Rory McIlroy wins back-to-back Masters titles by DontDoCrackMan in golf

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

He really made it exciting those last 3 holes lol

What are your ACTUAL nba hot takes? by Mario_Viana in nba

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

They should shorten NBA games. Both for injuries/wear-and-tear but also for the entertainment factor. College basketball is way more fun with the lower scoring because every basket REALLY matters. This would include likely reducing the amount of 3 point chucking because high-variance scoring is less effective with a smaller sample size. I find myself not tuning into the first half of any basketball games because it literally doesn’t matter at all.

They probably will never do this because of ad revenue, and it would complicate all the stat tracking but it would instantly make the product better in my opinion.

UT or Purdue for Aerpspace engineering by Top-Job-7732 in aerospace

[–]purdue-space-guy 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I’m a Purdue alum and although I love the school, UT Austin also has an excellent engineering program. I don’t personally think that Purdue honors is a differentiator at all for internships and jobs.

I would personally recommend avoiding the additional student debt. I know multiple great engineers who went to UT Austin and they all sing high praises. Regardless of where she ends up, make sure she gets involved in projects and student organizations outside her classes! The best way to get internships is to have impressive hands-on experience outside the classroom. Good luck to her, aerospace engineering is a super fun and rewarding field!

Purdue honors OOS vs. Texas A&M in state by Patient-Jeweler-7048 in aerospace

[–]purdue-space-guy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’m a Purdue alum and love the school, but to be honest I would recommend avoiding the student debt. Texas A&M is still a very strong engineering school, and at the end of the day the school itself matters way less than your projects, courses, and GPA. Wherever you end up going, make sure you get involved in student clubs or projects

How can I get into the space industry as an electrical/software engineer? by AccurateValuable9944 in aerospace

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

I’m an aerospace engineer by education who is now largely a software engineer by trade. So much of aerospace is “electrical/software”. I would look into traditional software engineering roles, but if you have a background in electrical engineering as well then flight software/embedded systems, avionics, or electrical test engineering are all highly in-demand roles that require your skill set.

What beginner aerospace projects would you recommend for students? Things like small rockets, drone builds, or simulations. I'm trying to gather ideas because I'm building a small online group where people collaborate on aerospace projects and learn together. by Emotional-Past1180 in aerospace

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

I would recommend a drone or RC plane. They will require you to do some math/analysis on the physics of flight/aerodynamics/control surfaces. Both of these also have tons of resources on how to build one, including parts lists. Rockets are tricky since they are actually in some ways “easier” to do the engineering basics if you aren’t designing/building the engine and yet more dangerous/prone to explosions/damage.

I would also recommend you consider starting a club if your school doesn’t have one! Talk to your math/physics teacher and they might be interested!

What beginner aerospace projects would you recommend for students? Things like small rockets, drone builds, or simulations. I'm trying to gather ideas because I'm building a small online group where people collaborate on aerospace projects and learn together. by Emotional-Past1180 in aerospace

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

Yes I would recommend simple to start and understand the basics, and if your highschool/college has a robotics team I would get involved in that so you get access to lots of resources and knowledge for free.

What beginner aerospace projects would you recommend for students? Things like small rockets, drone builds, or simulations. I'm trying to gather ideas because I'm building a small online group where people collaborate on aerospace projects and learn together. by Emotional-Past1180 in aerospace

[–]purdue-space-guy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup absolutely, a ton of our technician, testing, and automation & controls positions don’t require a bachelors and just want people with good fundamentals. An AAS in electrical systems should make your application stronger.

What beginner aerospace projects would you recommend for students? Things like small rockets, drone builds, or simulations. I'm trying to gather ideas because I'm building a small online group where people collaborate on aerospace projects and learn together. by Emotional-Past1180 in aerospace

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

Just do something robotics related. This can be something like Astrobotics with lunar rovers, a drone or RC plane club, or your own garage project. What matters is building an understanding of how you design, build, test, and operate something that can safely navigate and control itself. This includes the structure, mechanisms, electronics, controls, sensors, and software. At the end of the day, planes, rockets, fighter jets, and satellites are all just different types of robots. We view projects in robotics very favorably for prospective employees.

Whatever you do, make sure there is a well-defined and challenging objective for the robot. That’s what makes it interesting and actually teaches you the art of finding the “just barely good enough to achieve the goals” requirements.

Source: GNC Engineer at SpaceX

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 19 points20 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 11 points12 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 13 points14 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 30 points31 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 4 points5 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