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07-08-2013, 12:03 PM
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Update On How I'm Doing.
Well I started this thread back in March: https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-discuss...st-car-243635/
I figured I'd post a quick update on how things are going for me since then.
Let's see here...
Any questions or advice would be great, thanks.
I figured I'd post a quick update on how things are going for me since then.
Let's see here...
- Finally got my temps.
- Got a job bussing/dishwashing at the supper club my sister waitresses at, so just making minimum wage ($7.25/hr). I'm putting probably more than 90% of my checks into my savings account rather than spending it on useless crap, definitely a good thing.
- Scored a 32 on my ACT (top 1% or so in the USA) and a 5 on my AP Computer Science exam (that's scored 1 to 5), so college is looking good. It's really going to come down to finances though, but with these tests going for me I should be able to get decent financial aid and scholarships. I think I'll do my general ed classes at the little branch of this tech school here in town, which is literally right across from the high school, so I can just walk there.
- Don't think I'll be getting an RX-8 as my first car. Probably the biggest wake up call for that was when one of my coworkers gave me a ride home from work the other day; it was a little Geo (with the good Toyota engine and a manual transmission), nearly 20 years old and over 200k miles, and ran great and gets like 35MPG. It really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be or anything. Plus, my mom has also offered for me to buy her car at some point, a 2000 Dodge Intrepid. Gets about 30MPG on the highway, has a beefy 3.5L V6, premium audio package so I don't have to mess with that (besides soldering on an aux in to the stereo head :P), has around 110k miles but still runs great of course.
Any questions or advice would be great, thanks.
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Doing a damn sight better than some people twice your age, keep up the good work.
It shouldn't be too hard to find a full ride or close to it at a state university with an ACT score of 32, and with a 5 on the AP exam you're more than likely smoking your classes - so I'm willing to bet your GPA is up there as well. Keep up the good work - a free ride through college can save you $50,000+ depending on a bunch of other variables. Getting OUT of college debt free will make getting your life started insanely easier (and with a full time "big kid" job you'll likely find your salary will be far more than your living expenses, leaving plenty of money for toys like multiple cars!).
Keep your head up. It may not seem like a whole lot of fun now, particularly when your friends are pissing away their cash on all sorts of stuff and your off studying and saving cash, but you'll be rewarded in the long run. Just don't forget to reward yourself for work done well every now and then.
It shouldn't be too hard to find a full ride or close to it at a state university with an ACT score of 32, and with a 5 on the AP exam you're more than likely smoking your classes - so I'm willing to bet your GPA is up there as well. Keep up the good work - a free ride through college can save you $50,000+ depending on a bunch of other variables. Getting OUT of college debt free will make getting your life started insanely easier (and with a full time "big kid" job you'll likely find your salary will be far more than your living expenses, leaving plenty of money for toys like multiple cars!).
Keep your head up. It may not seem like a whole lot of fun now, particularly when your friends are pissing away their cash on all sorts of stuff and your off studying and saving cash, but you'll be rewarded in the long run. Just don't forget to reward yourself for work done well every now and then.
07-08-2013, 06:29 PM
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Oooh, we got us a smart guy up in here
You're making the right decision. This is the time in your life for a dependable, economical beater car. The gas and maintenance on an RX-8 would eat you alive, it's not the kind of ride you want when money is tight. Plus you won't have to worry about having a nice car sitting in the campus parking lot overnight.
Congrats on the ACT, that's damn near a perfect score and should get you a free ride almost anywhere. I highly recommend a computer science degree, unless you want to go for straight-up engineering, it's one of the few bachelor's degrees that will land you a good job right out of school. I also recommend going into web programming, I'm one and I've never wanted for a job. Every website on the Internet has programmers behind it, think about how many jobs that is. And it ties into the big new things like social media, big data, cloud storage, pretty much anything involving databases and remote access. There's a real future in it, as long as the Internet doesn't go ****-up.
Play your cards right, and 5-10 years from now you may be shopping for Porsches. So don't feel too bad about not having an 8 as your first car
You're making the right decision. This is the time in your life for a dependable, economical beater car. The gas and maintenance on an RX-8 would eat you alive, it's not the kind of ride you want when money is tight. Plus you won't have to worry about having a nice car sitting in the campus parking lot overnight.
Congrats on the ACT, that's damn near a perfect score and should get you a free ride almost anywhere. I highly recommend a computer science degree, unless you want to go for straight-up engineering, it's one of the few bachelor's degrees that will land you a good job right out of school. I also recommend going into web programming, I'm one and I've never wanted for a job. Every website on the Internet has programmers behind it, think about how many jobs that is. And it ties into the big new things like social media, big data, cloud storage, pretty much anything involving databases and remote access. There's a real future in it, as long as the Internet doesn't go ****-up.
Play your cards right, and 5-10 years from now you may be shopping for Porsches. So don't feel too bad about not having an 8 as your first car
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07-09-2013, 07:56 AM
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I remember your post from March - I do a lot of lurking but not a whole lot of posting here. I believe I responded then, and I'm going to respond again now...
Great job.
As others have said, you're doing things that show a much higher level of maturity than most your age, and many who are older than you.
I took a path that sounds very similar to yours, I'm just under 30 years old now, and I have an RX-8, Dodge Ram with a hemi, and a Kia sportage (wife's car that I bought her). All paid off. On the route to those vehicles I had others here and there including a few RX-7's but most were beaters. Oh, and I also have a house and two boats and a beautiful wife who is a stay at home mom to our 7 month old son. Keep your head down, keep working hard, keep thinking critically about your life and don't make major decisions lightly.
If all high school / college age kids were like you this world would be a much, much better place.
Also, every once in a while, buy something stupid - don't spend a lot of money, but I think it's healthy to buy something you want, just because you want it, not because you need it. Set aside $10-$20 a month for something like that, then every 6 or 8 months buy something fun, or go out with friends, etc.
Cheers.
Great job.
As others have said, you're doing things that show a much higher level of maturity than most your age, and many who are older than you.
I took a path that sounds very similar to yours, I'm just under 30 years old now, and I have an RX-8, Dodge Ram with a hemi, and a Kia sportage (wife's car that I bought her). All paid off. On the route to those vehicles I had others here and there including a few RX-7's but most were beaters. Oh, and I also have a house and two boats and a beautiful wife who is a stay at home mom to our 7 month old son. Keep your head down, keep working hard, keep thinking critically about your life and don't make major decisions lightly.
If all high school / college age kids were like you this world would be a much, much better place.
Also, every once in a while, buy something stupid - don't spend a lot of money, but I think it's healthy to buy something you want, just because you want it, not because you need it. Set aside $10-$20 a month for something like that, then every 6 or 8 months buy something fun, or go out with friends, etc.
Cheers.
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Doing a damn sight better than some people twice your age, keep up the good work.
It shouldn't be too hard to find a full ride or close to it at a state university with an ACT score of 32, and with a 5 on the AP exam you're more than likely smoking your classes - so I'm willing to bet your GPA is up there as well. Keep up the good work - a free ride through college can save you $50,000+ depending on a bunch of other variables. Getting OUT of college debt free will make getting your life started insanely easier (and with a full time "big kid" job you'll likely find your salary will be far more than your living expenses, leaving plenty of money for toys like multiple cars!).
Keep your head up. It may not seem like a whole lot of fun now, particularly when your friends are pissing away their cash on all sorts of stuff and your off studying and saving cash, but you'll be rewarded in the long run. Just don't forget to reward yourself for work done well every now and then.
It shouldn't be too hard to find a full ride or close to it at a state university with an ACT score of 32, and with a 5 on the AP exam you're more than likely smoking your classes - so I'm willing to bet your GPA is up there as well. Keep up the good work - a free ride through college can save you $50,000+ depending on a bunch of other variables. Getting OUT of college debt free will make getting your life started insanely easier (and with a full time "big kid" job you'll likely find your salary will be far more than your living expenses, leaving plenty of money for toys like multiple cars!).
Keep your head up. It may not seem like a whole lot of fun now, particularly when your friends are pissing away their cash on all sorts of stuff and your off studying and saving cash, but you'll be rewarded in the long run. Just don't forget to reward yourself for work done well every now and then.
If I remember correctly, my teacher was nice and ended up marking some of the assignments I hadn't finished as "no count" so I wouldn't have an F, as I had aced the final exam so I knew the stuff at least. The next semester I made sure to get an A in her class. Jeez, sorry bout the long paragraph; if I saw it I might even say "tl;dr" myself!
The hope is to definitely get out of college without a huge debt to pay off. Earlier today I found out my grandma has also set aside some money for college for me, I don't know how much it is but every little bit helps.
Oooh, we got us a smart guy up in here
You're making the right decision. This is the time in your life for a dependable, economical beater car. The gas and maintenance on an RX-8 would eat you alive, it's not the kind of ride you want when money is tight. Plus you won't have to worry about having a nice car sitting in the campus parking lot overnight.
Congrats on the ACT, that's damn near a perfect score and should get you a free ride almost anywhere. I highly recommend a computer science degree, unless you want to go for straight-up engineering, it's one of the few bachelor's degrees that will land you a good job right out of school. I also recommend going into web programming, I'm one and I've never wanted for a job. Every website on the Internet has programmers behind it, think about how many jobs that is. And it ties into the big new things like social media, big data, cloud storage, pretty much anything involving databases and remote access. There's a real future in it, as long as the Internet doesn't go ****-up.
Play your cards right, and 5-10 years from now you may be shopping for Porsches. So don't feel too bad about not having an 8 as your first car
You're making the right decision. This is the time in your life for a dependable, economical beater car. The gas and maintenance on an RX-8 would eat you alive, it's not the kind of ride you want when money is tight. Plus you won't have to worry about having a nice car sitting in the campus parking lot overnight.
Congrats on the ACT, that's damn near a perfect score and should get you a free ride almost anywhere. I highly recommend a computer science degree, unless you want to go for straight-up engineering, it's one of the few bachelor's degrees that will land you a good job right out of school. I also recommend going into web programming, I'm one and I've never wanted for a job. Every website on the Internet has programmers behind it, think about how many jobs that is. And it ties into the big new things like social media, big data, cloud storage, pretty much anything involving databases and remote access. There's a real future in it, as long as the Internet doesn't go ****-up.
Play your cards right, and 5-10 years from now you may be shopping for Porsches. So don't feel too bad about not having an 8 as your first car
As for worrying about a car in the campus parking lot, depending on which college I go to I might be able to just live with a family member rather than in a dorm or something. I got some family in a few university-ish towns. Would save on money, that's for sure!
I was thinking a Computer Science degree, but I'm also becoming more and more interested in hardware in addition to just software. I'd love to work for AMD and help with designing CPUs/GPUs and stuff like that, and then help with making the drivers for said hardware! Awesome news lately is that the open-source radeon module for Linux has power management support now. That's the kinda stuff I'd love to help with. As for web programming or designing, I've never been too interested with that. I think the job field for that is probably better than just computer programming (not that computer programming is a bad job field of course!), but I prefer working on "client" stuff rather than "server" stuff. E.x. rather than making a website, I'd rather work on making an internet browser instead.
I'd prefer a Nissan GT-R if I'm getting into stuff as expensive as Porsche though.
I remember your post from March - I do a lot of lurking but not a whole lot of posting here. I believe I responded then, and I'm going to respond again now...
Great job.
As others have said, you're doing things that show a much higher level of maturity than most your age, and many who are older than you.
I took a path that sounds very similar to yours, I'm just under 30 years old now, and I have an RX-8, Dodge Ram with a hemi, and a Kia sportage (wife's car that I bought her). All paid off. On the route to those vehicles I had others here and there including a few RX-7's but most were beaters. Oh, and I also have a house and two boats and a beautiful wife who is a stay at home mom to our 7 month old son. Keep your head down, keep working hard, keep thinking critically about your life and don't make major decisions lightly.
If all high school / college age kids were like you this world would be a much, much better place.
Also, every once in a while, buy something stupid - don't spend a lot of money, but I think it's healthy to buy something you want, just because you want it, not because you need it. Set aside $10-$20 a month for something like that, then every 6 or 8 months buy something fun, or go out with friends, etc.
Cheers.
Great job.
As others have said, you're doing things that show a much higher level of maturity than most your age, and many who are older than you.
I took a path that sounds very similar to yours, I'm just under 30 years old now, and I have an RX-8, Dodge Ram with a hemi, and a Kia sportage (wife's car that I bought her). All paid off. On the route to those vehicles I had others here and there including a few RX-7's but most were beaters. Oh, and I also have a house and two boats and a beautiful wife who is a stay at home mom to our 7 month old son. Keep your head down, keep working hard, keep thinking critically about your life and don't make major decisions lightly.
If all high school / college age kids were like you this world would be a much, much better place.
Also, every once in a while, buy something stupid - don't spend a lot of money, but I think it's healthy to buy something you want, just because you want it, not because you need it. Set aside $10-$20 a month for something like that, then every 6 or 8 months buy something fun, or go out with friends, etc.
Cheers.
Thank you! :D
Jeeez. I definitely hope I turn out as well as you have. That's very impressive.
Well I wouldn't say that. One thing I pride myself on is being different from everybody else and not trying to "fit in" with "trends" and stuff like that. It's always worked out well for me, and saves me money too! For example, rather than buying these "Beats" headphones that cost hundreds of dollars, I bought a pair of Sony headphones that I paid $20 for (on sale from $25 as well!). The specs on them looked nice, and I got a Sony stereo with birthday money when I was like 6 or 7 that still sounds great and works great today. The Sony headphones sound much better than Beats, and everybody that's tried them has become enraged that they spent so much cash on Beats. People just don't see that they're only paying for the marketing.
Oh also, a couple weeks ago I took the stereo out of my room, put it on the front porch, and blasted music at the noisy neighbors across the street. It's this rental that's always getting annoying people in it and they usually don't stay very long. Not long ago there were drug dealers living there. I literally saw pickups and dropoffs at late hours (1:30AM-3:30AM). While the people living there now are better than the drug dealers, they have this white Dodge Stratus that they'll park in the driveway and blast annoying rap music with it that rattles my windows and gets my dog barking non-stop. After a couple months of them doing this I just had enough and snapped. They haven't done this again since I hurt their ears 2 weeks ago. So the point of this story being that I have immature moments like everybody else, it's hard to stay calm and collected all the time! As I've gotten older those moments have gotten fewer and further between of course, thankfully.
As for treating myself to buying stupid useless things, I get paid every other week and will take maybe $10 to $15 out of my paycheck depending on how much it is, and buy a video game on sale on Steam or something. Other times I'll get a nice meal at work (it's half off for employees, might as well!). Last night I had a Ribeye Steak Sandwich with Cheese Curds for like $5.80 (that's my half-off price, with tax). Delicious, and cheaper than a combo at a fast food place too. Real expenses (like the $35 it cost to get my temps, which I got over a month ago now) get paid from my savings, as that's what it's there for. I think that's still the only thing I've really had to take money out of my savings for.
I do have money in other places as well: my uncle (mom's side of the family, married her sister, he's a "businessman" kinda guy) bought me some stock in "Wisconsin Energy Corporation" when I was born. Was maybe about $26 worth, roughly 2 shares. Since then, it continues to climb and there's been a few splits too. It's now worth $270! I'm thinking of getting some other stocks soon with a mix of the money I take out of my paycheck for myself and a little bit from savings to top it off, as I've been following stocks in technology kinda stuff (AMD, Intel, Microsoft, also Apple (even though I don't like Apple) and Google, even though I wouldn't be buying stock in Apple or Google because of the high price tag on it) and I've been able to predict when those stocks would go up and down. When there was rumors about AMD being behind the PS4's hardware, I would be like "Ok lets say I buy a share of them now, and see where they are in a little bit after any sort of confirmation about this": AMD's stock has nearly doubled since then, along with the news of them being behind the Xbox One too. With them having new GPUs expected to be released at the end of the year (although I'm thinking it might be early next year as there's always been delays with releases from them...) it'll probably get up even higher. AMD is still kinda risky though because of how their financials have just gone down the tubes in recent years...
Well thanks for all the replies guys. Appreciate it.
07-10-2013, 07:25 PM
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But if you really want to get into hardware, electrical engineering with a minor in computer science is probably the way to go.
07-11-2013, 10:10 AM
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You sound like me, about ten years ago . I'm 22 now, I just recently graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering. While web design was fun it was never really my thing, I also liked the more hands on approach so went with engineering. Learned lots of cool stuff, basically exactly what you're talking about. I've built a few cool embedded systems using capacitive touch applications and more recently an electronic drum kit that worked pretty well. If that's up you're alley you won't get to far from programming, C is basically the life blood of most microcontrollers and you will need to be good at it 
but it's much more fun than web development for me. I found this more to be hobby stuff for myself, and now work as a systems administrator in our cities health sciences sector.
You sound like a cool kid with your head on straight, the time to own your 8 will come... as will mine, as I'm expecting to buy in a couple weeks. Keep at it and you have the attitude to do well. Feel free to give me a shout if I can be of any assistance in the field.
. I'm 22 now, I just recently graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering. While web design was fun it was never really my thing, I also liked the more hands on approach so went with engineering. Learned lots of cool stuff, basically exactly what you're talking about. I've built a few cool embedded systems using capacitive touch applications and more recently an electronic drum kit that worked pretty well. If that's up you're alley you won't get to far from programming, C is basically the life blood of most microcontrollers and you will need to be good at it but it's much more fun than web development for me. I found this more to be hobby stuff for myself, and now work as a systems administrator in our cities health sciences sector.You sound like a cool kid with your head on straight, the time to own your 8 will come... as will mine, as I'm expecting to buy in a couple weeks. Keep at it and you have the attitude to do well. Feel free to give me a shout if I can be of any assistance in the field.
07-15-2013, 11:08 AM
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Had my first "behind the wheel" with the instructor from driver's ed this morning. At the start he asked me to rate how good and confident I was with driving (1 to 5) and I said about a 2. At the end he said it's closer to a 4. I made a few mistakes of course, and I'll keep doing that for as long as I drive (moreso now than later of course, basically just watching my parents drive has taught me what NOT to do lol). It wasn't anything that was going to result in more than a little tap on somebody else's bumper at a few MPH though, so I don't think I'll be killing anybody in the near future!
Yeah didn't think of that. I'll have to check out how the job field looks for sure.
OK, kinda what I was thinking there.
Not necessarily! I'm sure Intel's Linux team is paid well. I also was given my choice of a game on Steam for contributions I made to one open-source project before (I submitted the pull request before that was something they decided to do, so I wasn't expecting anything of course).
Thanks!
Anything you can recommend for me to mess with for this kinda stuff? I'm thinking something like an Arduino but idk.
Thanks, appreciate it.
I made a few mistakes of course, and I'll keep doing that for as long as I drive (moreso now than later of course, basically just watching my parents drive has taught me what NOT to do lol). It wasn't anything that was going to result in more than a little tap on somebody else's bumper at a few MPH though, so I don't think I'll be killing anybody in the near future!The problem with that is that a lot of people would like to do that kind of work and there aren't many jobs in it. Only a few companies make semiconductors, and they staff a relatively small number of top-level engineers who design the chips. Also, these days most of the jobs in hardware are in Asia, even American electronics are mostly made from parts from Asia.
But if you really want to get into hardware, electrical engineering with a minor in computer science is probably the way to go.
You're free to help out with projects like that as soon as you're up to it, but you don't get paid for working on open-source projects
But if you really want to get into hardware, electrical engineering with a minor in computer science is probably the way to go.
You're free to help out with projects like that as soon as you're up to it, but you don't get paid for working on open-source projects
OK, kinda what I was thinking there.
Not necessarily! I'm sure Intel's Linux team is paid well. I also was given my choice of a game on Steam for contributions I made to one open-source project before (I submitted the pull request before that was something they decided to do, so I wasn't expecting anything of course).
Thanks!
You sound like me, about ten years ago . I'm 22 now, I just recently graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering. While web design was fun it was never really my thing, I also liked the more hands on approach so went with engineering. Learned lots of cool stuff, basically exactly what you're talking about. I've built a few cool embedded systems using capacitive touch applications and more recently an electronic drum kit that worked pretty well. If that's up you're alley you won't get to far from programming, C is basically the life blood of most microcontrollers and you will need to be good at it but it's much more fun than web development for me. I found this more to be hobby stuff for myself, and now work as a systems administrator in our cities health sciences sector.
You sound like a cool kid with your head on straight, the time to own your 8 will come... as will mine, as I'm expecting to buy in a couple weeks. Keep at it and you have the attitude to do well. Feel free to give me a shout if I can be of any assistance in the field.
. I'm 22 now, I just recently graduated with a degree in Computer Engineering. While web design was fun it was never really my thing, I also liked the more hands on approach so went with engineering. Learned lots of cool stuff, basically exactly what you're talking about. I've built a few cool embedded systems using capacitive touch applications and more recently an electronic drum kit that worked pretty well. If that's up you're alley you won't get to far from programming, C is basically the life blood of most microcontrollers and you will need to be good at it but it's much more fun than web development for me. I found this more to be hobby stuff for myself, and now work as a systems administrator in our cities health sciences sector.You sound like a cool kid with your head on straight, the time to own your 8 will come... as will mine, as I'm expecting to buy in a couple weeks. Keep at it and you have the attitude to do well. Feel free to give me a shout if I can be of any assistance in the field.
Thanks, appreciate it.
07-15-2013, 11:45 AM
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Hahah Arduino! The bane of my existence! Who had any idea this thread would lead to this...
But really, they are pretty neat little devices. A bit picky, but still neat and pretty versatile. I am actually working with them right now, as we speak, pulling my hair out trying to interface cheap parts with like 6 microcontrollers. I am an electrical engineer, going into senior year doing research on smart grid technology using several arduino micro controllers as the core of my project. Honestly I am extremely bad at programming, as I have only taken the introductory JAVA course here at college, but I would like to think I am managing.
It's is fun, I'll be honest it is tough as nails sometimes, especially with the hard and intense theory that is mostly over my head, all you need to do is develop work ethic and get friendly, because you WILL need help on something. I also had poor work ethic in high school, but pulled by with good grades luckily. You do get to do a lot of hands on cool projects in electrical engineering plus the programming side of things. Essentially I would call electrical engineers specialists on interfacing software and hardware. As a bonus, there are tons of specialty things you can aim for within the department such as power systems, communication systems, gps, and other neat things.
My one suggestion is know the general area you want to major in(such as engineering, art, business, etc) because that will make scheduling a whole ton easier! It is a load of math on the other hand and a bit of physics. Not sure if any of that helps, but hey, GL on whatever you choose.
But really, they are pretty neat little devices. A bit picky, but still neat and pretty versatile. I am actually working with them right now, as we speak, pulling my hair out trying to interface cheap parts with like 6 microcontrollers. I am an electrical engineer, going into senior year doing research on smart grid technology using several arduino micro controllers as the core of my project. Honestly I am extremely bad at programming, as I have only taken the introductory JAVA course here at college, but I would like to think I am managing.
It's is fun, I'll be honest it is tough as nails sometimes, especially with the hard and intense theory that is mostly over my head, all you need to do is develop work ethic and get friendly, because you WILL need help on something. I also had poor work ethic in high school, but pulled by with good grades luckily. You do get to do a lot of hands on cool projects in electrical engineering plus the programming side of things. Essentially I would call electrical engineers specialists on interfacing software and hardware. As a bonus, there are tons of specialty things you can aim for within the department such as power systems, communication systems, gps, and other neat things.
My one suggestion is know the general area you want to major in(such as engineering, art, business, etc) because that will make scheduling a whole ton easier! It is a load of math on the other hand and a bit of physics. Not sure if any of that helps, but hey, GL on whatever you choose.
07-15-2013, 03:45 PM
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Marklar made a lot of good points as far as job opportunities with regards to the silicon giants, However there are lots of companies that use those technologies and other microcontrollers for some cool things. My course had a lot of classes common with electrical engineering for the first year, they have an interesting course as well.
There are a lot of cool arduino kits that will get you up and running with an introduction to microcontrollers. It's a fun place to start, but remember that they are simplifying a lot of the process that you will get to know at school. I actually just recently bought an arm core arduino due. Neat little board for 50 bucks.
There are a lot of cool arduino kits that will get you up and running with an introduction to microcontrollers. It's a fun place to start, but remember that they are simplifying a lot of the process that you will get to know at school. I actually just recently bought an arm core arduino due. Neat little board for 50 bucks.
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08-07-2013, 12:17 AM
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08-07-2013, 04:40 AM
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Noooo!!! (Says the guy who works at Intel. )
If you do very well in school, you will not have a hard time finding a job with any of the semiconductor manufacturers. You're going to need a PhD from a reputable college to fulfill your dreams of working on leading edge circuit design, or any other Engineering on the development side of things, for that matter.
I don't work in Circuit Design, but I know a few people that do. And I could put you in touch with someone, if you really wanted to chat about what it would take to get there.
I wouldn't bother too much "checking out the job field"... By the time you graduate, it could be completely different than it is now. The most important thing is to do something you enjoy. (I know it's cliche, but it couldn't be more true.)
Prior to my current job, I was an auto mechanic... And I was miserable. The pay was fine, the hours were good, but any instances of job satisfaction were few and far in between. Changing careers was the best thing I've ever done. My life (and my family's) is exponentially better now that I don't loathe going to work.
)If you do very well in school, you will not have a hard time finding a job with any of the semiconductor manufacturers. You're going to need a PhD from a reputable college to fulfill your dreams of working on leading edge circuit design, or any other Engineering on the development side of things, for that matter.
I don't work in Circuit Design, but I know a few people that do. And I could put you in touch with someone, if you really wanted to chat about what it would take to get there.
I wouldn't bother too much "checking out the job field"... By the time you graduate, it could be completely different than it is now. The most important thing is to do something you enjoy. (I know it's cliche, but it couldn't be more true.)
Prior to my current job, I was an auto mechanic... And I was miserable. The pay was fine, the hours were good, but any instances of job satisfaction were few and far in between. Changing careers was the best thing I've ever done. My life (and my family's) is exponentially better now that I don't loathe going to work.
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