Ooof that’s a tough question. It’s technically an engineering degree, so I was under the assumption that I would actually use it in my day to day. I just unwittingly stumbled back ass-ward into a completely unrelated technical field, so yeah. At least that fine piece of paper did its job and got me the connections I needed to be employed.
which engineering degree is it? is it like theoretical research(experiments, writing science papers,,,etc), i can see that being a very hard to get a job from.
Which is why I was sooooo grateful that my professors helped get me my first internship outside of academia. Most of my job moves afterwards have been through connections I made at working so it was critical for my career to get started.
your PI, PROFESSORS went out of thier way to help you, thats probably what Universities should having resources devoted to or my other suggestion was warnign students about certain fields. attribute my state school is how they treat HS students, just push them through the system and hope they dont ask too much questions, what they are after was FRESHman to get thier butts in the seat, because they know thats the cash cow for full tuition money.
I can whistle while smiling, whistle while breathing in, classic pursed lips, and I can trill with a little bit a spit. The smiling one always gets a laugh, I'm pretty sure its technically nose whistling but mechanically I'm forcing air through my tough at my teeth which reverberate at a high pitched sound
filmmaking. I have thousands of dollars in (now ageing) gear that rarely gets used anymore because I lack the social network of contacts in my new small town to make a project happen.
For reasons beyond my comprehension, I’m good with children and they, for some reason, are drawn to me and show me levels of respect and interest in what I have to say that they don’t offer to others.
I can’t stand children and avoid them like the plague.
Formatting spreadsheets. Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, I can use em all. I stack boxes for a living.
Also Alpha bravo charlie delta Echo foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet kilo lima mike November Oscar papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango uniform Victor whiskey x-ray Yankee Zulu
Voice to text, one take, one breath. I die a little inside every time I hear someone say A as in apple, or S as in Sandy
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earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 302d
My degree 💀
cloudless@piefed.social · 8 pts · 302d
Is that a skill? Or a fine piece of paper?
earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 302d
Ooof that’s a tough question. It’s technically an engineering degree, so I was under the assumption that I would actually use it in my day to day. I just unwittingly stumbled back ass-ward into a completely unrelated technical field, so yeah. At least that fine piece of paper did its job and got me the connections I needed to be employed.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 301d
which engineering degree is it? is it like theoretical research(experiments, writing science papers,,,etc), i can see that being a very hard to get a job from.
earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 301d
Chemical Engineering —-> RF signal processing
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 300d
i did RF signaling in undergrad or was IF in ochem
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 301d
both, the job prospects are so low in many stem fields its pretty much difficult to apply to a job , which are pretty much gatekeeped.
earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 301d
Which is why I was sooooo grateful that my professors helped get me my first internship outside of academia. Most of my job moves afterwards have been through connections I made at working so it was critical for my career to get started.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 300d
your PI, PROFESSORS went out of thier way to help you, thats probably what Universities should having resources devoted to or my other suggestion was warnign students about certain fields. attribute my state school is how they treat HS students, just push them through the system and hope they dont ask too much questions, what they are after was FRESHman to get thier butts in the seat, because they know thats the cash cow for full tuition money.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 301d
same
lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 301d
Macromedia Flash
lvxferre@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 301d
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 301d
Damn, you too, huh.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 301d
Resolving IRQ conflicts via jumpers.
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 302d
Rescue someone from a height.
Had to learn it because I was working for a wireless teleco. Hope to never use it. But I don't work for a telco anymore so the chance is insanely low.
LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 301d
That's a very specific, interesting and unlikely to be used skill. Nice work.
frankenswine@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 301d
being nice when i could be right
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 301d
I can juggle a soccer ball indefinitely (with pretty much anything that's not a hand).
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 8 pts · 301d
CPR
cloudless@piefed.social · 4 pts · 301d
It is a skill I am glad that I never have to use it.
Aneb@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 301d
I whistle really well and have four different variations but its not a useful skill that will get me a job
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 301d
What are the four variations?
Aneb@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 301d
I can whistle while smiling, whistle while breathing in, classic pursed lips, and I can trill with a little bit a spit. The smiling one always gets a laugh, I'm pretty sure its technically nose whistling but mechanically I'm forcing air through my tough at my teeth which reverberate at a high pitched sound
ProfThadBach@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 302d
MPN-13 radar maintenance. I am not even sure if they are still around.
robolemmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 301d
I got certified in swift water rescue about 20 years ago. Happily, I’ve never used it.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 301d
filmmaking. I have thousands of dollars in (now ageing) gear that rarely gets used anymore because I lack the social network of contacts in my new small town to make a project happen.
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social · 3 pts · 301d
Haven’t used any of my wrestling skills or knowledge in almost 20 years. Almost certain I never will again.
shadejinx@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 301d
Origami.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 301d
For reasons beyond my comprehension, I’m good with children and they, for some reason, are drawn to me and show me levels of respect and interest in what I have to say that they don’t offer to others.
I can’t stand children and avoid them like the plague.
justdaveisfine@piefed.social · 2 pts · 301d
I took a bunch of sword and fencing classes back in the day. I suspect/hope that won't come up often as I don't even own a sword.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 301d
remember when chess got really popular and all the kids were doing chess...
anyday now it'll be sword and fencing turn to be the fashion. it'll be both epic and tragic. and your skills will be appreciated.
fubarx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 301d
Juggling oddly-shaped fruit.
baconmonsta@piefed.social · 1 pts · 300d
Firefighter training
J92@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 300d
Yep. I work at sea and have some basic firefighting and first aid. Hope I never have to use either.
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 301d
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 300d
Not a skill, but I still have pi memorised to 25 decimal places . Memorised at i think age 15, and at age 26, I lost a trivia question to it...
SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 300d
Apache pig
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 300d
Formatting spreadsheets. Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, I can use em all. I stack boxes for a living.
Also Alpha bravo charlie delta Echo foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet kilo lima mike November Oscar papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango uniform Victor whiskey x-ray Yankee Zulu
Voice to text, one take, one breath. I die a little inside every time I hear someone say A as in apple, or S as in Sandy
Unlearned9545@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 301d
Entertaining children