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How do we get more young boys in to Computer and Electrical Engineering?
I train in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu(BJJ). I am a member of a BJJ gym and I go to a lot of BJJ tournaments
and events. Because of
this I get to meet young people, and after talking to some of them, I learned
that most are not interested in Computer and Electrical Engineering.
Why do we need more young boys to
become interested in Computer and Electrical Engineering? At my current job, a
few months back, my then manager was trying to hire for an open programming position
and people where just not applying.
I receive emails/ phone calls all the
time from local recruiters. It seem like
they are not many of us. I also get emails from amazon recruiters a lot. So, it
seems like Companies are looking, but just not finding anyone.
I am currently working on a project solo that took a team of people
at a different company 2 years to
complete.
This is why we need to get more young boys interested in Computer
and Electrical Engineering. The more people
we have the more work we can get done.
Also have you heard of a company called Infosys? Infosys is a company out of India. I have
worked with them a lot in my 6 years.
Infosys gets a lot of work, because we do not have a lot of
Computer and Electrical Engineers in the US.
So any ideas?
For people who do not know what Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is,
here is a video of a kid doing BJJ:
This kid is one of the best!! He is the one in the white Gi
Pacific System Solutions
I graduated in Computer and Electrical Engineering back in 2010. My 1st job was at Pacific System Solutions. I was a contract Engineer and I design an antenna system that could transmit a video feed
150 meters away. I designed two Half-Wave Dipole antennas using the Friis
equation. I oversaw testing of the antenna system and I produced a report on
antenna design for Pacific systems solutions. The job ended up being a success
and I was giving a really good reference that helped me land my next job. Almost
even better, the head programmer at Pacific
System Solutions did not think my designed was going to work. It felt so
good when testing was done and it was working.
However, I do feel that I did not
learn what I needed to know to design this antennas system from school. I feel
that school teaches a lot of theory, but hardly any application. The funny
thing is that in the working world you use application and not overly complex
theory. The math to design the antenna system was very easy and also something
I did not learn in college.
I really feel I could have designed
that same antenna system without even going to college and it still would have
worked.
Universities should teach more applications
to student so they can be ready for the working world. In my book, I go over some of the contract
jobs I had after I graduated. So my book
will show real life engineering work projects.
Does anyone have a similar experience?
Below is a video of the Hook cam, I designed the two antennas it uses:
I go in more detail in my book.
Digital signal processing Application: high school - college level projects
This book will go through different projects that will teach the reader how to write software: to improve their singing, synthesize different guitar sounds, change the human brainwave, break glass, help people to relax and learn about many different sound engineering and DSP tools : DFT, FFT, High pass filter, low pass filter, fundamental frequency, Karplus-strong algorithm. In this book they will learn about: Isochronic tones, Binaural beats, and Monaural beats and how to code them. Then they will be able to come up with their own beats. They will learn about sound waves and a lot more. There are very few books / websites that show people how to code DSP tools. There are a lot that show the theory but not many that show the application, so I think this Book would be very useful for high school students, college students, and inter level employees.
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