Anonymous at Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:33:21 UTC No. 16480485

Do a barrel roll.

Anonymous at Mon, 18 Nov 2024 11:50:16 UTC No. 16480508

>>16480485
I'm gonna one day put a cap on that tongue of yours

Anonymous at Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:17:48 UTC No. 16480552

>>16480463
Are you actually doing anything with propulsion or aerodynamics? I worked in "aerospace" for a while but it was pretty much entirely just kalman filtering, DSP, and a bit of statistics. That's all stuff that shouldn't be too far away from your background.

If you're working in the propulsion or fluid dynamics parts of the problem, and you have a robotics focused background, you're probably fucked and shouldn't have been hired for that in the first place.

I can try and scrape a few suggestions together if you're certain that sort of aerodynamics and chemistry focused part of things will be your area, but you should make sure you understand specifically which part of the problem they are expecting competence from you. You might be doing one of the many "data oriented" parts of the problem like radar/tracking/communications/sensor management.

Anonymous at Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:25:36 UTC No. 16480662

>>16480463
Congrats on the diversity hire

Anonymous at Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:50:37 UTC No. 16480687

Get pic related, understand the (limited) theory presented, do mindful experimentation. You weren't hired for your aerospace experience but you are right that it helps to have some understanding of the concepts, if not for your work itself, just so you have some understanding of the company.

Anonymous at Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:10:49 UTC No. 16480766

>>16480662
If only. I'm straight, male, white in a 70% white country. Employers hate me.

>>16480552
Job description and interviews have been fairly vague so far but I don't expect to be doing anything as complex as designing propulsion systems. But it's hard to say exactly what my work will entail until I start the training course.

I do know it will be relatively high level, think more maintenance than design. So could even be shit like radiography for fault detection, I don't actually know if I'll be working on planes or weapons systems etc. either yet. It's more of a managerial role too. I'm fine with this, I do plenty of complex shit in my own time.

>>16480687
>You weren't hired for your aerospace experience but you are right that it helps to have some understanding of the concepts, if not for your work itself, just so you have some understanding of the company.
Couldn't have said it better myself, I'm jumping into aero from a higher paying field that I didnt enjoy, wanted to mix it up. I also just like to learn and figure I may as well kill two birds with one stone.

So to sum up I'm really just looking for a catch all introduction before I start the training they provide. I'll check this out, cheers.

Anonymous at Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:28:17 UTC No. 16482804

>>16480766
just play some KSP in your free time
know that supersonic aero is extremely unlike subsonic aero

Anonymous at Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:33:00 UTC No. 16482815

>>16396786
Reminder: /sci/ is for discussing topics pertaining to science and mathematics, not for helping you with your homework or helping you figure out your career path.

If you want advice regarding college/university or your career path, go to >>>/adv/ - Advice.
If you want help with your homework, go to >>>/wsr/ - Worksafe Requests.

Anonymous at Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:38:26 UTC No. 16482824

>>16480463
>OP gets hired for job he doesn't even know anything about
>I can't even get an interview for jobs I'm uniquely qualified for
fml

Anonymous at Tue, 19 Nov 2024 20:45:57 UTC No. 16483152

>>16480463
is there any to get into this field with no degree?
>t.self taught programmer

Anonymous at Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:10:37 UTC No. 16483240

>>16480463
You will probably be a football and a yes man between production and management, or whatever the military calls it. Justifying procedures and acceptance criteria outside of the written technical data and updating manuals to incorporate the ideas and sweeping most stuff under the rug. Every time there is a crash investigation, shift blame onto civilian contractors. Explain away when out of calibration equipment was used. I was pseudo management mechanic for twenty years and helped enginqueers with all that stuf. I don’t usually hang here except to swing by and troll. >>16482815 I am more of an /adv/ guy.
>>16480766
Yeah, so don’t be an arrogant know it all prick to your grease monkeys and they will take care of you. Management will always be in a position to kiss your ass but try to make you think that speed is more important than anything. It is your job to make them suck cock. I mean, idk but that’s what I’ve seen. One really handy thing to know is how gravity acts on liquids. Pretty easy huh? You’d be surprised how many test benches are “designed” with shit all upside down and backwards. Always get buddy checks before you get dogmatic and cut someone’s head off, pressure testing. A plumber only needs to know that shit rolls down hill and, don’t bite fingernails. Be smarter than a plumber.

Anonymous at Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:18:05 UTC No. 16483289

>>16483152
Oh. Yes in the US. You can work for a repair station under supervision of certified fags and get engineering authorisation from flaunting abilities and understanding politics.

Anonymous at Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:49:03 UTC No. 16483644

>>16480463
I have years of experience in military aerospace engineering and I never read any books lol

Anonymous at Tue, 19 Nov 2024 23:41:14 UTC No. 16485322

>>16483289
>work for a repair station
i just realized i'd have to leave my house. nevermind.

Anonymous at Thu, 21 Nov 2024 02:57:57 UTC No. 16487422

>>16482815
Discussing which topics to research for a job I've already secured neither homework nor discussing a career path.
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is also one of the topics listed on the board's wiki https://4chan-science.fandom.com/wiki/Mechanical_and_Aerospace_Engineering
>>16482824
Tbf I was looking for work for like 2 years. Half assed, I run a business on the side that makes more money than this aero job will. But still, I was looking for a long time, finding work is just a pain in the ass.
>>16483644
Fair enough lol, I got good grades across 2 degrees without reading any of my textbooks. Trying to get more into reading though, cheaper than doing courses.
>>16482804
I actually considered this, also was thinking of getting VTOL VR just to familiarise myself with some fighter jet functionalities.
>>16483240
>don’t be an arrogant know it all prick to your grease monkeys and they will take care of you
Fully intend to respect this, the interviewer said I'm likely to be in charge of people much older and more experienced than me. So I'm pretty cool with largely trusting their expertise and being hands off with people who genuinely know more about it than I do. I think it'll be a fine balance of that and not being a pushover.

Anonymous at Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:39:42 UTC No. 16487784

>>16483644
and you're a furfag, what a surprise

Anonymous at Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:05:42 UTC No. 16487806

>>16480463
passion is the main thing that all else follows on from, cultivate an autistic obsessive knowledge of all kinds of military hardware and reflect on the glory of building mighty engines of war and you'll do ok