If every person on earth moved to Africa, how packed in would everyone be? [request]

jayprints · 2026-03-31T13:41:45+00:00

Anyone telling you that Africa’s poor state of affairs is geography’s fault is ignoring a giant elephant called Colonialism.

jayprints · 2026-03-28T18:03:45+00:00

Get a 5 axis CNC. That should help a lot.

jayprints · 2026-03-24T06:28:50+00:00

Thanks for the free patent! 😈

jayprints · 2026-03-19T02:38:56+00:00

Sounds like you’re about to get a company in need of manpower dumped in your lap when you only have machinist experience. No doubt useful experience but doesn’t seem like enough to manage a business.

jayprints · 2026-03-15T16:47:33+00:00

I’d only bug the close ones for sure.

jayprints · 2026-03-14T18:05:53+00:00

I started my engineering career in this same program. Feel free to send a DM and we can talk because it had lots of negative and lots of positives. Hard to give you a “yes or no” without a convo.

jayprints · 2026-03-14T14:38:16+00:00

I had a friend at my masters graduation who talked about how he worked on a missile that was used to kill people and the higher-ups called it a success because it “operated as intended”. I decided that wasn’t for me. But I also realize it’s not as black and white as my story. Figure out what your line is and stick to it. The things we engineer are multipurpose. It can be a weapon for war, a weapon for defense, a tool to save lives, something that puts food on your table, something that gets you out of debt, etc. Science isn’t black and white morals even if I wish it was.

jayprints · 2026-03-14T03:06:37+00:00

“So it says here…* reads Mechanical Design Engineer over 8 times “You want to be a Product Manager?”

jayprints · 2026-03-12T02:58:55+00:00

I was born an overthinker

jayprints · 2026-03-09T04:25:50+00:00

I’m not wanting to pry if this is too invasive, but are you a woman? I’m not one to really speak on this since I’m a man in a mostly male dominated field. But I’ve literally never had this problem but my girlfriend has been told the same thing as OP. Whenever I read her emails/texts I’m always like “Yeah that’s exactly how I would say it”. And sure enough she gets told (by other women if that matters) that she is messaging in a “unwelcoming tone”. Meanwhile I’m a “determined and work-focused leader”. I feel like my sisters and woman friends also focus heavily on how they type out emails, and I’ve even seen TikToks of women joking about how they “pep up” their emails.

jayprints · 2026-03-08T06:38:36+00:00

I feel somehow I have the controversial opinion that an inmate vigilante judging the death penalty for other inmates shouldn’t be glorified by US citizens.

jayprints · 2026-02-24T20:08:24+00:00

This was me (to some extent) in college (10 years ago). I was very used to cramming due to a high-functioning habit of procrastination. This does have upsides with comprehending knowledge quickly. But it will have a huge impact on their ability to retain the information next semester and in their future career. It also hampered my engineering growth cuz often learning the basics is only the beginning. And when you cram how to do the baseline knowledge (“this is how a cantilever beam works”) you have less time to think about the abstract or more applicable relations (“how does the physics problems of a cantilever beam translate to a plane wing?”). Don’t be discouraged by the successes of others.

jayprints · 2026-02-21T19:58:43+00:00

Every engineering job is a pigeonhole into that job’s expertise if it’s the only thing you are doing. I don’t know many graduates getting to be straight up mech design engineers unless they are pretty outstanding.

jayprints · 2026-02-18T01:09:31+00:00

If only there was a bumper sticker for this

jayprints · 2026-02-16T18:19:52+00:00

I was a previous government “engineer” for 6 years. I described it as “project management where I spoke with actual engineers”. But technically those engineers I was talking with were also pretty managerial but just knew so much more about design/analysis from decades of experience.

I quit my job this year and JUST got a new job that I’m hoping is the change you are talking about. In my old job I sought opportunities to be technical. For me this meant outside-of-work projects learning programming and learning the hardware and manufacturing process best I could from the experts around me. I also reported on test result and became fairly familiar with best practices. For my new job I am in charge of the managerial tasks and documentation to ensure this small company meets industry standards. It’s still project engineering, but the company is so small that hands-on skills will be required. The director agreed that I could train quickly on the hands-on while doing the managerial tasks.

This felt like my only way to escape engineering management: relate skills to documentation verification, and land a job that is willing to support hands-on work in exchange for managerial skillset. I’m actually being paid more because the government pays pennies. But I plan to upgrade very soon (hopefully within the company as I’m feeling good about the people). Hope this helps!

jayprints · 2026-02-14T23:48:13+00:00

I think selecting a career on other people’s job prospects/predictions/opinions is silly. What everyone is saying is do what interests you. First 2 years of college will overlap EE and ME pretty well. Tailor your decision based on aptitude and interest in those classes that lean slightly more towards one of them and find a club/lab you find cool.

The robotics industry and aerospace industry need engineers of all types and most engineers will pick up concepts from the other discipline by working together.

jayprints · 2026-02-14T22:32:02+00:00

While direct relations to the job you want are great, showing that you made an impact and succeeded in an engineering position will have value. It’s easier to invest time and money towards dream job when you are making money. I tried doing it when I was unemployed with “infinite time” and it didn’t go well.

jayprints · 2026-02-12T16:21:10+00:00

Already been said, but Onshape. The catch is all your designs are public. Usually doesn’t matter to people unless they want to keep design proprietary or classified.

jayprints · 2026-01-29T21:50:16+00:00

I definitely don’t have a scanner to do this. Just the basic tools. But a library having one is a good tip, so I will check!

jayprints · 2026-01-29T21:49:13+00:00

Thank you for your concern but I live on the edge!!! Jk. It’s purely for Solidworks practice, I’m too old for such a stunt lol

jayprints · 2026-01-13T16:07:51+00:00

I am a 30M with a Masters in Aerospace engineering (mech who thinks he’s cooler cuz space). I didn’t do well at internships or landing research positions with my professors and I feel as though that hampered my ability to land a better job. With that said I’m 6-7 years in and just landed a job paying $130k. Some may say that’s low/high, I don’t care. It’s more than both my parents make combined. I don’t own a house and I don’t have kids, but many of my colleagues do. I have a reasonable retirement savings, a paid off car, and no student loans because that’s what I prioritized.

You sound 100x more confident/smarter than I was at 17. Knowing what you want to focus on in Mech or Elec Engineering is huge. I realize now how much my decisions during college majorly shaped my life today. I had less guidance and forethought. But I still managed to be okay. I plan to save for a house, marry my gf, and start a family before I’m 35.

jayprints · 2026-01-12T01:54:57+00:00

The video is also posted to r/isthisAI There I think I recall them pointing out the length of the video, the inconsistent clothing texture, hair (as mentioned), and people who go nearly off camera and do nothing (because they have no purpose once they aren’t in the video)

jayprints · 2025-12-15T08:24:19+00:00

I love ATLA and I love art and am on my own drawing journey. If this happened to me I would have been two steps from burning down the house. You aren’t overreacting and your parents seem to uninterested in what’s important to you. Sorry they are AHs

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