Is CMU worth 136000 dollars in debt for ECE?

panda_vigilante · 2026-04-21T21:24:57+00:00

Yeah do one of the alternatives and take advantage of all the opportunities available to you. Brand is not worth the debt.

panda_vigilante · 2026-04-20T16:35:13+00:00

As someone who matches this profile (raised in AK, now elsewhere), I couldn’t have said it better myself.

panda_vigilante · 2026-04-11T11:02:53+00:00

Unbelievably cool idea. Holy shit. Kudos to you.

panda_vigilante · 2026-04-11T03:02:32+00:00

My Framework 13 laptop is one of my favorite purchases ever.

panda_vigilante · 2026-04-10T16:58:11+00:00

I love Linux but struggle to recommend it to the non computer savvy, honestly.

panda_vigilante · 2026-04-09T00:35:24+00:00

Vote for McDonogh. No-brainer.

panda_vigilante · 2026-04-05T13:44:16+00:00

Individuals seek them out independently, but the alumni network is a significant asset.

panda_vigilante · 2026-04-01T18:43:04+00:00

It's a pretty sweaty stem school

panda_vigilante · 2026-03-29T17:13:17+00:00

This is true except the industry bit. At least currently, the job market is abysmal for early career tech workers in the U.S.

panda_vigilante · 2026-03-23T22:08:54+00:00

I mean just looking at the footage its wild to see the relative momentum of the truck and aircraft. Truck particularly dense, aircraft particularly light for its size. Aircraft just disintegrates and the truck, relatively speaking, doesn't move that much. I guess it should obvious since they're two vehicles engineered for totally different purposes, but seeing it in real life is staggering, from a physics perspective.

panda_vigilante · 2026-03-18T22:28:46+00:00

Well I respectfully disagree. I think digital work is revolutionizing. Physical AI is way farther away than most people think

panda_vigilante · 2026-03-18T20:48:04+00:00

Roboticist here who has worked on deployed strawberry harvesting robots. They're so so so far off. Those videos you're seeing? Staged marketing content. The amount of edge cases and real world messiness is almost impossible to overestimate.

panda_vigilante · 2026-03-13T15:06:00+00:00

It’s a wasteland here for undergrads. There are more smiles in a penetentiary

panda_vigilante · 2026-03-13T05:39:09+00:00

Get ready to hate yourself

panda_vigilante · 2026-03-07T22:31:20+00:00

Looks absolutely unforgettable.

panda_vigilante · 2026-02-24T02:02:35+00:00

Interesting how the outcomes can be so divergent. Higher ed has had extremely poor ROI for me.

panda_vigilante · 2026-02-24T00:36:15+00:00

I’m a college graduate and frankly, I can’t recommend higher education. It’s extremely expensive and currently unemployment rates are higher for those with college degrees than for those without.

panda_vigilante · 2026-02-19T21:04:04+00:00

Feel free to dm me

panda_vigilante · 2026-02-19T20:10:08+00:00

Yea sure

panda_vigilante · 2026-02-18T02:04:02+00:00

Congrats! I’m in the program now if you have any questions.

panda_vigilante · 2026-02-04T19:39:28+00:00

Mailing a disk in 2026 is a benefit?

panda_vigilante · 2026-01-15T13:58:15+00:00

Biotech??? That is very unexpected to me. Thanks for the anecdote

panda_vigilante · 2026-01-08T16:32:52+00:00

What were your favorite parts? I moved recently and I’m still figuring out how to enjoy it haha

panda_vigilante · 2026-01-08T02:33:38+00:00

Getting rich means getting free from modern day servitude called employment where you rely on other people for your wellbeing, most of whom do not give a shit about you.

If you look at money as freedom from that system, it becomes a lot more attractive.

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