I have a BS degree in Wood Products Engineering. Basically, Mechanical Engineering for wood. I took Calculus 1 & 2. Got A’s in both. Dropped Calc 3 because I would have failed it.
Got As in Statics, Mechanics and Strength of Materials. It just made sense and came easy to me.
Graduated and became a commodity lumber trader. Never used any of it in my job. However, I did design and build my first house. Built a couple barns/sheds and lots of furniture.
Quick, snap up April Wilkerson before she remarries.
I was an Engineering Technician and was taking my final quarter of Calculus (multi-variable). My boss came up to me and asked me to figure out the volume of a landfill mound. It was sloped multiple directions, and one end was bigger than the other. I thought this would be a good use to put into practice of what I was learning. I went to my math professor and presented it to him so he could help me set up the problem. It took us a few hours to set it up and a couple more to come up with a solution.
I also ran the problem using the Average End Area Method where you take the two end areas, average them then multiply it by the length (simple algebra) and it takes about a minute to solve. Both answers were close but the time to solve it was hours different.
I could have also used a computer but then I would have had to draw it and then process it.
Time is money...