<p>What I know is that it is some sort of organisation. So, I am going to be an engineering freshman and I was wondering if there would be any advantages if I joined IEEE. What is the organisation about? What kind of stuff do you have to do if you are a member ?</p>
<p>[IEEE</a> - The world’s largest professional association for the advancement of technology](<a href=“http://www.ieee.org/index.html]IEEE”>IEEE - The world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity.)</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>[Institute</a> of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers]Institute”>Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>The nice thing about the 21st century is that we now have this really cool thing called the internet.</p>
<p>^haha.</p>
<p>It is really funny, and kind of telling, that many people who want to go into a research involved field do none of that on their own before coming to a place like this and asking a bunch of people they do not know.</p>