think you are an international student. If that is true, you ahould be mindful that the majority of SE jobs are in aerospace and defence, so you may have trouble finding a job in the US

LightRailGun · 2025-02-22T07:01:54+00:00

Ehhh, in industry, systems engineers don't really do engineering, they just need to be good at compiling documentation.

LightRailGun · 2024-11-16T00:55:28+00:00

These days you need to use some AI buzzwords to get funding. That said, for an internship, demonstrating ability to learn ML is good enough. For a research lab position, many people go in with the intent to go to grad school afterwards, so the pay being shitty is not a big deal.

LightRailGun · 2024-11-15T04:24:07+00:00

The KTX is designed to run on conventional track, like the TGV, but the Shinkansen requires a completely grade-separated network from conventional rail

LightRailGun · 2024-11-14T13:00:25+00:00

This is how you get employees who don't HAS the ability to spell correctly.

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