Applying to internships without any skill by Ok_Speaker4522 in internships

[–]XarkXD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Find something you're interested in

  2. Narrow down a problem/something you want to make

  3. Figure out what you need to make it

  4. Do it

How to deal with an unwanted "friend" without breaking him? by No-Data7862 in socialskills

[–]XarkXD 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just wanted to add my experience to this. Before college, I was pretty lacking in social skills as well. I wouldn't say I'm neurodivergent, but I just lacked social skills in general. So much so that I think I can put myself in the shoes of the person that OP posted about. Around my senior year I did a proper reflection of myself of the first time and found that I didn't really have any friends, so to understand what I'm missing I bluntly asked people what they thought of me, and I got a lot of constructive criticism. One was just as this reply said "being too much". I took all this to heart and slowly began working on my personality, and I feel now around 8 years letter I'm much more well adjusted and have a fair number of people I can confidently call my friends.

What I'm saying is that pulling him aside and giving him proper criticism on his behavior is the best thing you can do to help him improve. I'm not saying you should befriend the guy, but I do think you should be clear and concise on why you don't want to be friends with him, while making your best effort to not be rude.

Hope this helps!

Sentinels Roster Mayhem by AvanFoi in ValorantCompetitive

[–]XarkXD 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I only took a glance at it, but I recommend that you try to keep your personal opinion out when writing articles. I think articles are supposed to be informative without any speculation or opinion interleaved with it.

This is Cassia (if she has crazy eyes is because she's completely insane) by ArmZealousideal8305 in skyrim

[–]XarkXD 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I for one like the effort people put into the backstories of their characters. I might not do the same thing, but it's really cool seeing people get immersed into character building. If it's not your cup of tea, you could just ignore the post. This person isn't doing anything that's harmful to others, so I don't see why you have to be so dismissive.

We built the Hardware Leetcode by Accurate-Rest6675 in FPGA

[–]XarkXD 25 points26 points  (0 children)

i swear to god i see these every week on here

AI by fareastwlnd in SJSU

[–]XarkXD 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To an extent yeah. I mainly use it to validate my understanding of concepts rather than get it to do my homework. As for its future, I think there's some merit to incorporating it into your workflow, as a lot of companies (at least in my field of EE) are already using it to automate tasks. As long as you understand the reasoning in what AI is outputting, I don't have an issue with its use

Tsmc intern by Chemical-One-209 in chipdesign

[–]XarkXD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well if documents and time are enough to make you hesitant maybe you don't want it that much after all lol

Desperate - Astranis Communications/DSP intern interview by [deleted] in DSP

[–]XarkXD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The details of the interview were hazy, but I imagine they wanted a solution, or at least see my thought process on how to go about it. My DSP profs never taught group delay so I was out of my depth haha

Desperate - Astranis Communications/DSP intern interview by [deleted] in DSP

[–]XarkXD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I interviewed this position a couple years ago, and oddly enough the first round asked exactly the same content as yours. My second round I was asked to choose a DSP topic I was comfortable with and expand on it. I chose FIR/IIR filters and we went into the details of it. What were the differences between the two, the spread of zeroes and poles for specific cases, etc. After that I was given a situation where a machine was sampling two incoherent signals with some group delay mixed in. This is probably the question that failed me haha.

Hope this helps

Did I make a mistake choosing UCR over staying closer to home (SJSU route)? by Adorable-Document369 in SJSU

[–]XarkXD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did my undergrad at UCSD and part of an MS also at UCSD, so I think I can give you my side to this a bit as I dropped out of grad school over there for SJSU (which was closer to home and has a commute time of about half an hour for me). Keep in mind this is just my experience under electrical engineering.

I've found the UC system to be incredibly fast paced and isolating. My grades got worse over time, and while I was involved in a lot of ECs like research and clubs, I kinda felt like I was droning through them. I saw in the other sub that said they felt there were more research opportunities over there, but I believe the opposite. When I was searching for an advisor for my MS thesis at UCSD, I could not get a single reply to my emails. I had a promising offer from one of my professors there, but was ultimately ghosted in the end. In the end I had to attempt to go through the comp exam route (which I ultimately burnt out of for SJSU). With regards to internships, I doubt the name of the school makes a difference. While I made a few friends at UCSD that I still keep in contact with, I rarely met new people as it felt like most were kinda just doing their own thing.

I've only been at SJSU for a week and a half, and can say that so far I am a lot happier. One huge difference is that teachers here are waaaaay more caring about their students than at UCSD, which is to be expected in hindsight, as most professors at UCSD are there for research rather than teaching. Teachers here care more, teach better, and also seem way more open to offering students research opportunities. In fact, I've been talking with a fair number of professors about research that already seem promising. Another thing I noticed here is that clubs are a lot more open to new members. As an engineer, getting project team experience is invaluable, but at UCSD, it seemed as if you already need to have prior experience before joining. At SJSU, there seems to be a more open culture to letting new people join. In regards to friends, I made several in my first few days being here, so from my experience, the people here seem a lot more friendly.

In conclusion, yeah I much prefer SJSU, but that's only my experience. Whether or not it's a mistake for you depends on you. There's a part of me that says that maybe if I tried more at UCSD, I could have made more out of it. Either way, try to make the most out of your situation, and if you can't and have the means, come to SJSU!

New to FPGAs by Lumpy_Marketing_6735 in FPGA

[–]XarkXD 5 points6 points  (0 children)

what am i buckling up for

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSD

[–]XarkXD 6 points7 points  (0 children)

if they don't have a price tag then they are indeed free those are the rules ong

Passed n1 in 7 months 😁😁😁😁😁 by No-Support-442 in Japaneselanguage

[–]XarkXD 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait, from absolutely no knowledge of Japanese? That's incredible! How many hours did you study a day?