25+ anons ONLY: What sort of STEM studies / research are you doing?
No on under 25 post here. There are too many annoying 18-24 year old undergraduates here still in the process of taking calculus/analysis/algebra/topology, applying to graduate schools etc. you guys aren't welcomed here.
Anons that are 25+ what STEM research/careers are you involved in?
If you are under 25 and post you'll be ignored. This is NOT an undergraduate thread.
Samuel Price
So, why isn't it just a "postgraduate thread"?
Kayden Lee
I did a masters in theoretical computer science, followed by two years of research in that area. I couldn't find a PhD spot that sufficiently interested me, and now I do more applied research in industry designing new cryptosystems, that is more engineering than real research.
Jaxon Ortiz
i'm 26 and an undergraduate, i will gladly shit up your thread op
Jackson Myers
There is a difference between 22 year old first year graduate students and those that are nearing completing their MS or PhD degrees. Too many kiddos polute these sort of threads asking for advice on how to get into graduate schools. This board is not just for kids.
Luis Clark
Sounds interesting. Do you work on cryptographic protocols?
Kevin Perez
Yeah. Cryptography was never my specialty doing research, and I would very much not be equipped to design ciphers and primitives; but higher level protocols like OTR I can do.
Daniel Moore
yeah its pretty much just for showing off.
Aaron Carter
26, I'm about to start my PhD in Genetics at Duke. Anybody got tips for pretending to want to work in academia? My dream is to work for a biotech company because I enjoy honing my craft and finding practical solutions to problems, like an engineer, but there's sort of a stigma against leaving the ivory tower. What do you guys think?
Sebastian Wilson
How did your application work out? What are you studying? Do you have a previous degree?
Adam Stewart
Hi i'm 18 and i was wondering if computer science is a good high level science degree to do. Hear you have to know a lot of maths but i'm not sure.
Jordan Collins
Noone cares, except they will hate you for investing in you and then losing you to big money, but that's everywhere.
Grayson Davis
I almost finished my M.Sc in IT-Management and Information Systems. 300k starting here I come
Sebastian Green
>implying there is a mutually exclusive dichotomy of 'big money' and 'academia'
OP you need to add theses rules to your thread, for glory >no wrong opinions >echo chamber only please, for us professional science 'academics'
Camden Ortiz
>No one cares >But they will hate you
Well which is it?!
William Russell
27 right now, finished Jap Culture studies some time ago, time to enjoy my unemployment and ruined life. Cheers
Brayden Taylor
Hi i m 22 year old undergraduate i study mechatronics. I also get ignored a lot by overgraduate like you guys. You probably cant even see this post
Bentley Lewis
I'm just doing electrical power engineering It's fun
Jaxon Watson
>tfw OP's thread backfires and I dick around with elementary math in my spare time despite fitting the age requirement :^)
Went through certain of Euclid's props recently.
Grayson James
Hi I'm 2.5 years old please don't ban me
Chase Myers
im not sure if my SAT scores are good enough for my dream uni...what happens if i don't get in D:
Luke Johnson
Just graduated from state school summa bum laude in physics and I didn't get accepted anywhere what gives? I've been told I have a stupid looking face. People often ask me how am I so smart. I'm not sure if they're asking that because I'm in a normie environment or they're asking about me specifically. It's come to my attention that the vast majority of normies actually considere themselves intelligent. For what reason I'm not sure. But I figured the academic types wouldn't be so quick to judge a book by its cover. Should I just kill myself? I only went to state school because my dumbass dad. Could've gotten in pretty much anywhere. Pic is my face
Lincoln Rodriguez
Did you do research? Did you get strong rec letters?
Ryan Perry
Welcome to Duke and to the city of Durham. What kind of stuff do you like to do for fun? I can give a few recommendations on/off campus.
Aaron Allen
Aerospace structural engineer/grad student in aerospace, just turned 25 a couple of weeks ago
Honestly, all I can think about doing after graduation is getting some rental property or freelancing in the evenings. Anything to make more money and retire and get out of this damned industry asap
Carson Mitchell
27 year old here.
I was in the army for a long time and now I'm a 27 year old freshman studying mechanical engineering, taking remedial math courses since it's been 10 years since I took a math class. I'll shit up these threads just like I shit up my stupid life.
Jaxson Garcia
To be honest most of my hobbies are indoors and quiet: reading, meditation, exercise at the gym. I am always open to new experiences though. What social hobbies are popular in the research triangle area?
Logan Moore
i'm 22 and well on my way to flunking out of my engineering degree. I have zero ambition, depression, and no friends. what are your thoughts on joining the army and coming back to graduate. alternatively, what about joining immediately after i graduate. i've got just above a 2.0 gpa so i'm not expecting or looking forward to any future jobs, but some time in a high-discipline environment might allow me to relearn all i've thrown away. what do you think i should do?
Lucas Powell
Just a question, where do you take remedial math courses? I want to get a STEM degree, but I haven't done math since high school, and I'm worried I won't get accepted if I apply in uni because of this.
William Morales
i think joining the army could be good for you. if you are intelligent and willing to try you could do well on their aptitude test and get a cool ass job in the military.
Nolan Jackson
Depends what your social hobbies are. There is rock climbing, concerts, breweries, food trucks, sports (not too interested in this), etc.
There are some good restaurants in Durham. There are also some good bars as well. If you're interested in seeing some cool bars visit the Durham hotel (top floor), 21 C (fancy bar) and alley 26 (jazz music weekend nights, fancy bar).
I usually stick to Durham. But raleigh and chapel hill + carrboro are big social spots. I tend to stay away from chapel hill as it's more undergrady. Carrboro is better (more graduate students), but like a 30 minute drive or so from Durham.
Ryan Morgan
Also giving a smirk like that to anyone will ruin your chances of getting in anywhere grad school or a job.
Nathaniel Cooper
the food trucks there are great
Caleb Ortiz
This dude is a UCLA grad student.
Zachary Fisher
>UCLA grad
Chink from a third world country who thinks he's hotshit for finishing a public University big deal
Cooper Perez
Good, good, this is useful info.
Where do all the emotionally disturbed but pretty, nerd chicks hang out?
Oliver Carter
Let me know when you find out. I study most of the time.
James Hughes
26. Work as a physicist at a medical device company that manufactures LDR brachytherapy sources. Thinking of going back to school in the next few years for a masters in either physics, nuclear engineering or medical physics
Dylan Miller
Shit that's usually my face 0;
Tyler Gutierrez
>china >third world W E W
Christian Edwards
Well I'm going to working for DARPA
Aiden Hernandez
>No human rights >Communist pigs >21st century slavery >Literally only inbred retards after the cultural revolution by Mao
Ching Chong University of ramen noodles and pot sticker engineering
Jeremiah Morris
At my university. They just don't count for anything and aren't transferable. My university is open enrollment, so they accept anyone, that's how I was able to do it. My plan is to start from the bottom and then when I've got the credits to transfer I'll transfer to a different actually good university and finish my degree.
Just a note, math is like a muscle and if you don't use it, you lose it. In the decade since I last took a high school math class I forgot everything, and I'm not kidding. It's been hell trying to keep up too, since they just want to teach everything as fast as possible and get the semester over, but I don't want to do anything else but engineering, so I'm dealing with it.
Ian Campbell
You mean a contracter For DARPA? They contract out work, unless you meant actually working at their offices
Tyler Kelly
yeah. I get to whip some graduate students beneath me and deal with bullshit progress reports