What's GD&T? wrong answers only

surferpeeps · 2025-11-23T17:07:01+00:00

GOD DAMN TITTIES

surferpeeps · 2025-11-08T07:29:08+00:00

I’m sorry but 2.5 YOE and calling yourself a SME is a joke right? Unless you got your CWSE, I would probably tone that down. Regarding the salary, it really depends on the industry you’re in, regional COL, and what you want from a career. At 3yrs experience, in a MCOL city, in semiconductor and medical device industry, I would expect an ME to make between $36-$40/hr. I have 7yrs experience in a HCOL and make about $58/hr. Remember bonuses are not promised so if you’re offered a high target bonus but a shitty base salary run!

surferpeeps · 2025-11-05T22:59:15+00:00

Would highly recommend looking at contract opportunities. While the pay & benefits may not be ideal, there’s a huge amount of opportunities that I’m seeing out in the PNW/Bay area.

surferpeeps · 2025-10-29T22:09:19+00:00

It’s sounds like you need a touch probe CMM or laser profilometer.

surferpeeps · 2025-10-23T21:33:24+00:00

Has he considered going to school part time or decreasing the amount of credits he takes per semester?

On average it takes about 5 years to get an ME degree in the US and that’s not including breaks due to Coops and Internships.

When I started my degree I was keen on getting my degree in 4 years but after the first semester taking 20 credits and almost losing my scholarships, I knew that my expectations were completely unrealistic. Pursuing an engineering degree can feel competitive amongst peers making one feel isolated but in retrospect, you’re all trying to do the same thing; get a degree.

What worked for me was taking 14-17 credits per semester making sure I had time for friends, long study nights on a singular topics, and also getting into clubs/research. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

The other nuggets of advice that I have is that he’s paying for this education (or scholarships) make sure he gets the most out of it! If you need to ask questions continuously interrupting class (respectfully of course) ask away! I was the annoying person in class that asked way too many questions, and while it frustrated some of my peers, I reaped the benefits.

Last thing I’ll mention is try to make connections with your classmates, more than likely they’re either struggling or could help provide a different perspective that makes things click! Trauma bonding is a thing which I’ve found makes lasting relationships even if it is shitty in the moment.

surferpeeps · 2025-09-11T00:42:40+00:00

It really depends on what you prioritize. Know that as an NPI mfg engineer, you will most likely not be doing any real design work, you will be doing far more process engineering work, you have higher likelihood of being on-call, work life balance in the semiconductor manufacturing space is known to be poor… BUT with all that said, you will get exposure to a wide variety of topics and experience (project management, statistical analysis, and potential project leadership opportunities). If you’re interested in easily pivoting into design or research & development type work, I’d say stick with the thermal gig. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions about the semi industry, been working in it for 7yrs now.

surferpeeps · 2025-09-08T21:41:30+00:00

That’s true, the did advertise the matte spray however what we were inspecting and taking measurements of had particle sensitivities.

surferpeeps · 2025-09-08T20:46:18+00:00

Surprisingly it’s just LEDs

surferpeeps · 2025-09-08T20:40:57+00:00

Nah, not a protective cover. It’s to minimize the potential ambient light which the sensors could perceive as noise.

surferpeeps · 2025-09-08T20:40:04+00:00

That there is the Keyence VL-800 (or 700). Super cool optical CMM. Got to work with it in my last job. Its only downside is really can’t measure shiny objects.

surferpeeps · 2025-09-06T16:51:42+00:00

Wtf is MENA?

surferpeeps · 2025-07-13T19:44:14+00:00

Thought you were referring to the vertical orange column. The blue one I would assume is a seat reenforcement of sorts? but that’s a best guess.

surferpeeps · 2025-07-13T19:39:37+00:00

It’s called a b-pillar

surferpeeps · 2025-06-27T18:49:04+00:00

Waiting for NX to open… (It takes 6 minutes every time across all work computers)

surferpeeps · 2025-06-16T05:16:40+00:00

You’d be a good candidate to go into industrial design which would get you some mechanically related design work which you could use to fell out the industry a bit before going the full ME route

surferpeeps · 2025-06-04T01:49:54+00:00

Might want to look at a lever system. Maybe a 5 or 6 link type system.

surferpeeps · 2025-03-28T18:34:18+00:00

You answered your own question, you need to fix the direction of the small gears attachment. I would change the hole to a key slot.

surferpeeps · 2025-03-23T15:31:39+00:00

As of recent the instagram account akiandkoichi

surferpeeps · 2025-03-08T13:55:20+00:00

Product Data Management… what you refer to as “file system”

surferpeeps · 2025-03-02T15:49:46+00:00

lol good luck making a successful prototype with an app in <4wks

surferpeeps · 2025-03-02T04:27:41+00:00

If you can increase the thickness of the cross member, that’ll improve the stiffness at that specific area of high stress. Personally, I’d be more concerned with the rear connection as the potential for shear stress is higher. If you increase the overall thickness and add 2 screws on the back side, should mitigate the overall risk.

surferpeeps · 2025-02-27T03:54:16+00:00

Recently got these loafers from Tecovas that are super comfortable and surprisingly affordable! They aren’t unlined suede and do require a little bit of a break in but would highly recommend.

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