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<p>Ok, I want to know what people like posting about on this forum the most... what drives them to come to College Confidential besides an instinct to waste time (or in my case at the present, a weeklong vacation at a random time).</p>

<p>Let me start:
1. The economy and job market, particularly offshoring of software
2. Electrical and Computer Engineering
3. Computer Science
4. Affirmative Action
5. Graduate School and Graduate Admissions
6. Software engineering
7. GPA and Research Experience
8. Internships</p>

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<p>Instead I will write the topics I hate seeing on here and that drive me away.</p>

<p>1) Outsourcing
2) Difference between CompE and CS and EE
3) Suggest a school for me but I refuse to give you any relevant info</p>

<p>Topics I like:

  1. Anything where I can legitimately help somebody learn something</p>
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<p>I’m just here for the chicks.</p>

<p>Lol! Get it? Chicks? Engineering forum? Get it? LOL!</p>

<p>…sigh…</p>

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<p>I am also here to waste time instead of studying for stability, which is probably going to own me in the morning.</p>

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<p>Stability of what?</p>

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<p>Sorry, I am talking like I would to others in my class. Haha.</p>

<p>Hydrodynamic and boundary layer stability and transition</p>

<p>Very interesting stuff. Very mind-bending at times, too.</p>

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<p>It would’ve been so much cooler if you said stability of columns.</p>

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<p>Stability of columns: Either have more than one, or don’t let the weight be offset so far from the column’s center of mass that the moment due to the mass is larger than the moment created by the weight of the column. Done. Next topic?</p>

<p>;-)</p>

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<p>Columns were what came to my mind first!</p>

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<p>Columns are so boring though! They just sit there. Fluid flow… that is where it’s at!</p>

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<p>Ack, I didn’t do very well in fluids. I like things to sit where they’re supposed to!</p>

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<p>Fluids is usually one of those things you either love or hate. I just happen to love it.</p>

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<p>My angle on this site is to provide what REALLY happens in the working world software engineering & I.T and what REALLY happens in graduate admissions as far as non-research degrees.</p>

<p>I guess another area I like to discuss is the non-engineering undergrad becoming an engineer like myself :-)</p>

<p>I cannot get into the economy/outsourcing threads because I have a TS/SCI+Poly clearance and live in the DC area, so I am pretty much immune from a lot of the economy issues. I just put out some “feelers” for a new employer and had 15 folks call me within 3 days. Of course, the new fiscal year started this month, so contracts have new funding and need new staffing.</p>

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Very true. DC area has the lowest unemployment rate in the country.</p>

<p>:) it seems like we can really have some engineers and graduates to put in some efforts and give personal story!!! that’s great man!</p>

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<p>I wish I could do fluids. As an ECE major, I have done thermodynamics. But I don’t just have the time. Non-major classes are so fun.</p>

<p>Maybe I should have majored in AE/ME. At least for the time being, I would be immune to offshoring.</p>

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<p>This is why it drives me nuts when we don’t have an offshoring related thread in the front page of the engineering majors forum. This is also why I tend to bump old offshoring threads and create new ones. Offshoring is not something people will search for but it is certainly something that affects a lot of engineering careers and in the future will only continue to grow unless economic reforms are made or other currencies appreciate significantly relative to the dollar.</p>

<p>And Indians in the United States are certainly an affected party since companies don’t care whether an employee is Indian or American (and they really shouldn’t have to) but about how much value they produce (relative to their pay).</p>

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<p>Well…</p>

<p>When I say “what REALLY happens in the working world software engineering & I.T”, I talking about:

  • how projects are executed
  • how the hiring process operates
  • how much/little the school “name” matters as it relates to demand and need
  • how little job titles mean to what job you are performing</p>

<p>When I say “what REALLY happens in graduate admissions as far as non-research degrees.”, I am talking about:

  • how good work experience can offset not having stella undergraduate grades
  • how to make use of the provisional, conditional or non-degree graduate admission status
  • how one can take the right courses</p>
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<p>^ Ok thanks global. I guess that’s important as well.</p>

<p>As for topics I hate:

  1. Is X major better than Y major?
  2. What are my chances for X at Y?</p>
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<p>I like discussions on favorite ice cream flavors</p>

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<p>^ Those drive me crazy.</p>