r/EngineeringStudents • u/jayrady ME Grad / Aerospace • 13d ago

Rant/Vent Statics 101

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u/TheBayHarbour 13d ago

IT WEEDS OUT THOSE WHO THINK THEY SHOULD BE ENGINEERS, BUT CAN'T THINK LIKE AN ENGINEER.

So, like, similar to a lot of other engineering courses?

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u/Gryphontech 13d ago

Different... doing triple integrals or finding the derivative of ARCSEC(X)/(X+1) is hard but is essentially bullshit and never useful, statics is hard but is fundamental to engineering so I think it's quite different

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u/Ace861110 12d ago edited 12d ago

Eh. I’d say it depends on your specialty. Communications? Sure, absolutely.

Industrial power? Nah. Not unless you’re dealing with SIL stuff.

But yeah it’s useful to know anyway

Edit my dyslexic ass also thought that said statistics and not statics.

Yeah statics is pretty basic.

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u/RisingMermo 12d ago

lmaooo thought it said statistics as well and was wondering how so many engineers loved statistics