Christine74
Mechanical
How frequently do you find yourself using something that you learned in college and applying to your job as an engineer?
Personally, the only time I use something from school at my job is when I use AutoCAD, which is practically never. Everything else I had to learn on my own. I've certainly never used any calculus, differential equations, FORTRAN, descriptive geometry, or just about any of the other classes I was required to take.
If experience is common, I wonder if all of these classes serve any purpose other than to weed out lazy and/or stupid students from the pool of potential engineers.
How about you? Do you actually use what you learned in school? How important do you feel your education was in training you how to perform your job?
-Christine
Personally, the only time I use something from school at my job is when I use AutoCAD, which is practically never. Everything else I had to learn on my own. I've certainly never used any calculus, differential equations, FORTRAN, descriptive geometry, or just about any of the other classes I was required to take.
If experience is common, I wonder if all of these classes serve any purpose other than to weed out lazy and/or stupid students from the pool of potential engineers.
How about you? Do you actually use what you learned in school? How important do you feel your education was in training you how to perform your job?
-Christine