tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post4711188207804706103..comments2024-03-27T13:09:26.512+05:30Comments on E=mc^2: Engineering 101Sujaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16539694685428659940noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-52632764159917639402012-12-10T10:09:44.421+05:302012-12-10T10:09:44.421+05:30But that is the plight of our educational system. ...But that is the plight of our educational system. I really feel bad at not having to use the hard earned knowledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-44367321675801756952012-11-30T17:24:43.085+05:302012-11-30T17:24:43.085+05:30Excellent post and liked it a lot!!!! basically i ...Excellent post and liked it a lot!!!! basically i am an Electrical Engineer working in a software company. After working 2 years i have realized that it is not the place i want to be so i have started my preparation again on the core subjects and planning to do M.tech and gain knowledge and get back to the core field. i happened to see this post and at this point of time it gives me lot of confidence and motivation thanks a lot!!!!Mohannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-7220452267752595122012-02-27T18:24:16.438+05:302012-02-27T18:24:16.438+05:30I know it's a rather old post, but I'd lik...I know it's a rather old post, but I'd like to share my views anyway. <br /><br />I sort of agree with you. In your case, you are working in a field that you seem to make use of most of what was taught in your engineering college. But I don't think that's the case with everyone. That doesn't mean that the classes in college have no relevance or significance in professional lives later on. I don't use much of what I learned in college. But I think of it as a learning process. Because of those classes, I know how to approach a problem and how to do the research necessary to solve it, though I may exactly use concepts I learned in college.<br /><br />Another point: I really enjoyed the workshop class in college. I had to do three semesters of that. I appreciate the experience I got out of it. But looking back, I think my time could have been better used to by taking other electives (it doesn't have to be lecture-based classes, hands-on is even better). What I regret the most is that I (and many others like me) haven't really got a hang of good cogent writing. I also regret not taking part in debate, drama, activism or other extra-curricular activities.Changehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11291568318788440530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-61795757829019121782011-03-31T02:44:57.264+05:302011-03-31T02:44:57.264+05:30My name is also Sujai. i just want to say in one w...My name is also Sujai. i just want to say in one word " Awesome"Sujayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026846246715811623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-27265209460278566142010-11-25T09:50:20.901+05:302010-11-25T09:50:20.901+05:30I would like to see this in a different prospectiv...I would like to see this in a different prospective.<br /><br />What we are learning in engineering is just basic. You will not able to simply work with the knowledge you gained from college. <br /><br />We may have to be master of one thing. Being jack of every thing should certainly help you once you reach top of pyramid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-17486264507513618412010-11-23T19:50:13.989+05:302010-11-23T19:50:13.989+05:30truely said....truely said....G.MANUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17224161309021442370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-14498761743474085332010-09-28T13:22:24.042+05:302010-09-28T13:22:24.042+05:30Nicely written! Congrats.Nicely written! Congrats.ചില നേരത്ത്..https://www.blogger.com/profile/09920671258295050621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-89251975838649036302010-08-04T21:08:02.243+05:302010-08-04T21:08:02.243+05:30Hi Sujai,
Following ur blog on and off ... execel...Hi Sujai, <br />Following ur blog on and off ... execellent ones...keep up the good work..<br /><br />my opinion on Eng 101 is opposite to urs. I think what u did in ur engineering is the right thing to do(ehhh...i mean its not the "RIGHT" thing ...). U said u spent time on painting, art, debating, making friends and falling in love. WHERE ELSE ON EARTH WE CAN FIND A PERFECT PLACE TO DO THIS???. <br />1. Debating - teaches u leadership skills and communication<br />2. painting, arts etc- u may pick it up as one of ur passions in ur life later...u never know<br />3. Frends - man!, this is one thing that no one shud miss in college life. tolerance, companionship, compromise/sacrifice, give and take and wat not..these r all lessons for life...After ur college u may meet and get acquainted with numerous ppl, but its always the college frends those r closer to ur heart. <br />4. Falling in love - NO Comments...;)<br /> I think the technical stuff cud always be learnt from books. Given the plight of our Engg coll Staff - Most colleges except IITs/RECs dont have knowledgable staff to teach, We always get them from books. <br />Even if u spent all time in tech subjects in ur college u will never remember them after 10 yrs...will have to start all over again.<br /><br />Only if we have a very strong desire to excel in technical stuff we may need to compromise on the points dicussed above..<br /><br />- ShankarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-53388261801719110482010-08-04T19:03:13.669+05:302010-08-04T19:03:13.669+05:30I'm a first year engineering student, will tak...I'm a first year engineering student, will take your words seriously. Thank you very much for the inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-54569585280026026962010-08-01T18:56:30.474+05:302010-08-01T18:56:30.474+05:30Cool, this must be one of your best articles! I lo...Cool, this must be one of your best articles! I loved reading it, every word of it, awesome is the word for it! You rock. <br /><br />As someone who has drifted far away from her core subject to pursue a different career I'd say that one should be extremely careful in choosing what they want to study and also decide on how they're going to use it in the future.. (Gals and guys, the last thing you should do is listen to your parents). Else they got to waste a lot of time regretting those decisions and pursuing something which they have no interest in.<br /><br /> Knowing your strengths, weaknesses and aptitude for a particluar line of study is very important. The most important ofcourse is passion for what you do, if you don't have that then life and job becomes a daily misery. <br />There is no greater joy than in learning to apply all those knowledge you've accumlated during college years for practical purposes. Thanks for bringing that out so beautifully in this asrticle.ragshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04206768079226759526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-1258301473103601342010-07-28T21:50:50.410+05:302010-07-28T21:50:50.410+05:30wow,sir
i wish i could feel this passionate about...wow,sir <br />i wish i could feel this passionate about my work at some point in my life. i joined engg becoz the idea of applyin knowledge to design and create was a great inspiration..but the course left me disillusioned..now i'm on the verge of choosin a career in a field that has little or nothin to do wid wat i learned,as the my engg scores are not good enough and wont guaratee me get me a place in a core electronic company.<br />- lekshmilekshminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-29259100794434844202010-07-24T00:25:40.786+05:302010-07-24T00:25:40.786+05:30Babu Kalyanam,
Humble advice: It's time you qu...Babu Kalyanam,<br />Humble advice: It's time you quit S/W Engg & migrate to Gulf as a daily wage construction labourer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-59694629471642958392010-07-23T21:03:14.551+05:302010-07-23T21:03:14.551+05:30Humble advice: It's time you start hiring more...Humble advice: It's time you start hiring more people. ;-)Babu Kalyanamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075215597359301085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-37870745653881476892010-07-23T20:58:44.856+05:302010-07-23T20:58:44.856+05:30so you do everything from
1. designing the hardw...so you do everything from <br /><br />1. designing the hardware<br />2. design its shape and paint it it<br />3. code the software (both datapath and application level) <br />4. Manufacture it<br />5. Do sales presentations<br />6. Analyze market adjacencies <br />7. Do the accounting work also. <br /><br />Amazing dude. I too work in Datacom. <br /><br />We have a hardware team to design the hardware. Once we design it, we outsource the work to another department which takes care of manufacturing it. They have different units for each and every component. Then the software team designs and codes the software. There are different teams for C programming and microcode in assembly. There is a Sales Department (not a team) and there is a management team who takes busingess decisions based on inputs from Marketing/Engineering/Customers etc. <br /><br />Looks like you are a one man company and must be paid millions of dollars a year. <br /><br />Very much unbelievable.Babu Kalyanamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075215597359301085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-34137856904953820582010-07-23T15:17:55.697+05:302010-07-23T15:17:55.697+05:30Manu ji ,
Weekends i am in sarcastic mode....that...Manu ji ,<br /><br />Weekends i am in sarcastic mode....thats why the double shri ...scripthosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01810896185922214488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-5004757851336552262010-07-23T15:04:12.466+05:302010-07-23T15:04:12.466+05:30good observation!good observation!Calvin Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971264265083630675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-31031406276477494532010-07-21T11:36:15.956+05:302010-07-21T11:36:15.956+05:30@Bimal Roy:
Well, yes, astrology has surprised me ...@Bimal Roy:<br />Well, yes, astrology has surprised me several times. I definitely don't think that astrology can be used to predict stuff, but I wonder if it has in some way got to do with the kind of characteristics a person is given.<br /><br />Let's try to link this with a scientific explanation - If you watched Matrix for instance, if you remember the human farms, how do you think would the computer select a profile for each person? It has got to be a function of time (a randomizer in general is a function of time). Now if you can look at it in the context of real world, well, may be we can't just ignore it!<br /><br />Now that's just a thought, I know people talk about how a character of a person depends on the environment around the mother's womb to begin with, and the various things the person goes through in the journey from that point. But, well, in this case at least, we can't fully prove what is right, and what is wrong.<br /><br />@Sujai:<br />I completely agree with you on this post. Very nice one!<br /><br />Also, if someone has not been able to use what they have learnt, it's most probably got to do with faltering on lining up their interest, education and work. It's not their fault though, it's more to do with the socio-economic conditions. It's also to do with being made to choose your subjects a bit too early, or without a practical introduction! I am sure most people don't really know what they are interested in until they get into their graduation days, until then it's the lure of money and social status that drives an individual (and this is compounded by parental pressure in most cases)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-30051960434892348062010-07-21T10:41:52.225+05:302010-07-21T10:41:52.225+05:30Read the article: "I was programmed to be a g...Read the article: "I was programmed to be a genius" at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/I-was-programmed-to-be-a-genius/articleshow/6189283.cms<br /><br />The youngest IIT professor at 23 , accepted as a genius, Prof. Tathagat Avatar Tulsi is result of Eugenics and Astrology( determining time of sexual intercourse), says his father Prof Tulsi Narayan Prasad, an advocate at the Supreme Court and a serious practitioner of astro-genetics.<br /><br />May be we shouldn't laugh at astrology so easily.Bimal Roynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-88170966699078566332010-07-21T08:27:19.105+05:302010-07-21T08:27:19.105+05:30hmm..interesting and very true w.r.t Engineering 1...hmm..interesting and very true w.r.t Engineering 101.<br />The aspirations to become what said in your last paragraph depends on whole lot of other things. social-economic-political situation, which makes the whole ambition thing idealistic than realistic.<br />you explained your case and you became electronics engineer.<br />but why all those people thought the education we had was not useful? for example, if I take my case, my interest is in computers but and at the same time I have to take responsibility of my family after engineering. so, i opted for a college who has campus placements where I would have lot of options (electronics and computers as well). and I am here in US helping my family economically. anyways, the point i want to bring is its not just Engineering 101, its the whole healthy competitive education environment which is depenedent on social-economical-political-cultural situation of india, which has to change from the ground level. not just in engineering. i didnt know why i studied matrix in 8th class till i came to engineering when i was doing power systems calculations. that is the case of education system in india. we dont know why we are studying, but studying. not everyone is fortunate, hardworking enough to get interest on everything. so being practical is also important...<br /><br />i am not contradicting with your thoughts..just sharing my thoughts of education 101..<br />it was good read though..Suresh Veeragonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16341353230411517097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-7829323151778435472010-07-16T08:00:39.990+05:302010-07-16T08:00:39.990+05:30Sujai,
somehow I feel ur story is one among a th...Sujai, <br /><br />somehow I feel ur story is one among a thousand. i m in my final year now, i have paid more attention to football, organizing cultural fests, participating in quizzes, debates, i write articles for the college paper, and now am also writing for a sports website, got a couple printed in deccan chronicle, fell in love, am part-owner of a startup, designed another startup, and so on. and i m an electrical and electronics engineer (not yet). have never failed a subject yet, but i hav alwez done well in the subjects i liked more than the ones i had to mug or dint really care for. my marks have ranged from topper to borderline pass :D but i ve never regretted it...u may b right in that i might understand ur viewpoint maybe 20 years from now. but u r 20 yrs or so out of engineering, even if u HAD paid attention to those subjects, u wudnt have remembered it for so long...any professional hu works on the same level as u r, will find it difficult initially and will have to learn from the basics again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18328153538244745355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-7398809390529767832010-07-15T22:46:18.144+05:302010-07-15T22:46:18.144+05:30Do you really think what we learn in the first yea...Do you really think what we learn in the first year of engg (like piling up concepts, chemistry equations, phenomena, datas, lathe experiences SINCERELY) would help after 5 or 6 years in our career?<br /><br />I think we should never justify what we experience should be useful in the future. We should rather do what we interested in.vijayhttp://sankagiri.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-68253110103273074102010-07-15T21:38:29.543+05:302010-07-15T21:38:29.543+05:30I am a telecom engg. student.Even I think like you...I am a telecom engg. student.Even I think like you used to during your engg. days.Thanks for opening my eyes.Hope I'll be able to rescue myself in the nick of time.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537149339352998350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-45422023876723292322010-07-15T15:01:27.519+05:302010-07-15T15:01:27.519+05:30sujai,
did you have any 'oh shucks,this would...sujai,<br /><br />did you have any 'oh shucks,this would have been so simple if we had a knowledge of XYZ which we were taught in college ' episode while building any wireless base station ?scripthosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01810896185922214488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-79124435946556308742010-07-15T14:45:15.454+05:302010-07-15T14:45:15.454+05:30Sujai anna fell in love aaa ?
(This is my engineer...Sujai anna fell in love aaa ?<br />(This is my engineering english )scripthosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01810896185922214488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21825668.post-38538743875252962842010-07-15T11:49:46.772+05:302010-07-15T11:49:46.772+05:30Sujai,
My experience is opposite to that of yours...Sujai,<br /><br />My experience is opposite to that of yours. I never cared about exams during my four years of doing mechanical engineering. (Never failed in one though. Was so confident to make it by a few days preparation) I was so interested in technical subjects that I spent most of my time in the library studying at my own pace. I spent time only for subjects of my interest which were physics, mechanics, drawing, thermodynamics, thermal engineering, mechanics of machinery, electronics, electrical machinery etc. (even after a decade from my college days it gives me immense pleasure to go through the books of my interest). I never attended boring lectures and skipped classes whenever attendance was not mandatory. <br /><br />I completely ignored making friends, developing my communication skills or even falling in love. I always wanted to be a design engineer to make the best use of my technical skills. But my career was mainly in the product sales rather than product development. Even though my technical skills have always helped me to impress the customers, I guess the skills I never bothered to develop, would have been of better help in selling products.<br /><br />Now I am financially independent and I am seriously thinking of starting something of my own to chase my dream of being an inventor or at least a master troubleshooter.മനു - Manuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13816973853655241337noreply@blogger.com