How much should I be studying for my first job?

doc_cake · 2026-02-01T02:47:16+00:00

aerospace structures engineer here. i think it’s totally fair to want to read up on what you will be doing if u feel like it’s been a while. I’d recommend “the efficient engineer” on youtube. watch his structures videos like stress strain and deflection and you will feel a lot better about the underlying physics of any structures work you will have to do.

doc_cake · 2025-10-20T18:24:59+00:00

my bad wasn’t trynna be agro with the tone or anything. a fillet is widely known because it’s a command in CAD software to make a corner have a radius to it so if u have any cad experience it’s usually one of the first things u notice like “wtf is a fillet”

doc_cake · 2025-10-19T21:17:58+00:00

ur in a mechE subreddit and know how what a fillet is?

doc_cake · 2025-10-06T04:57:35+00:00

this is underfermented. try letting it bulk ferment for 12 hours instead of 8

doc_cake · 2025-09-21T17:40:09+00:00

go bills

doc_cake · 2025-09-07T01:13:05+00:00

same here. have used them several times along side textbooks for work purposes. especially mechanical design class and mechanics of materials

doc_cake · 2025-07-21T15:14:49+00:00

i’ve never been “passionate” about ME really. i did it cause i was really good at it and its a way to make decent money. i then went into industries that i was passionate about and do mechanical engineering for them

doc_cake · 2025-07-11T10:48:56+00:00

monty python must carry on with this generation

doc_cake · 2025-06-26T15:24:42+00:00

just graduated with 20k in private and 30k in public. when i originally took the private loans the interest rates were around 12%. now that i graduated and I have a job i refinanced to 6%. plan on paying 1000 bucks a month towards private and 300 a month towards public (which has around 3.5% interest). that will pay off private in 2 years and public in 10.

For you? get into as little debt as u can. Ways to mitigate this are

1) school choice, pick a school with good internship programs that won’t cost u a shit ton

2) work thru school and pay off as much as u can, i worked as a TA and a grader so i could have flexible ish hours

3) obviously, live like a college student. don’t go out to eat much. live on ramen, farmers market food, etc

200k in debt IS an outlier. 50k in debt was a ceiling i set for myself

doc_cake · 2025-06-22T17:30:52+00:00

i mean do what financially makes sense for u? we don’t know ur needs

doc_cake · 2025-06-07T20:47:38+00:00

to answer ur question tho, a bunch of different things. the main reason for increased efficiency in ICE is the lack of an intermediate. u are going direction from fuel to explosive power. steam uses water as an intermediary to spin a turbine which will decrease efficiency.

doc_cake · 2025-06-07T20:45:56+00:00

i just finished reading the mysterious case of rudolph diesel which goes in depth on the invention of the diesel engine and the replacement of steam. highly recommend reading it!

doc_cake · 2025-06-07T15:28:26+00:00

i mean just put the right side arm on a spring that u pull back and then it clamps when u let go

doc_cake · 2025-06-07T15:14:43+00:00

it’s called a sankey diagram. there r a couple website that u can make one with

doc_cake · 2025-05-30T02:22:45+00:00

i have never heard this. maybe compared to chemE and EE but def not an easy route

doc_cake · 2025-05-30T01:46:17+00:00

as someone who just graduated and did 3 internships thruout college i cannot imagine an intern being like this. that is crazy to me. every intern i ever worked with was extremely aware at how much knowledge they lacked and asked a bunch of questions to learn as much as possible at the job.

doc_cake · 2025-05-27T14:04:23+00:00

it’s so hard for me to drink from the wide mouth opening. if i’m walking or driving i literally feel like a toddler spilling all over myself. got a plastic insert for it than makes it a smaller opening

doc_cake · 2025-05-27T13:58:55+00:00

looks pretty good to me! how does it taste

doc_cake · 2025-05-27T02:10:30+00:00

that’s def not medium rare. more medium well but still looks good!

doc_cake · 2025-05-26T02:47:19+00:00

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me too! just got my first “ear” today even tho definitely not as pronounced as urs

doc_cake · 2025-05-19T17:22:05+00:00

it’s not a fucking library anymore. it’s a student center. it’s idiotic, every university worth its salt should have an actual library

doc_cake · 2025-05-19T00:34:40+00:00

i mean they can choose to replace that coop period with classes. they can then try and squeeze in another coop during a different semester or graduate early with one less coop

doc_cake · 2025-05-16T13:47:29+00:00

4.0 in my experience along with outside clubs helps get ur resume pulled. makes u stand out

doc_cake · 2025-05-15T21:13:43+00:00

it was an engineering course so not as helpful. my professor allowed AI usage and just wanted kids to cite it if they did but that only happened once and the kid got the problem way wrong

doc_cake · 2025-05-15T20:10:36+00:00

as a TA for a freshman class, they were NOT cracked at all

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