It's been a long time since I had free time to waste time on you... plz2notdissapoint

5/1/2008 1:30:31 PM

alot of people feel the same way, unfortunately some of them will see this thread first

5/1/2008 1:32:28 PM

I've done nothing but school work, sometimes sleep, sometimes eat for the past 6weeks solid... and I wish I was exaggerating... 3 gradschool project classes is a bit of work...

I was beaten to a pulp by my last exam this morning... but I'm DONE!!! for the semester

5/1/2008 1:39:41 PM

nice, so the rumors of grad school are true, i dont know if i wanna go now,
is it interesting at least?

5/1/2008 1:54:47 PM

Graduate level technical degrees are CRAZY ass work, your friends won't ever see you anymore, if you have a significant other... unless they are in gradschool too they will get jealous of whatever lab you work in...

Make sure your doing EXACTLY what you want to be doing, make sure that the program you enter has enough classes in that area to get a full degree in it... and perhaps even more important, make sure that there is a call for Graduate degree's in what you want to do, and in the jobs are in an area that you would want to live in.

For me, I'm doing Integrated Circuit Design at the transistor level... NCSU has 7 circuit design classes at the masters level and it's very well recognized across the country. I work my ever living ass off, but I really really get a kick out of the projects and it's VERY rewarding when they work. "IC design 2" jobs are available in NC, Texas, California, and Boston. and I'm willing to move to all but Boston (going to Boston this summer to work... while it's warm)

I worked doing several things (PCB design, ASIC design, Optical Design, Rapid System prototyping) before coming back, and it really allowed me to know what I wanted to do, and gave me a good base to start from. I know several people just rolling through their masters degree's and I wouldn't really recommend that, b/c it would suck to do a masters in something, start working in it, and then realize that you wasted a year and a half on something you hate and be short on options.

I also know people that focused on some abstract bit of technology with no plans on moving to anywhere they could use their degree... but I mean, a masters does automatically land you a level 2 job so it's worth at least something in that regard.

5/1/2008 2:10:45 PM

i dont have my first exam until the 6th

5/1/2008 2:28:41 PM

^^thats cool, unfortunately im broke so i'll probably enter work right away
then i may come back, maybe part time but i dont know how that'll work with EE

5/1/2008 2:33:00 PM