Why did I ever go into EE?? Even more, why did I ever go into DSP??

wearymachine
Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:58:47 +0000

@bonehead…ur right about me being specialized…and that takes me even one step further…all my grad research (and pretty much all the stuff listed on my resume related to DSP), were related to bioelectrical signal processing…so the most i can do is ask him for tips on where to apply…but that’s something i can do myself…go on indeed, dice, etc…and i have done that, and i’ve even found job descriptions PERFECTLY aligned with what i did…it was like love at first sight…so i apply to them, and nobody gets back to me…i try calling the HR like 923842903 times, and the best i got was someone telling me ONCE that she’ll forward my resume to the hiring manager…tried calling many times after that…no response…

i feel more like a DSP specialist first…EE second…when the recruiter at Bose told me that i’d need to know analog for the interview (which turned out to be a big fat lie), i went and reviewed transistors…BJTs, MOSFETs…as well as diodes and op amps…i remembered op-amps okay…but the rest, hell i forgot even the basics of those things…but if u were to ask me how a DFT works, or how laplace and z transforms are related, i’d be able to teach u that stuff like a professor (okay maybe not THAT good, but i helped out many students when i took the class as a grad student and i worked back to that level)…once u get into the more advanced signal processing type of stuff, it becomes pure applied math…look up LMS and RLS algorithms in adaptive signal processing…ain’t got nothin to do with no circuits…

@pennstate16…power jobs, at least, as far as i saw, are very boring…u pretty much work with utility and power companies, and do the same work over, and over, and over again, until ur some obese 65 year old man constantly *****in about how u have been working at the same place since 1973, and ur wife is ugly, and that how ur brain has rotted from being at the same place all these years (true story…i worked with ppl like that)…but TBH i’m sure there are some cutting edge power jobs out there…renewable energy and whatnot…i honestly picked DSP bc it’s math-heavy…the only reason i ever did engineering in the first place was bc i love(d) math…i won the AMC contest in my grade back in HS and got an 800 on the SAT math…i loved physics as well…feel free to PM me if u wanna ask me anything else bro…

@frugaldoctor, i am definitely experiencing a shortage right now…i hate this…i went from being an extremely hard worker, working FT, doing grad school, and going hard at the gym (which was a bit much)…to grad school and the gym (which was just right)…and now that i graduated…i just feel like a bum who job searches and works out hard…reminds me of the summers before a season of college football at RPI, except i’m 27 now and need to have a job…feel so useless, thanks to engineering

@fractalmstr, i am looking at general EE positions now as well, along with DSP…it’s so funny, i dont even know how to tailor my resume to a general EE position…i have my 18000 DSP projects, and my old power job…and nothing in between to talk about lol…i can’t just switch outta engineering to be honest…i mean i have a masters degree in it, and it’s all i’m known to do…i guess i have a proverbial EE / DSP / Engineering “stamp” on me, and there’s not much i can do about it…maybe if i were 3 inches taller, a little stronger, and more athletic, i could try for the NFL…but that ain’t happening lol…