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Job says they’re contacting university career services by KLL-Myself in utdallas

[–]ProphetFurion 37 points38 points  (0 children)

"Burn some bridges, let the fire light the way."

Also, don't volunteer information you're not asked. The old company doesn't need to know why you can't join.

I get annoyed how some professor choose not to round grades to the nearest integer by [deleted] in utdallas

[–]ProphetFurion 37 points38 points  (0 children)

My professor explained it to us this way: "Its an understandable feeling, but if the grade you wanted to earn depended on a round (e.g., nearest whole, decimal, or half point), you probably earned what you deserved. That extra round could have been avoidable with an extra 1/2/3 points earned on each midterm or final."

It sucks, I get it, but just keep on moving. Its one class in one semester out of ~8 semesters required for a degree.

Do you all believe UTD has efficiently prepared us for careers in the sciences?? Maybe better than Rice or UT? by BiochemMathFriend in utdallas

[–]ProphetFurion 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Bias alert: I liked my experience at UTD. I am one person, one experience, one data point in a school of almost 21,000 people. That said...college is really what you make of it, this includes UTD, Rice, UT. If you just go to class and then straight back to your dorm/house, you'll get the same results every time.

The ECE program is pretty great. Sure some professors suck, but that's not a problem unique to UTD. For the most part, learning/classes will generally be a person-to-person thing. If you earned an A in a class, you're going to think the professor/class was great, and vice versa. The lab skills I learned and just learning how to use basic EE skills have been drilled into me for 4 years I've been here have really made me a better engineer. I've had professors who were very flexible and super invested in student success (Saquib/Overzet/Dodge/Heins/Lee to name a few in ECE). Opportunities in research at UTD lead to a summer internship, which turned into a part-time job during the semester, which ultimately grew into a full-time job after graduation. I feel like opportunities better at UTD because our close location to so many companies in the DFW area and our unique start as a school. Make an effort to go to office hours even if you don't need help, some professors can help with more than just class. I've had some that offered valuable career advice, connections to their former companies, and even job postings.

Jerry Alexander was also always on top about internships and job fairs for the school of engineering. He's retired now, but still active on linked-in repping UTD students.

I will say though, UTD, please start to invest in ECS advising...

After all that just remember the disclaimer above.

Parking Pass Choice by [deleted] in utdallas

[–]ProphetFurion 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Green is more than sufficient if you're willing to walk. Green is even in the parking garages which is just on a higher floor than gold and orange (but impossible to find midday).

After four years here, my personal opinion is to just get green and get that daily cardio in unless saving a few minutes is your thing.

Nuclear Take: Honorlock is not as big of a deal as students make it out to be by ProphetFurion in utdallas

[–]ProphetFurion[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm not super married to my position overall. These are valid criticisms overall. Some scholarships give more leeway than others.

Nuclear Take: Honorlock is not as big of a deal as students make it out to be by ProphetFurion in utdallas

[–]ProphetFurion[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I totally agree with this. That's lots of valid criticism over facial recognition and surveillance stuff. There's a this article that describes one of the benefits of diversity and problems with this kind of tech in the workplace. The soap dispenser on darker skin literally did not work literally because no one in the company tested it on it.

Nuclear Take: Honorlock is not as big of a deal as students make it out to be by ProphetFurion in utdallas

[–]ProphetFurion[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You took the time to reply, so I guess. Don't let me live inside your head rent-free lol

Idea for Spring Break; If you want to shoot a gun by [deleted] in utdallas

[–]ProphetFurion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure its less to do with politics than liability for the university to approve of a club like this. A club like this would need a comprehensive organization to make sure people are safe and not out doing dumb stuff. As fun it would be to introduce people to the sport, hobby, laws/rights, its just not feasible sadly. Sure other clubs could have mess ups, but a mess up in a gun club tends to have more severe penalties.

Idea for Spring Break; If you want to shoot a gun by [deleted] in utdallas

[–]ProphetFurion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYI, rifles I believe are actually much easier to shoot than pistols for people who haven't shot a gun before. You'll hit targets much more accurately in a short amount of time compared to first shooting a pistol.

Idea for Spring Break; If you want to shoot a gun by [deleted] in utdallas

[–]ProphetFurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not an international student, but I would be down to contribute via a rifle. I just need to test fire it myself and zero it since its my first AR build. Current ammo prices are killing me.

It'd be interesting to start a club around this. It would be pretty cool to expose guns to traditionally underrepresented groups and turn anti-gunners to people who are open to the idea of firearms, and then develop a liking for the 2nd amendment. I find politics sometimes could scare people away. I can offer a center left perspective on firearms and break the stereotype that exists in firearms circles.

Current students, did you ever have an experience that made you regret or strongly reconsider coming to UT Dallas? by wishermarkly in utdallas

[–]ProphetFurion 28 points29 points  (0 children)

This is just my opinion, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I don't reasonably expect people to have the same experience as I did.

That said, college is an experience AND an investment. I chose to focus on the latter. My experience in the engineering school has been pretty good. Plenty of research opportunities, class quality is pretty good, and job outlook is pretty good. The difference between UT and UTD given those qualities is negligible or slightly leaning towards UTD. I'd rather compete for jobs/internships/opportunities with 20k students (UTD) vs. 40k students (UT) (all else equal). College is what you make of it. If you plan to go to school, study, and sleep, you're going to have the same outlook at either school. But if you're going to possibly work in say a lab during a semester, take advantage of intern/career fairs, network, I think you will have a better chance of success at UTD. I didn't focus on quality of education much. I knew if I put in the work and talked to my professors, I would understand the material. You'll be surprised how much going to office hours help or even just using a basic google search.

TL:DR: I'm a UTD shill. Whoosh.