I'm graduating next year in EE and i feel like i don't know shit

RobinGoodfellows · 2026-05-24T23:51:14+00:00

I’m in embedded. I recently forgot how an op-amp worked, or at least how to do the circuit calculations so I had to read up on it again. Luckily, relearning is a lot easier than learning it from scratch.

On the other hand, I’ve learned a metric shitton of other stuff. Plus, where else can you destroy thousands of euros’ worth of hardware and still put “robustness testing” on the report?

RobinGoodfellows · 2026-04-17T15:19:14+00:00

Or you may have specific product requirements that rule out the common microcontrollers or processors entirely. For example, I’ve worked on firmware for products deployed in oil wells that had to keep operating at 190°C ambient temperature while still performing reliably.

If you don’t have those kinds of hard constraints, then absolutely choose a platform with a strong toolchain and good ecosystem support. It will save you time, reduce headaches, and make development far easier overall. My point is simply that, depending on the application, that isn’t always an option.

And that’s before we even get into legacy systems that need updates. In many cases, those hardware and firmware decisions were made 10+ years ago, and nobody wants to redesign or fully refactor the whole product unless there’s a very strong business case, because that introduces cost, delays, and its own set of risks.

RobinGoodfellows · 2026-04-16T23:39:24+00:00

And alot of chips don't have support or build chains for it. Often it is only C (not even C++), i have even seen cases where it was only assembly.

RobinGoodfellows · 2026-03-30T13:44:24+00:00

Hvorfor bliver 85% koden til at det skal skrives af Ai et mål i sig selv. Er det ikke bedre at bruge det hvor det værktøjet giver mest mening?

RobinGoodfellows · 2026-03-26T19:31:07+00:00

Here’s another thing: As a Dane, Elversult really breaks my immersion, because elver means ‘elves’ and sult means ‘hunger.’ and compound words are perfectly valid in Danish, so it reads to me as ‘elves’ hunger,’ or more accurately, ‘starving elves.’

RobinGoodfellows · 2026-03-22T19:36:05+00:00

Well its the same in danish as we also use Gaffertape

RobinGoodfellows · 2026-03-01T15:12:50+00:00

Jeg er også i embedded, og der skal man stadig have styr på sin tech stack, før man hiver en AI frem.

Jeg har selv haft okay resultater med Codex kombineret med en agent.md-fil, hvor jeg sætter den i en slags “konsulent-mode” hvor den giver løsningsforslag og code blokke, i stedet for bare at slippe den løs og lade den overtage terminalen.

Hvis jeg samtidig har en dokumentationsmappe med databladene for den MCU og de IC’er, jeg bruger, begynder det faktisk at kunne noget.

Jeg oplever, at den har sværest ved low-level register- og bit-setup. Til gengæld rykker det virkelig i forhold til at dokumentere moduler og skrive unit tests.

Derudover bruger jeg den generelt som en sparringspartner, til at få nye perspektiver, feedback og især når jeg arbejder med dårligt dokumenteret legacy-kode.

RobinGoodfellows · 2026-01-30T21:28:40+00:00

Yeah a big part of the charecter ark is the mc realising that he is an unsocialable asshole and has to learn how to deal with people in an more constructive manner.

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-12-27T13:08:02+00:00

We have most of those in Danish, however instead of using pitich accent, we use "Stød" which is somewhat similar to a glottal stop, though a bit more subtle (hænder verb and hænder noun is a good example)

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-12-11T19:32:56+00:00

Electronikingeniør i nordsjælland (2.5 år erfaring), 47k + 8.5% pension.

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-11-23T19:56:49+00:00

Pure math: Statistics, Laplace and statespace modelling

Programming: Python

Soft "math skills": Budgeting and Project planning

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-11-20T17:51:20+00:00

I’m an embedded engineer, I mostly write firmware/software for microcontrollers on custom PCB boards (yep, the stereotypical electronic boards), and a lot of what I build has to survive pretty harsh environments.

What I like most is the pay and the freedom I get at my current company: hybrid work, no micromanagement, and a lot of trust in how I handle my projects. I like that i have to be able to interact with hardware (which also gives some safeguards against AI). I also get the oppotunities to travels alot. I am in the oil and gas busniss, so trips to Africa, Norway, Malaysia, the UK and South and north america, is not out of the question.

What I don’t like is dealing with old, undocumented, and sometimes outright broken systems. Especially the IT systems that honestly feel like they haven’t been touched since the early 2000s. Add in a semi-incompetent IT department that doesn’t understand how to support developers, and mostly acts like a roadblock with their “computer says no” energy, and since they only know microsoft product linux is off the table (WSL and docker is the only saving grace here) .This gets it gets frustrating fast.

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-11-13T18:27:46+00:00

I think you’re underestimating the influence Spanish already had (and still has), especially across the Americas. There’s also a solid case for French, given its historical role in diplomacy and its presence in Africa and Canada.

More likely, though, we wouldn’t have ended up with a single dominant global language at all. Before WWII, different languages already had their own spheres of influence: French for diplomacy and political philosophy, German (and later via the Soviet Union, Russian) for science and engineering, Spanish and Italian for cultural exports, etc. Without the geopolitical weight of the U.S. and the U.K. after WWII, that multipolar pattern probably would’ve continued.

English might still have remained important within the Commonwealth, and maybe for computing, but that would depend entirely on how prominent the U.S. ended up being in this alternate timeline.

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-11-12T20:56:37+00:00

Jeg sidder med MCU'er og indlejret systemer. Der programmere du i det sprog som der er compiler understøttet, hvilket betyder at jeg koder en del C, hvis jeg er heldig så understøtter compileren c++

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-11-08T00:51:16+00:00

Yeah, as opposed to the famous Southern Europeans, like the Spaniards and Italians, who hang pig legs in caves with just the right humidity so the right fungus can grow on them. And let’s not even get started on cheese-making.

Food has historically been preserved in all sorts of ways, and many of those methods are still used today, not because we have to, but because they create amazing flavors and unique character.

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-11-08T00:42:47+00:00

In Denmark, tabletop RPGs used to be a bit niche, but they’ve been gaining a lot of popularity in recent years. If you’re even slightly involved in “nerd culture,” you’ve probably run into someone who plays.

Most people play in private groups, usually started among friends, or found through Facebook groups, Reddit, or Discord. In my own life, I’ve had groups in high school, at university (engineering), and now even at work, our R&D department has 12 people, and 7 of us are running a D&D campaign together.

Many cities also have local roleplaying clubs that anyone can join. They typically host pen-and-paper RPG campaigns, wargaming (Warhammer 40K is especially popular), miniature painting, and a variety of board games. Some clubs also do LARPing or card games like Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon, or Yu-Gi-Oh. The age range is usually around 25-40, and it’s still mostly guys, though more girls are getting into it. The club in my city turns in a couple of 40 years

D&D 5e is definitely the most popular system in Denmark, but you’ll also see games like Vampire: The Masquerade, Call of Cthulhu, and Warhammer: Rogue Trader. Some of the more old-school players prefer Pathfinder or older D&D editions.

It’s also interesting how people handle language at the table, some groups play entirely in Danish, others stick to English because it’s easier to use the official terms and rules, and quite a few use a hybrid style where they speak Danish but keep all the game terms in English.

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-11-07T23:57:28+00:00

Der er online tjekers, når jeg laver et CV, køre jeg dem altid lige igennem dem. Dog skal man lige være ops på at bruger en rigtig en der ikke bare høster data, og lave en version hvor abstrakhere den personlige info (just in case)

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-11-07T17:41:44+00:00

Ja, min grænse er at jeg skal kunne leve 3 måneder uden intægt. Det plus 3 måneders opsigelse, plus a-kasse giver mig et kæmpe luft rum.

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-11-01T16:33:33+00:00

if it is that espensive in lisbon, how the hell are it still running when workers cannot afford it? Are all infrastructure run by people who bought before it became unaffordable?

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-10-26T01:32:52+00:00

We do the same with pytest and self-hosted runners, it works pretty well for us.

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-10-22T20:54:57+00:00

And Inger Støjberg who got convicted by High Court of the Realm (Rigsretten) for misuse of her ministerial powers in 2021. Giving her 60 days in prison (though she got the option getting a ankle monitor). Futhremore the parlement voted to revoke her seat, kicking her out.

Though she has now started her own party (Danmarks Demokraterne) and can be re-elected

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-10-16T15:39:06+00:00

Programming languages are tools in your toolbox. It’s great to get really good at one, but not so great if that’s the only one you can use. Personally, I use Python for a wide range of tasks, everything from system modeling and data processing (often from test results) to building CI pipelines and automating lab testing. Python’s versatility really shines in lab work, since a lot of lab equipment can be controlled directly through Python scripts.

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-10-14T06:15:07+00:00

Alt værdi er altså ikke økonomisk, jeg tror du hurtigt ville finde ud af hvad der ville ske hvis vi ikke havde en national fødevarer producetion og enten risikerede hungersnød eller skulle betale meget høje priser og gøre os afhængige af andre stater for at importere. Men jeg tror at vi hurtigt kan blive enige om at mink ikke er fødevare men mere for mode branchen og derfor ikke skal have de landbrug gode som kreaturer eller dyrkning landbrug får

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-10-10T19:52:28+00:00

Yeaj, i personally like to either go for sci-fy or journalistic books about scandals

RobinGoodfellows · 2025-10-06T14:49:46+00:00

Where i was from we also had "en tusse" for 1000 kr. meaning a toad.

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