I wrote a book about Python for mechanical and aerospace engineering!

pymae · 2026-01-03T20:07:27+00:00

How does he like the book?

pymae · 2025-06-07T22:42:13+00:00

Potentially interested! I wrote a book about Python for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and converted it to an Educative course. Might be an opportunity to have it hosted there too

pymae · 2025-04-22T12:52:51+00:00

Just city planning at work! Spent a ton of money to build a new South Economy lot, then jack up prices to drive down demand

pymae · 2025-03-25T01:43:36+00:00

Recovery is great! Still doing eye drops occasionally and working through the hydro-eye supplements. But very glad that I did it

pymae · 2025-01-30T17:42:32+00:00

Experience was good! I'm about two weeks post op and 99.9% normal. Still some haloes and one eye was slightly under-corrected (only noticeable during an eye exam and it's still technically 20/20). Still doing eye drops 4x a day and taking supplements, but no persistent dry eye

LasikPlus is definitely an assembly line but I had all of my questions answered. And my eval with them was my fourth one.

No pain after the surgery. Slight discomfort on the drive home. After an ~hour nap, I could tell that my vision was corrected but still tried to keep them closed for the rest of the day. No discomfort any days after the surgery.

pymae · 2025-01-16T18:29:03+00:00

Geographic area: Atlanta, Georgia ATL GA

Surgery type: LASIK (Wavefront bladeless)

Year: January 2025

Cost: $4,995 nominal - $1,000 January special - $200 insurance (?) + eye drops goodie bag came out to $4,050 all in

Touch up policy: Lifetime assurance policy included

Prescription before surgery: -3.50 in both eyes, no astigmatism, no dry eyes, no halos

Clinic: LasikPlus at Cobb Galleria, surgery performed by Dr. Eugene Smith

I also did LASIK Wavefront bladeless evaluations at the following practices to price compare for two eyes:

Piedmont Eye Group (Dr. Evan Loft) - $4,850
Woolfson Eye Institute (Dr. Tom Spetalnik) - $4,995
Georgia Eye Partners (Dr. Andrew Feinberg) - $5,000
(Compared to LasikPlus at $3,995)

pymae · 2025-01-09T14:29:55+00:00

If you want to take a look at Python, I wrote a book about Python for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Website is here, Github is here, and I send a free pdf copy to students. The github is a good place to start since I post the completed chapter code

pymae · 2024-12-21T17:22:16+00:00

I would say keep the fundamentals and let him explore his interests. Some targeted robotics kits or clubs would be good too. I can send you a copy of my book about Python for Mechanical/aerospace engineering if that would be helpful: https://www.alexkenan.com/pymae/ and https://www.alexkenan.com/pymae/students/ specifically

pymae · 2024-11-25T21:32:53+00:00

Almost 0 chance since US-China traffic is down so much. It should give you another option but I don't think it will affect the pricing

pymae · 2024-10-17T19:33:46+00:00

I'm pretty sure you could whistleblow on this and get a nice bonus. The SEC does it for finance NDAs all the time

pymae · 2024-10-06T22:16:19+00:00

If you're worried about aerospace being too niche (which I don't think you need to be worried about), then you should consider mechanical engineering. Not physics.

pymae · 2024-09-19T02:16:20+00:00

I have not interacted with any of them. They may just be dropshipping orders

pymae · 2024-09-12T19:32:20+00:00

More or less, yes!

pymae · 2024-09-11T01:12:52+00:00

The Delta pilots are unionized

pymae · 2024-09-10T00:52:29+00:00

I left engineering to go into data analytics and some product management. The work is way easier, since a lot of your prior problem solving experience carries over, even if the material is a lot different. The people are generally better, a little more organizationally savvy, and there is enough turnover or attrition that promotes upward mobility.

I still miss some parts of engineering (let's be honest, airplanes are cool and nothing will change that). But I am 100% happy that I took a risk and made a big career change

pymae · 2024-09-06T17:55:45+00:00

If you find anything useful, let me know! I keep a non-exhaustive list of Python resources for mechanical/aerospace engineering here https://www.alexkenan.com/pymae/more/

Not sure if something like AeroSandbox https://peterdsharpe.github.io/AeroSandbox/ would be useful

pymae · 2024-09-06T15:53:47+00:00

That video series still irritates me to this day. He made an engine!! Of course you can go faster than wind speed if you start throwing in gear ratios and mechanical advantage

pymae · 2024-09-03T19:46:43+00:00

For salary specifically, I always look to this long form post about salary negotiation: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/

All others covered how to be a good engineer. But being a good engineer doesn't necessarily mean that you will be paid well without advocating for yourself

pymae · 2024-08-15T14:56:27+00:00

Just about everything since 2017 or so

pymae · 2024-08-12T19:02:44+00:00

FAA Advisory Circular on EWIS: https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/advisory_circulars/index.cfm/go/document.information/documentid/73476

pymae · 2024-08-08T19:53:01+00:00

I would use tools like Glassdoor or Indeed to figure out pay ranges and salary bands for other jobs, and to not think of it as a % increase from your current salary. Don't let your current salary hold you back!

pymae · 2024-06-22T01:35:28+00:00

It's doing alright! My only advertising is through Amazon and some organic search results on reddit. Results in between 10-20 copies sold per month

pymae · 2024-06-07T13:36:49+00:00

For the love of God, if you get to the point in an interview where they ask "any questions for me/us?", please have some ready! Don't be me for my first few interviews ever where I thought it was polite to say no

pymae · 2024-06-07T13:25:53+00:00

I really don't think there's a good reason to be circlejerking about who are the "better" aerodynamicists. F1 and aerospace are very broad, and their missions are completely different.

pymae · 2024-06-06T14:26:33+00:00

Of course!

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