THe NAC Lots-O-BFG KO2 Thread

[MoparManiac]

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Degree and school its from means a lot nowadays. Sucks, but that's the way it is.

We don't exclusively look at certain schools, but basically if you're under a 3.0 cumulative when you graduate, not from a known good school (i.e. Northeastern, Wentworth, MIT, etc.), your application almost gets thrown out unless you have experience in high demand (currently information assurance/systems engineering with a focus on satellite communications or air traffic control).

I went to WIT for a 4 year degree in Computer Eng Technology. I use almost nothing from the degree, but it landed me my position at Raytheon (Systems Engineer). I do many different things depending on the day. It could be interacting with the customer to figure out what they need and converting that into requirements for a new feature on our system, writing software requirements for software people to go write code, develop test cases (and perform them) to make sure shit is functioning correctly, solve various site issues (network bandwidth issues, etc.) and a ton of others.

Because I was doing well on my co-op and the program was funded well enough, I got my masters in systems engineering from WPI (paid for by the company). I have no student loans as of right now. I used the money I made on co-op to pay off my last few semesters, and ended up only owing $11k after graduating which I paid off in two years gradually.

I've done documentation for weeks on end, and spent full days driving a HMMWV around Boston testing a newly developed radio for demo to a customer.

Overall I have a pretty decent gig.

 

[Dezzzy]

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Degree and school its from means a lot nowadays. Sucks, but that's the way it is.

We don't exclusively look at certain schools, but basically if you're under a 3.0 cumulative when you graduate, not from a known good school (i.e. Northeastern, Wentworth, MIT, etc.), your application almost gets thrown out unless you have experience in high demand (currently information assurance/systems engineering with a focus on satellite communications or air traffic control).

I went to WIT for a 4 year degree in Computer Eng Technology. I use almost nothing from the degree, but it landed me my position at Raytheon (Systems Engineer). I do many different things depending on the day. It could be interacting with the customer to figure out what they need and converting that into requirements for a new feature on our system, writing software requirements for software people to go write code, develop test cases (and perform them) to make sure shit is functioning correctly, solve various site issues (network bandwidth issues, etc.) and a ton of others.

Because I was doing well on my co-op and the program was funded well enough, I got my masters in systems engineering from WPI (paid for by the company). I have no student loans as of right now. I used the money I made on co-op to pay off my last few semesters, and ended up only owing $11k after graduating which I paid off in two years gradually.

I've done documentation for weeks on end, and spent full days driving a HMMWV around Boston testing a newly developed radio for demo to a customer.

Overall I have a pretty decent gig.

WERE SO LIKE GONNA BE BFFS NOW, what year did you graduate? i was 2011

 

[XJLI]

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I went to school for four years to learn how to make TV shows and how to run a TV studio.

It wasn't that great of an idea but it sounded good at the time.

 

[MoparManiac]

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WERE SO LIKE GONNA BE BFFS NOW, what year did you graduate? i was 2011

Dad graduated in 2009.

 

[billyjp2]

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I went to school for four years to learn how to make TV shows and how to run a TV studio.

It wasn't that great of an idea but it sounded good at the time.

in theory i should be running the yankees

 

[CTeunuch]

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Dad graduated in 2009.

HEY DAD


Wish you were coming Sunday....:rattle:

 

[MoparManiac]

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Me too.

Sucks but we have the whole summer. I keep forgetting NACfest is less than two months away.

 

[Luke95]

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Me too.

Sucks but we have the whole summer. I keep forgetting NACfest is less than two months away.

Cant wait for it!

Will any runs be happening in around 3 weeks to a month?

 

[ROBZ95Xj]

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Cant wait for it!

Will any runs be happening in around 3 weeks to a month?

rumors of a shindig or 2 memorial weekend

 

[Luke95]

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Sweetness. Im most likely down, I need to actually wheel it now that I have no reason to bitch out.

 

[cmelo]

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I was gonna start with an associates in MET. Then once that is all said and done I have the option of going for two more years. NEIT will lock in the rate for the bachelors at the time I sign up for my associates and I can choose to continue my education once I complete the associates or not.

I also went to NEIT for automotive and some credits might even carry over. Id have to talk to admissions about that though.

NEIT also does the associates in 18 months and bachelors in 3 years. I just want to get started with a less shitty career as soon as I can. I'm leaning more away from the Community college route now though. I could dick around and try to do the bare minimum for the next 10 years hoping opportunity knocks on my door, or just suck it up and go for it all now.

Havent decided on ME or MET yet though. Still doing some reading up on it.

I'll have my MET in 3.5 years if WIT takes me in(their MET program is technically gone, I would be one of two that would be accepted in). I have at least a 3.7gpa, probably higher at this point so they should. When I started out, I didn't know if I would like it, wasn't looking for a strict engineering job. There's a lot of stuff you can do with the degree, if you can find work for it. Any aspect of manufacturing is where I'd like to be. I've been doing a lot of reading on nano/micro machining. One of my professors has written/edited like 8 books on it so I have luxury of talking to him about. There's a lot of stuff that has been done only in labs up until now that are starting to be used in mass manufacturing.

I'd honestly be happy working in a small machine shop and could do that with an assosciates but once I finish school I'm not going back. So I'll stop at a bachelors. Look into how credits can transfer from NEIT, options of taking their AS somewhere else for a BS. Stuff like that, then just go. You'll like it. Just remember you can't jump from MET to ME easily. They're the same classes but like dan said the ME stuff is calc based, same shit, but you'd have to retake a lot of stuff if you wanted to go ME later on. That's the boat I'm in and it's pretty gay. WIT is the only school in the area that has a BS in MET and now it's gone.

 

[sheepjeep]

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Dad graduated in 2009.

one year above you same school and program never meet you, but I do recall calling your xj gay in the parking lot

 

[cmelo]

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one year above you same school and program never meet you, but I do recall calling your xj gay in the parking lot

Sheep is the ****ing man

 

[kastein]

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Brass colored bolt is top starter bolt and it looks as if there should be a bolt in the bell housing above it

Anyone wanna crawl under their rig and check? And what size bolt is it

Hopefully that's the cause of the shimmy

7/16-14 grade 8, unsure of length. Text me tomorrow and I'll check one



I went WPI, got a degree in electrical/computer engineering on top of the associates in electrical engineering I left highschool with, left with around 20k in loans. Cut that in half (approx) since then.

First job I started at ~62k at Intel, left at around ~75k plus benefits because I had my head up my ass and thought working for an idiot for 100k would be a good idea, it wasn't. Quit that job without anything else lined up because I simply couldn't stand it anymore, and right now I don't have a job. Hey, I never said I was ****ing smart, did I?

If I could go back and do something differently, I'd kick my past self in the balls and not leave Intel. That was a dumb ****ing decision right there.

 

[XJLI]

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Ken is like that guy in a movie about the end of the world who worked for NASA as a rocket scientist making a million dollars but didnt like the people so he quit and bought a farm in Idaho and half the movie is convincing him to help save the planet by designing some special rocket computer

 

[RCman]

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instead of stalking through all your Facebook profiles I'll ask here. what did you go to school for and what kind of job did you land? I have basic understanding of what most of you do, but do ya like it?

you wouldn't get very far if you tried doing that on me... :laugh:

I've got my BSME. My goal was to design things; I now work in IT. :laugh:

Honestly, Im glad I got outta the auto repair industry when I did. I love working on cars and building projects and stuff......for myself. I like to do the occasional simple side job for somebody I know for some cash.

Exactly.

Degree and school its from means a lot nowadays. Sucks, but that's the way it is.

Yup!
No joke, and I'm 100% serious here. The local McD's is requiring an Associates degree to be a line cook. Unfortunately the "everyone has to go to college" mentality has caused the AS and BS degrees to be almost like a HS diploma.
Now I'm not saying don't go to college here, I'm just saying be realistic with who goes.

 

[asp]

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I've got a BSME and 1/3 of the time I do really cool sh*t. 2/3 time I push paper.

 

[Begster]

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I got my BSME from Northeastern in 2011, and have been working at an engineering services company I did my last co-op with for the past year and a half. I design things, build things, document things, etc.

 

[ktm racer 419]

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that field seems to be the big ticket in the NAC lol. I can start classes in July at neit which would be cool. deciding to do day classes and get a shitty night job or keep my current job and do evening classes is the question.

 

[squashman702]

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Yup!
No joke, and I'm 100% serious here. The local McD's is requiring an Associates degree to be a line cook. Unfortunately the "everyone has to go to college" mentality has caused the AS and BS degrees to be almost like a HS diploma.
Now I'm not saying don't go to college here, I'm just saying be realistic with who goes.

School name means a ton too, from what I've seen/experienced. That was part of my decision to go to Syracuse- the school is big enough and known nation-wide(due to sports, if nothing else), so it has a solid alumni network and everyone recognizes the name. If you go to a big enough school, it seems like everyone has a friend/relative/coworker that went there, which helps in the interview process.

I would suggest knocking out as many credits as you can at a CC/tech school, then trying to transfer to somewhere more well known if at all possible as it was suggested earlier. It will be cheaper but you'll still get the degree from the big school. Also, you could look into affiliate programs- I know there were a couple schools local to Syracuse that you could earn a Syracuse degree through without the cost of the bigger school. Might be possible through URI/UMass if you're planning on staying local.