++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[MotF Bane]

Plus have apartment or boarding costs

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[IndyColtsFan]

Look for a more serious job?

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Internship or something more applicable to EE, like maybe being a lab tech. Does your school need lab assistants?

 

[MotF Bane]

Internship or something more applicable to EE, like maybe being a lab tech. Does your school need lab assistants?

I don't have a GPA or course skills for an internship

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[IndyColtsFan]

I don't have a GPA or course skills for an internship

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Yes, I know, which means that you need to look for a lab tech job from the school or do some networking to get one elsewhere. If you are on good terms with a prof, speak to him/her about something like that. They might even need an assistant for grad labs (does your school offer MSEE degrees?). Sure it will be grunt work but it looks good on your resume.

 

[MotF Bane]

Yes, I know, which means that you need to look for a lab tech job from the school or do some networking to get one elsewhere. If you are on good terms with a prof, speak to him/her about something like that. They might even need an assistant for grad labs (does your school offer MSEE degrees?).

I've done zero networking, very few professors know any students, I'm totally unknown. Ms degrees are offered.

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[IndyColtsFan]

I've done zero networking, very few professors know any students, I'm totally unknown. Ms degrees are offered.

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The Boston area is like the Silicon Valley of the east coast. You need to do some networking or get to know some profs. Maybe join IEEE if you haven't already. I bet your school has some profs who are involved in other ventures in the area.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

It has been so long, I don't even remember how I got my research assistant position. Yeah, I was a grad student, but I think I got it through friends who were already in the program who put in a good word for me. I learned a ton being the hardware designer.

 

[MotF Bane]

The Boston area is like the Silicon Valley of the east coast. You need to do some networking or get to know some profs. Maybe join IEEE if you haven't already. I bet your school has some profs who are involved in other ventures in the area.

Again, I have zero engineering courses completed. I'm not even part of the EE department. None of my professors know me, I know none of them. There's no real point in getting to know the previous ones anyways - since none of them were engineering professors anyways. Most of them were lib arts, or basic math/science.

 

[MotF Bane]

I stalled out in course progression during the first half of a curriculum, so it's not as though I gained eligibility for an internship, useful memberships, or met any valuable professors. I've wasted nearly four years doing barely two years worth of credit.

 

[MotF Bane]

Nef.

 

[MotF Bane]

Nef.

 

[alfa147x]

Can't prof do overrides for you?

 

[alfa147x]

Or department heads / secretaries?

 

[Barfo]

So this company is well known for the perks it gives its employees, but policy is everyone has to fly coach? is that weird or the norm now?

 

[busydude]

What does "to fly coach" mean?

Economy?

 

[Barfo]

What does "to fly coach" mean?

Economy?

Yup, no first class.

 

[busydude]

Yup, no first class.

I actually got a free upgrade on one of my flights to India. I liked it.

On a side note, next time.. I think I will make sure to travel in a 787.

 

[Barfo]

I actually got a free upgrade on one of my flights to India. I liked it.

On a side note, next time.. I think I will make sure to travel in a 787.

So you where there in business? I thought it was vacation

 

[IndyColtsFan]

So this company is well known for the perks it gives its employees, but policy is everyone has to fly coach? is that weird or the norm now?

Most companies have policies to determine when to fly coach vs. business class. My last company said, IIRC, if any single leg of the flight was greater than 8 hours, you could fly business class. Otherwise, it was coach.

Of course, my flight to Milan was 9 hours and they made me fly coach. :| I did get business class to Korea and Brazil though.

 

[zzuupp]

So this company is well known for the perks it gives its employees, but policy is everyone has to fly coach? is that weird or the norm now?

Probably more common than you would think.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

The last trip my wife and I went on was to Hawaii and I did upgrade us to first class on the trip back.

 

[Gothgar]

The last trip my wife and I went on was to Hawaii and I did upgrade us to first class on the trip back.

Nice

 

[Gothgar]

Nefin

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Nice

It was that or get stuck in the middle two seats of a row of 4 on what was pretty much a sold-out flight. Neither of us felt particularly well either.

 

[Gothgar]

It was that or get stuck in the middle two seats of a row of 4 on what was pretty much a sold-out flight. Neither of us felt particularly well either.

That sucks, always need a vacation from a vacation lol