Posted on 06/02/2002 4:48:12 AM PDT by Hawkeye's Girl
I'm home for the summer from college, and I'm wondering what I could learn at in my free time. I already know Scheme, LabVIEW, and Matlab, and it'd be nice to study something that would be useful for electrical engineering. What should I get a book on? C++? Unix? Something else?
You are young and it is summer. The rest of your life will be spent indoors staring at a computer monitor. Find another joy. Just MHO.
You make a lousy first impression.
Errmm,how about studying English ; ^ )
Seriously though,VB is a good place to start,real easy.
Take a break - everything you do is a learning experience - enjoy your time off - you'll get less and less of it as you get older!!!!
The issue now is not whether or not it is the wisest of choices for one to pursue a degree in EE.
The issue is your insinuation that the poster is lying about what she is endeavoring to do.
What would you have her do..........post her class schedule........grade transcripts........draw you a schematic detailing a transistor radio?
You don't get to come in here and start calling long standing members of this forum liars.........got it?
What is she going to gain by "proving herself" to you? Will it answer her question?
No one lies about studying Electrical Engineering in a ruse to get suggestions for programming languages she can learn on her summer break. This is an odd place to practice your junior detective skills, Scoop.
But then again, that's because I know something about computers and electronics.
If I responded to that statement with something like "I doubt it" ..............what would you infer from that regarding my opinion of your character and honesty?
Develop a comfort level with assembler. I have observed that those programmers who do not know any assembler are most likely to write crappy code. Anyone who would suggest Visual Basic or Visual C++ to a budding electrical engineer just isn't going to be much help to you. Engineers who don't program in in assembler or 'c' tend to design sloppy digital hardware.
Don't forget to go walk the trails, though.
I've been doing engineering work in the embedded marketplace for over thirty years now. There is no shortage of work; and, I have not worked on government projects in over 25 years. Many devices are designed and developed here in the US then manufactured overseas. Exporting the manufacturing process is a sceme developed by those dip-shit bankers and accountants with whom you seemed so pleased.
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