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raisin  ·  3035 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Quitting work, going on to harder work

Congrats!

School is fun. I'm headed into my third year of engineering, and can't wait till autumn rolls around again. Worked in a produce department in Walmart for a couple months this summer to save a little, and quit three days back. Nothing exciting, just like you said, very mundane and repetitive stuff. But that's all going to change in September.





violinist  ·  3034 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What sort of engineering? I'm studying computer engineering myself, just entering my fourth (and last) year of undergrad.

raisin  ·  3034 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Doing mechanical engineering right now. How's your program treating you so far?

violinist  ·  3034 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've enjoyed it a ton! I'm actually doing an internship this summer at a little startup, doing embedded Linux software to control a generator. It's been fun and has kinda made me wonder whether I want to do more electrical things, not just computer.

I'd definitely encourage you to get an internship in engineering one of these summers. I can't say that getting a job without any connections is especially easy, as I got my internship through networking, but it definitely is possible.

Like you mentioned in your top-level comment, I'm really excited for autumn to roll around so I can get back to classes.

Optimouse  ·  3035 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I'll be doing work during summer semester, but only a few months a year