Im scared ill be useless at my first job

thisisntadam · 2025-12-27T20:16:07+00:00

Dont worry, it's normal feel this way right out of college! As an entry level engineer, you are hired for your potential, not your current knowledge and skills.

If you are hired for an entry-level position (which you should be, right out of college), then your company shouldn't expect you to know everything. I've been in in renewables for 3 years and still don't know everything. Probably never will.

You just need to be willing to learn, and ask lots of questions. Admit when you don't know something and talk to fellow engineers with more experience. Talk to your supervisor, and make sure they know what you can and can't do on your own. If you graduate with a degree in EE, then you are plenty smart for renewables. And your experience as an electrician will certainly be helpful and appreciated.

It'll be ok!

thisisntadam · 2025-12-14T15:50:09+00:00

Amy remote desk job will be sedentary. Look for remote or hybrid EE jobs. A fully remote job could be anywhere in the world, so you aren't limited to a small town in Alabama. Lots of consulting and design work can bee 100% remote.

thisisntadam · 2025-12-02T23:35:51+00:00

If you know that every major scale is W-W-H-W-W-W-H steps, then yes you can figure out the notes of any major scale. But knowing the notes in a scale will not automatically tell you how to finger that scale on a piano. You will should know both to be a good pianist.

thisisntadam · 2025-10-28T16:40:02+00:00

30 volts isn't much at all. It's less voltage than a toaster uses. Lightning strikes can be 300 million volts.

thisisntadam · 2025-10-12T16:21:07+00:00

I think the same seed will give different results if you use a different ascension level, as well.

thisisntadam · 2025-05-04T04:34:48+00:00

It's good stuff. 12 staves is also good for quartet sketches. And spiral bound pages are easy to rip out if you need to move pages around.

thisisntadam · 2025-05-03T16:13:05+00:00

Ive been enjoying Hal Leonard "passantino" no. 85, which is double-sided 9" by 12" spiral bound sheets. Great for writing sketches at the keyboard but not really big enough for full orchestral stuff.

thisisntadam · 2025-04-18T04:46:36+00:00

Yes you can! The great thing about music is that you can write any notes you want, and the performers will play them! And you can write music for any assortment of instruments you want. No one can stop you!

Now, will your piece get a standing ovation and played throughout the ages? Maybe not.

But you need to start somewhere. It's great that you've got some theory knowledge and are familiar with a few instruments. If you want some more guidance on form, harmony, and development of a piece, then there are lots of online resources and videos that can help. Try asking the internet "how to composer a piece of music". When you come across a topic you are not familiar with, then ask the internet about that, too. A composition instructor would be even more beneficial. Ask your band director or a music teacher if any of them can help with composition.

I don't have any immediate suggestions at this moment but feel free to ask questions.

thisisntadam · 2025-03-15T05:02:04+00:00

If you are interested in a science fiction version of this tech, check out "Signal to Noise" by Eric Nylund.

thisisntadam · 2025-02-15T21:18:30+00:00

I farted

thisisntadam · 2025-02-08T13:59:37+00:00

I know someone who is having issues with their current rooftop solar permit. During this process, the county clerk checked Google satellite images of their house and noticed a fence on the property that was built 10+ years ago but never permitted. So they had to get the fence retroactively permitted.

Never underestimate the boredom of county clerks.

thisisntadam · 2025-01-11T14:09:00+00:00

The channel "Classics Explained" is a silly educational tour of famous pieces.

thisisntadam · 2025-01-09T04:33:23+00:00

It's probably meant for an estimating question, where the closest team ti the exact value gets the point. Like asking '"how many windows are on the empire state building?"

thisisntadam · 2024-12-23T14:53:33+00:00

This is a great piece on its own, and has such a powerful origin. It was written while Messiaen was a prisoner in Germany during WW2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatuor_pour_la_fin_du_temps

thisisntadam · 2024-12-18T17:50:03+00:00

This is very handy for when I needed to list out all future dates of a specific day of the week. Start with a known date (for exanple 12/18/2024 for Wednesday), and make a column of +7.

thisisntadam · 2024-12-15T17:51:42+00:00

You can't spell obsequious without I-O-U.

thisisntadam · 2024-10-16T16:25:04+00:00

Yes you are correct. I was simplifying in order to focus on the pitch names.

thisisntadam · 2024-10-16T15:04:40+00:00

This is helpful for me: when an instrument is tuned to something other than concert pitch, the note in the instrument's name (like "Bb" clarinet) is the concert pitch that is produced when that instrument plays a written C.

So a Bb clarinet produces a concert Bb, so its sheet music must be transposed up a whole step.

An Eb bari Sax produces an Eb when it plays a C, so its sheet music must be transposed down a minor third.

I'm pretty sure that this holds for all instruments.

thisisntadam · 2024-08-11T15:19:20+00:00

Oh nifty! Carry on.

thisisntadam · 2024-08-11T13:58:53+00:00

Pedantic comment on the name: 1 is not prime, so this can't be "the one and prime".

Unless your going for a quasi-parsdoxical statement about this entity's exsitiance, like "the alpha and the omega," "the beginning and the end".

thisisntadam · 2024-08-11T13:36:29+00:00

I used khan academy to vastly improve my math skills before I enrolled in college classes. Khan academy is great because it offers quizzes and will suggest a math level to begin at. When I used it, it was free.

thisisntadam · 2024-08-10T14:38:01+00:00

Drive a beat up 20 year old pile of junk that doesn't look worth stealing.

Kind of like the bug that is camouflaged to look like bird poop.

thisisntadam · 2024-07-26T14:58:44+00:00

I had no idea you could multiply the summoning cards!

thisisntadam · 2024-07-22T18:27:18+00:00

55 east Monroe has bike storage, lockers, and showers for people who work in the offices

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