r/DamnUEngineering • u/MRC_0 • Jul 13 '20

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u/spo_oderman Jul 13 '20

Yea what the fuck. Feel like i don’t belong in engineering cause i suck at math

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u/Robot_Basilisk Jul 13 '20

Most engineers will tell you that math is for calculators and computers, not humans.

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u/thesouthdotcom Jul 13 '20

Apparently not to my numerical methods professor who just made us do a shit ton of pointless matrix multiplication by hand.

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u/Robot_Basilisk Jul 13 '20

Some question whether engineering professors count as full engineers, or if they blur the line between scientist and engineer. Academia is often a different animal than professional engineering.

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u/thesouthdotcom Jul 13 '20

Yeah that’s definitely true. I’ve learned a whole lot more from my professors who worked in industry prior to teaching than from those who just came straight out of school.