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<blockquote data-quote="Fi Car Audio" data-source="post: 2013345" data-attributes="member: 569083">By no means am I telling anyone to &quot;drop out&quot;.... (Mods... do I need to make PSAs about staying in school to counteract that one //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif )Just that it seemed I had a safe bet with the OEM company I was doing.&nbsp; Otherwise I would have stuck it out.&nbsp; One thing I learned quick in college and paid attention with my classmates was the fact that over 2/3 of them shouldnt have been ME majors.&nbsp; When it came time to design projects, they could work wonders on autocad and on paper... but they could never really make what they had designed.&nbsp; Screws in impossible spots holding pieces that simply couldnt be machined together.&nbsp; Then when we had to take a couple of hands on classes, I thought it was a joke when the teacher started asking about this wrench or that... and most couldnt tell you what they were called or had ever used one.&nbsp; I think being mechanically inclined should be somewhat of a prerequisite for bein an ME major.&nbsp; Watching them go through classes and learn the formulas and motions of being an ME student over the next 4 years... but never grasping the basic concepts of mechanics was scary.&nbsp; They graduated (and I didnt) but I am fearful of using whatever they do end up designing.&nbsp; I know one day I am going to die in a freak toilet paper roll holder disaster when the spring flys out and cuts my jugular... all from one of the designs by a classmate of mine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gifUnless you have a sure bet... or balls of steel with a desire to match... finish.&nbsp; That piece of paper opens the doors to really let you shine (PSA over)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fi Car Audio, post: 2013345, member: 569083"] By no means am I telling anyone to "drop out".... (Mods... do I need to make PSAs about staying in school to counteract that one [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] ) Just that it seemed I had a safe bet with the OEM company I was doing. Otherwise I would have stuck it out. One thing I learned quick in college and paid attention with my classmates was the fact that over 2/3 of them shouldnt have been ME majors. When it came time to design projects, they could work wonders on autocad and on paper... but they could never really make what they had designed. Screws in impossible spots holding pieces that simply couldnt be machined together. Then when we had to take a couple of hands on classes, I thought it was a joke when the teacher started asking about this wrench or that... and most couldnt tell you what they were called or had ever used one. I think being mechanically inclined should be somewhat of a prerequisite for bein an ME major. Watching them go through classes and learn the formulas and motions of being an ME student over the next 4 years... but never grasping the basic concepts of mechanics was scary. They graduated (and I didnt) but I am fearful of using whatever they do end up designing. I know one day I am going to die in a freak toilet paper roll holder disaster when the spring flys out and cuts my jugular... all from one of the designs by a classmate of mine [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] Unless you have a sure bet... or balls of steel with a desire to match... finish. That piece of paper opens the doors to really let you shine (PSA over) [/QUOTE]

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