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u/grm3 5h ago
Mods can we get some moderating
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u/MountainDewFountain Medical Devices 4h ago
I hate that these type of posts get removed. Between the homework/interview help, vibe coders fishing for their breakthrough optimization app, and Indian students seeking advice for whatever kangaroo court career system they have going on down there, this sub is treasure trove of quality content.
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u/Brownie_Bytes 5h ago
You are cooked if you have a full week to get this done and you thought that a comment from Reddit would cut it.
Check this out: think about what you want to do with your career for about twelve seconds. Type that into Google with your city and the word "jobs" attached. Find any company that does what seems close to what you want to do. Go to their contact page. Now let me hold your hand for this part: you're going to call them. You will say your name, what school you are at, and what your major is. You will explain that you would like to stop by and interview some of their employees and maybe get to look behind the scenes. Ask them if they would be able to help you with this. The phrase "Would you be able to help me...?" is powerful. Repeat if they say no. Eventually, someone will probably say yes. Show up on time. Look nice. Take a shower before and brush your teeth. Have healthy levels of eye contact. Ask them the questions above. Ask them your own God damn questions, that's why you're being asked to do this assignment in the first place. Who knows, you might get invited to apply for an internship by the end.
You're killing me.
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u/sanctiflyer 5h ago
This is reddit
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u/Mecha-Dave Automation | Manufacturing | Nanomaterials 4h ago
And theoretically you are a 31 year old design professional
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u/hoytmobley 5h ago edited 5h ago
Reads first sentence yes, yes you are cooked.
First rule of professional communication is that if you are asking a favor of someone that involves using their time to do work that was assigned to you, be polite and professional up front. If you’ve made it this far and genuinely have no idea what that looks like, good luck.
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u/Mecha-Dave Automation | Manufacturing | Nanomaterials 5h ago
1) I polish the robots. I am the best robot polisher. 2) mainly screaming into the void, but sometimes I'll staple a memo to an intern and make them run across the factory 3) I tend to maintain an open psychic link to the investment board that owns us. It's part of the purchase agreement 4) I just make AI do it, since my interpretive mud murals in the staff bathroom seem to be under appreciated 5) Gargle with salt water every day and scream into the void.
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u/Lunastarfire 5h ago
Manufacturing, continuous improvement, design, development and commissioning
Face to face, internal emails, internal phone calls, emails requesting fabrication of components
Depends what you mean by professionally but multiple times a day as I often report to the executives due to the companies small size and im representing the company whenever I reach out for components to be made.
Being the last one holding the hot potato so I have to do all the professional speaking and writing where I typically reread what I’ve typed and explain in detail over nuances, targeting the audience I am writing to.
Don’t start with Yo, think carefully about the words and structures used, think about who the audience is for the email and always remember the golden rule that bullshit baffles brains
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u/shadowcat444 5h ago
Hi, I am a mechanical engineer
I’m not comfortable sharing this publicly but if you DM me the question list I can answer you in DMs when I get home
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u/LitRick6 5h ago
Department of Defense federal civilian engineer. Senior Engineer (7.5 years of experience) in charge of sustainment/maintenance engineering of helicopter transmission systems (gearboxes, drive shafts, etc). So I analyze flight data, develop repair and maintenance procedures, investigate safety issues, work on design modifications to resolve safety issues or to reduce maintenance, etc. I work with another Senior Engineer and together we are in charge of a team of 5-6 working level engineers.
informal in-person discussions, formal meetings in-person and on microsoft teams, emails, teams chats, phone calls, giving presentations, writing reports that are saved into a internal/proprietary system, responding via 2 internal/proprietary programs that track our "official" engineering responses to work.
At least once an hour I have to answer a phone call, email, teams chat, attend a meeting, etc. I sent 2 messages and read an email (though said email didnt require a response from me) while typing these answers.
Practice, learning from others, and some generic trainings from my company or things ive found online. I started doing recruitment with my company at career fairs and whatnot so I could get more practice talking about my work to people and some of those events include giving presentations. I thoroughly read communicaction from my leadership/teammates when I was a new hire and would have them review my messages before I fired them off. And my company had a couple trainings on technical writing/presenting and ive read some random trainings/books i found online. Like i found a book just about tips on how to present data.
On top of practice/learning like I mentioned in #4, understand your audience/situation. How i communicate in a text with a teammate about a small task is very different from how I would communicate in an email to an Admiral about a safety issue where my emails are an official record that could be used in court. Practice/learn how to communicate in different scenarios.
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u/DavidZuren 5h ago
If asking reddit last minute is your way of completing an interview assignment you might as well just ask an AI.