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I think me going back would be highly dependant on how I was treated while I was there. If I was treated well but the company was on tough times and someone had to go and it was me, I'd consider strongly going back, especially if it was another department. But if things weren't so great for...

Pretty much true. Sounds like you got sold a poorly compounded, likely cheap rubber product.

I've found the best method of handling people finding my mistakes is 1) to ask for some sort of verification, which is usually simple, 2) own up, admit the mistake, and vow to fix it 3) prioritize fixing it ASAP - if not within the hour, then within the day if at all possible. You can turn...

I've had two co-ops (as was mandated for my graduation) and the experiences were widely divergent. The first company treated me like an operator - they taught me some basic things about the inspection and set-ups and then put me on a line for 8/10 weeks. The second took the totally opposite...

"Effective upper bound to limit thermal stress on a conventional rubber" is an odd thing for that document to say, given that silicones rarely behave conventionally compared to most other rubbers. In particular, silicone is known for its exceptional temperature range. 600F / 315C is generally...

I don't understand why you would need to send totally cold cover letters / resumes. Assuming you at least google the company and you're an engineer (cuz, ya know, it's eng-tips.com) you know roughly the type of job you're applying for. You can be vague and open, highlighting other skills you...

I did not take advantage of it, but at a place I worked the tuition reimbursement was based on the grade level attained in the class. 100% for an A, 80% for a B, 60% for a C, and nothing if lower than that. I also believe they had some sort of minimum stay at the company after the class to keep...

I still have no idea what the hay "ninja claw" even means in this context.

Yeah, but on the flip side, if they really expect people to talk about their bad quantities at a job interview, they really are from a different planet. Job interviews are the purest form of lying known to human society.

Hey! Dems fightin' words! Sweating and stressing on the floor trying to fix real problems, thank you very much! I was mostly kidding, but the comment about Feng Shui was too much for me.

I had a similar experience. I was being interviewed by the plant manager, who was also previously an engineer before attaining that that position. After a few minutes of basic questions, he kind of stumbled and said that he didn’t really know what he was supposed to ask at these types of things...

If nothing else, this topic is teaching me that engineers are generally pretty lousy, or at least hopelessly inconsistent, with the types of advice they give.

Relocation is probably necessary. I've moved states every time I've moved jobs. Luckily I'm young with no family so it's not hard to pull up the roots. Some companies offer relocation assistance and some are very generous about it. Depending on how things go, you could make out quite well on...

I've gotten jobs in the following ways: 1) Family connection (father got me a job) 2) Personal connection (knew a guy that knew a guy) 3) Sent out totally blind resumes and got lucky with a company that wasn't even publically hiring 4) Applied to an open position and was hired The fourth time I...

I've thought about becoming a university-level teacher at some point, but never a grade school one. I don't have the patience for kids. At the university level, since you're paying for it, it's expected that you're there because you really want to be. As Jed brought attention to, I know I don't...

Even if all that is true (and, in my experience, it seems to be), it seems a bit tangential to the conversation. HornTootinEE is probably not vital or irreplaceable. He’s just, at least according to him, working hard and underpaid. So nobody will hire you? Or you don't want to move? Or you just...

People with minimal experience in a science career think it all happens like the movies. You get a problem, use the correct equation, and the answer becomes obvious. People with real experience in a science career know better. You get a problem, spend a lot of trial and error taking it apart to...

FeX32: by encouraging girls to learn about engineering, such that some may take it up as a career. Which increases the supply, which, owg would say, harms the "professional and economic interests of our members". I've always felt that last part, about not encouraging newcomers in the interest...

Twoballcane: You kind of imply that ideas and viewpoints are based totally on ethnicity and gender, and that all white males think alike and loading up on them is somehow deadly to innovation. Encouraging diversity for the sheer purpose of diversity itself is a sort of anti-racism that's no...

KENAT: It's not so much that professions have to have equal representation. It's that many groups, such as women (collectively) want equal opportunities and no workplace discrimination, and yet there are professions such as engineering where they are almost totally nonexistent. It’s worth...