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Cake day: February 14th, 2022

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  • Hi, I am an electrical engineer in the US. Unfortunately I cannot help you much with the procedural decisions and I certainly do not know the higher education culture in the areas of the world you are discussing. I will however like to tell you that, in my experience, your educational background very quickly stops mattering in the professional world. Engineering hiring is based on years of work experience, skills and project resume, in that order.

    I would suggest that if you are not able to attend an elite school, focus on finding a school or a professional role where you can develop skills through project work, not just from classwork.

    I also want to emphasize that, despite the large market share, computer science is a highly specialized field of engineering, compared to something like mechanical or electrical. I often suggest to young people entering school to consider cross-discipline training to become as much of a generalist as possible. The time to specialize can come later into a professional career, but it’s much easier to be a good designer if you know a little about many things, instead of a lot about a few things.

    To this end, I think it’s easier for a mechanical engineer to learn useful computer science skills, than a computer science engineer to learn mechanical skills.

    I’m not sure I’ve been very helpful, so if you have any questions I can help with please reach out.










  • Hot take: Just start with DS9. TNG and TOS are great but Trekkies have trouble seeing past their rose coloured glasses and both shows can be wildly uneven. DS9 is consistently great, and it’s worst episodes are still worth watching. If you enjoy it, move on to TNG or Voyager, then the TOS and Enterprise.

    Alternatively, just start at discovery or Strange New Worlds and stay in NuTrek for as long as you want.

    All three starting points will give you a consistently good first experience with the brand.






  • The original release: absolutely not. Noctis is the clear protagonist and occupies 75% of the player’s attention

    With the DLC or in the Royal Edition: Noctis occupies about 30% of the player’s attention. Each other party member gets their own lengthy side quest and returns to the main storyline as playable characters and with deeper motivations for their actions and contribution to the plot.

    It’s one of those games where they solved many of it’s initial flaws way after the impression of the game was set in the public mindscape.