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Originally Posted by AtomicLabMonkey
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Originally Posted by sperry
College is overrated for its educational benefits, I've learned far more about my job at my job.
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I've also found that school gave me enough of a background level of knowledge to have a "feel" for a lot of stuff I see. I haven't retained enough on most subjects to immediately know how to solve a problem or know the perfect design approach off the top of my head, but it's usually enough for me to think "hmm, vibration in this area might be a problem, I wonder how that would affect the clamping force of this joint over time", or "hmm, I wonder how this nearby heat source might affect the yield strength of this alloy" - and then go research further for some actual facts. |
Cal Poly gave me the ability to learn pretty much any programming language in a few days, and gave me the knowledge to apply problem solving logic with that language.
However, it's on-the-job experience that makes me a good software engineer. Having the tools is necessary, but being able to apply them quickly and elegantly is what makes me good at my job, and that's not something that Cal Poly taught me.