Engineering for Shrimps
I should really be getting an honorary engineering degree for this
'm a computer science student, and I just finished the first year of my apprenticeship at an automotive seal factory. Here's some things that are still pretty similar, for better or worse.
Similarities
- Turning it off and on again still works pretty often
- Check all cables/wires and keep the magic smoke inside
- Never assume someone else did it the right way / in a way that makes sense
- Something will either take 20 minutes or a week.
- There's no way that things worth $50k
- Some of the worst diagrams I've seen in my life
- Completely undocumented code
Differences
- Where did all this oil come from?
- Seriously, why am I covered in oil?
- There's a much bigger chance of electrocuting myself if I do it wrong
- I can draw about as good as an eight-year-old, and CAD slightly better
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