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  1. rigarc00

    Community Involvement

    I'm a minority engineer and decided that the biggest impact I cold make was in mentoring inner city kids here in Washington, DC. The biggest problem in DC is that kids are never exposed to engineering like they should be and hardly any engineers ever wants to go back to reconnect with the...
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    Career advice

    As I have previously posted in other blogs my philosophy on this is the following: "You don't have to get paid to do what you really love". If you don't have a job in the field you like it doesn't mean you have to abandon it! I ran into a similar situation and continued developing my skills...
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    Retracting a rejected offer of employment

    What was the reason that you told them you didn't want to take their offer? Hopefully you didn't burn any bridges. I had something similar happened to me. I was in the middle of changing jobs and upon turning in my 2 week notice i found out that my new employer had made a mistake in my...
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    First Job out of school

    Drafting is a good way to get your foot in the door if the company allows you to grow. If you end up in the right situation you will quickly start learning by interacting with the experienced engineers, make sure you ask questions that will help you advance. However, be ware that Drafting as a...
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    Your grades in university and where you are now

    I did not have the hottest GPA (~2.5) coming out of college and that definetly hurt my oportunities. However, the biggest impact was on my confidence level when I went to interviews and everyone i was competing with had above 3.0 GPA's. I spent 1.5 years working in the manufacturing world...
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    question on ABET accreditation

    How can incoming student possibly know their school is either a regular ABET ot only ABET-TAC accrdited? Looking back at my own experience I thought my school gave only one type of ABET degree. I did hear that my college also offered IT (Industrial Technologies) and GE (General Engineering)...
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    ATR Tray Selection and Integration

    I'm new to the industry and was looking for general information regarding ATR Trays. In the current project that I'm working we have a very tight schedule that we need to meet for test flights and most manufacturers need from 7-9 weeks to engineer and machine the trays. I have tried various...
  8. rigarc00

    Average age?????

    I'm relatively new to the industry (6 months)and can simpatize with all the new hires who don't have proper mentoring. The jump from university to the real world is harder than any test i ever took in school. I stay longer hours and ask plenty of questions trying to extract as much experience...
  9. rigarc00

    Should I expect at least a cost of living raise

    I used to work for a boss very similar to your. He kept telling me that with time i could be making upwards to $100K, unfortunely he was paying me peanuts and raises were unreasonable (2%, despite the fact i had developed products generating $500K in new income that particular year). This line...
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    position tol of tapped hole

    I agree with what most posters have suggested. Use a true position on the top of the surface and then a perpendicularity for the depth. My gut feeling is that the problem is going to be with determining a good reliable process in manufacturing. Has the machine shop tried to adjust their...
  11. rigarc00

    What is the Aircraft Engineer need before the (interview)

    Emphazise your strenghts during your interview. Also, remember that if you're an Aircraft Engineer you probably chose this because you liked this and are truly passionate about learning, employers like to hire people who not only demostrate their knowledge but can show commitment for growth...

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