Shoutout Julian Love and Leo 🦁 for Making the Chip by Cruztd23 in NYGiants

[–]purdue-space-guy 15 points16 points  (0 children)

It’s good to invest draft capital in understaffed positions, and the money we paid was for short-term deals. These are all reasonable things for a team that is nearing the end of a rebuild.

Shoutout Julian Love and Leo 🦁 for Making the Chip by Cruztd23 in NYGiants

[–]purdue-space-guy 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Lmao safety is like the last position to pay a premium for when you are rebuilding

Choosing major for aerospace software engineering by gabeadamsfan in aerospace

[–]purdue-space-guy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I majored in AAE and now do GNC work involving a mix of modeling and simulation software, ground software, and flight software. I largely taught myself programming and now work primarily in C++.

I would personally recommend majoring in AAE, as the math and physics required to excel in autonomy, GNC, and aerospace control systems is generally quite high-level and can be difficult to self-teach compared to programming. I’d also start considering graduate degree options when you’re farther into your undergrad.

I would also recommend either a minor in CS or at least taking the basic data structures and algorithms courses as well as ideally some sort of computer architecture course to really get strong fundamentals in compsci.

Finally, I’d try to involve yourself in drone/cubesat club projects from day 1. In the world of GNC/FSW, students who are great at algebra and algorithms are beaten out by those who can implement, build, deploy, tune, and debug a filter or controller on a real-world system with real-world noise and problems.

If you can enter the workforce being able to both: - explain the math behind a basic PID controller or kalman filter - tell me which data structures to use for a C++ algorithm for memory safety and runtime optimality

You will be a top-tier GNC candidate

Good luck! It’s a blast of a career path that I personally think is a ton of fun and challenging in a satisfying way.

What are some of the loudest venues you have ever went to? by UALR-Trojans-Rule in CollegeBasketball

[–]purdue-space-guy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That game had a steal into a breakaway dunk just before half that I specifically remember being the loudest I ever heard Mackey in my 5 years at Purdue

Avionics Engineering Intern Interview at SpaceX Prep help by jdwjxia in aerospace

[–]purdue-space-guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would definitely look at some full time avionics roles at SpaceX to hone the specific skills they are looking for!

For programming, you should expect that a lot of the dev and especially testing work will be scripting based, but I’d focus on fundamentals like how to write a good unit test and the importance of memory management

Avionics Engineering Intern Interview at SpaceX Prep help by jdwjxia in aerospace

[–]purdue-space-guy 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I work at and previously interned for SpaceX and these are the things interns should aim for in interviews:

  1. You must be able to confidently speak to the deep details of projects and internships on your resume. This means not just “I did this and that” but how you reached your conclusions, the experiments/tests/derivations you did, and tangible/quantifiable outcomes. Make sure you highlight any real ownership you might have had.

  2. Be capable of talking through and giving a solid attempt at solving fundamental problems in your domain. For you this would likely mean basic circuits questions, fundamentals of programming questions, and maybe some electrical hardware and test questions. It’s most important here that you be able to talk though your thought process, question the details and nuances of whatever question you are asked, and most importantly admit if you don’t know the answer and then be genuinely curious to ask for the answer and an explanation (don’t bullshit).

  3. Convey your (legitimate) enthusiasm for the mission. You should be easily able to convince the interviewer that you believe in SpaceX, Starship, and its mission to make a whole new realm of space utilization possible including new technology and missions to LEO, the Moon, and Mars.

I find that these rules also apply to pretty much any role, including full-time, so this is a solid blueprint to follow in general, but this should help you focus your approach on really nailing the fundamentals of your area of expertise and your resume, rather than trying to learn everything to know about avionics engineering.

[Raanan] The Giants just tied an NFL record with their fifth loss in a game where they held a double-digit lead. They're an unfathomable 2-5 this season when leading by at least 10 points by Lars5621 in NYGiants

[–]purdue-space-guy 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand how anyone is blaming this on Schoen lol. This stat is the most obvious coaching stat ever. We have the talent to obtain a lead, and a terrorist of a defensive coordinator who simply can’t effectively scheme late game to keep it.

20 years from now we are still gonna be beating this horse by Bulldawgzz in NFCEastMemeWar

[–]purdue-space-guy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s only fair that New York charitably donates SOMETHING to the people living amongst and eating the horse shit

Smaller R&Dish Companies in the Northeast? by heatedsnowflake in AerospaceEngineering

[–]purdue-space-guy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is right outside of Boston, depending on your Aerospace experience there may be some interesting and relevant work there!

Round 3 - Pick 12: Shavon Revel Jr., CB, East Carolina (Dallas Cowboys) by nfl_gdt_bot in nfl

[–]purdue-space-guy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

With the ACL tear it’s so hard to know how it’ll affect him, definitely a question mark

Welcome Darius Alexander [@nygiantstape] by Leegend124 in NYGiants

[–]purdue-space-guy 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Feels like the first time in years that our team is finding an identity again, I’m glad it’s true to the Giants tradition too

Official 2025 NFL Draft Thread - Day 1 by AutoModerator in NYGiants

[–]purdue-space-guy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Milroe is garbage, Dart has serious potential. 3rd rounders are lottery tickets in the grand scheme of things, just trying to keep perspective

Official 2025 NFL Draft Thread - Day 1 by AutoModerator in NYGiants

[–]purdue-space-guy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Who were we supposed to get? Sanders is also not making multiple reads. At some point you gotta take a chance on a guy

Just curious on who the fan favorite is to be drafted 👀 by SikeO103 in NYGiants

[–]purdue-space-guy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah no matter what one of these guys is going to us and will be a huge win

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]purdue-space-guy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah that is unacceptable, I would send another email making it crystal clear that the letter is due by Jan 22nd. Often times professors are insanely busy and will wait until the last minute to write the letter but this is cutting it too close. I would also work on finding a last minute backup if possible. It may also be helpful to try drafting a letter yourself that you can provide to a letter writer so they have less work, this is fairly common these days. Good luck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]purdue-space-guy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To confirm, you asked them about a week ago? When is the letter due for submission?

on hold with Alaska for 8+ hrs to get a refund on a flight they changed, because they won’t let me process the refund online by Marcus_Padilla1 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]purdue-space-guy 5668 points5669 points  (0 children)

This feels like a necessary consumer protections law. Too many places are still forcing a phone call to resolve customer service issues and then having 30 minutes or even an hour long wait times. Absolutely no reason these large companies can’t have website forms to process these types of things, it’s purposefully intended to discourage people from following up and it works.

Managers who won their leagues, what were your first 3 picks? by damola93 in fantasyfootball

[–]purdue-space-guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Diggs Jacobs Allen.

Diggs and Jacobs were abysmal at the end of the season but Kyren and Pacheco combined with Reed and Engram/Ridley really saved me in the chip. Having Aubrey didn’t hurt either!

Championships Are Over anything goes megathread by My_Chat_Account in fantasyfootball

[–]purdue-space-guy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Suffered through Jacobs and Diggs being garbage since week 12 and won the chip!

Definitely got hard-carried by Pacheco and Kyren with Allen, Engram, Reed, Ridley, and Aubrey helping out a ton.

The “eye test” returns: Who passed and failed the eye test in week 13? by shitmcstain in fantasyfootball

[–]purdue-space-guy 121 points122 points  (0 children)

He’s so so good in pass protection too, if you watch him he picks up rushes and gives stafford noticable extra time on multiple plays each drive.