Questions for English class. Hardware Engineer questions!

billiingtons11 · Jan 24, 2017

I know, I know not the right section. But this is really urgent.

I am a student in English I and I need some information about the job I would like to do.

1. What is the best part of the job?

2. What is the most difficult aspect of the job?

3. What most surprised you about your job, good or bad?

4. What advice do you have for someone interested in this job?

5. What made you want to do this job?

Thanks, in advance.

vrumor · Jan 24, 2017

Yeah. This isnt the place to post homework. It is not allowed here. Not to mention, no one has any clue what kind job you want, so answer the questions yourself, like you are supposed to do.

Pinhedd · Jan 24, 2017

1. What is the best part of the job?

Honestly, arguing with people on the internet that are opinionated enough to want to appear that they know what they are talking about but not knowledgeable enough to know that they are not. It's actually kinda fun.

2. What is the most difficult aspect of the job?

Physics has a lot of gotchas that don't always reflect properly in simplified mathematical models. Diagnosing problems in hardware can be very tricky, especially when everything works properly in simulation and validation.

3. What most surprised you about your job, good or bad?

It's hard to say that anything really "surprised me" about it. It's more or less precisely what I expected.

4. What advice do you have for someone interested in this job?

Computer Engineering requires an awful lot of knowledge in order to be effective. It sits at the intersection of a huge number of mathematic, scientific, and technical fields. Expect to study a lot, far beyond what's merely being taught in school. If you're genuinely interested in the physics behind electricity, the chemical and material processes behind transistors, the logic behind microprocessors, the pain in the ass that is time domain synchronisation, microprocessor and logic design, analogue/digital/RF signalling, compiler theory, C programming, operating system theory, and a whole ton more areas of study then you've probably picked the right field.

I consider any day that I get to play with a soldering iron, FPGA, address space, or system bus to be a good day. Throw some kernel programming into the mix and I'll easily blow a whole weekend.

5. What made you want to do this job?

Hard to say, I've been doing this kind of stuff all my life.

billiingtons11 · Jan 24, 2017

Pinhedd :

1. What is the best part of the job?

Honestly, arguing with people on the internet that are opinionated enough to want to appear that they know what they are talking about but not knowledgeable enough to know that they are not. It's actually kinda fun.

2. What is the most difficult aspect of the job?

Physics has a lot of gotchas that don't always reflect properly in simplified mathematical models. Diagnosing problems in hardware can be very tricky, especially when everything works properly in simulation and validation.

3. What most surprised you about your job, good or bad?

It's hard to say that anything really "surprised me" about it. It's more or less precisely what I expected.

4. What advice do you have for someone interested in this job?

Computer Engineering requires an awful lot of knowledge in order to be effective. It sits at the intersection of a huge number of mathematic, scientific, and technical fields. Expect to study a lot, far beyond what's merely being taught in school. If you're genuinely interested in the physics behind electricity, the chemical and material processes behind transistors, the logic behind microprocessors, the pain in the ass that is time domain synchronisation, microprocessor and logic design, analogue/digital/RF signalling, compiler theory, C programming, operating system theory, and a whole ton more areas of study then you've probably picked the right field.

I consider any day that I get to play with a soldering iron, FPGA, address space, or system bus to be a good day. Throw some kernel programming into the mix and I'll easily blow a whole weekend.

5. What made you want to do this job?

Hard to say, I've been doing this kind of stuff all my life.

Thank you so much. I have needed this for a project. I don't know many people in Kentucky that do this. Thank you a lot.

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