Woohoo! Son got into Engineering school! - Page 1
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author: don.r
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 01:37:18 am
content: My son has been accepted into my old alma mater! Join me in congratulating him on a wise career choice!Hopefully he won't be the party animal his dad was. O0He will be receiving an EEVBlog uRuler as a graduation present.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 01:41:57 am
content: Congrats!

author: Rick Law
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 01:43:12 am
content: Congrats!My best wishes to him for the many successful years to come.And, Congrats to you too! - and - Best wishes and Merry Christmas to you and your family.

author: Excavatoree
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 01:45:26 am
content: Congratulations. I remember the day I received the magic letter myself.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 01:48:13 am
content: Yep, I've never been very sentimental or excitable or any of that, and I remember mine vividly. That is awesome for both of you

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 01:49:36 am
content: Quote from: don.r on December 14, 2013, 01:37:18 amWith any luck you'll have one by then.

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 02:08:59 am
content: hehehe, I just got my acceptance letter too

author: don.r
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timestamp: December 14, 2013, 02:15:45 am
content: Thanks all! He gets to join his brother, the geophysics student, this September. Ahh... the memories...

author: EEVblog
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timestamp: December 14, 2013, 02:23:13 am
content: Quote from: don.r on December 14, 2013, 01:37:18 amI'll up that with a t-shirt!Who's happier, him or dad?

author: EEVblog
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timestamp: December 14, 2013, 02:25:28 am
content: I don't mind what career Sagan grows up to have, he can win a Nobel prize in any discipline he likes, I'm not pushy

author: don.r
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 02:26:29 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on December 14, 2013, 02:23:13 amVery nice of you, Dave! He's a small.I think his mum is the most happy but we are all on cloud nine.

author: Fsck
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 02:27:28 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on December 14, 2013, 02:25:28 amwhat about if it was in something ridiculous like.. literature?

author: notsob
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timestamp: December 14, 2013, 02:31:56 am
content: nah, he'll become a lay-preacher - just to piss off his old man.

author: free_electron
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timestamp: December 14, 2013, 02:53:57 am
content: poor kid. Doomed to lifelong learning , looked down on by many, laughed at by people with iQ's equal to room temperature...My sincere condolences to the kid.

author: JoeO
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timestamp: December 14, 2013, 03:05:50 am
content: Quote from: notsob on December 14, 2013, 02:31:56 amStranger things have happened.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 03:05:54 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on December 14, 2013, 02:25:28 amHow about Televangelist?EDIT: Doh got sniped. I had this reply on my screen but left for about 15 minutes.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 03:07:52 am
content: Quote from: notsob on December 14, 2013, 02:31:56 amYeah that will be his rebellious years.

author: don.r
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 03:18:27 am
content: Quote from: free_electron on December 14, 2013, 02:53:57 amFahrenheit or Celsius? As long as its not Kelvin, I think he can make allowances.

author: echen1024
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 03:50:35 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on December 14, 2013, 02:25:28 amBut if he decides EE, he'll have so many fun toys to play with

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 03:56:20 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on December 14, 2013, 02:25:28 amHe can't be a math major then!

author: nctnico
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 14, 2013, 11:26:17 pm
content: Quote from: don.r on December 14, 2013, 01:37:18 amIMHO getting your kids into some kind of engineering school is a big plus. My oldest son starts to warm up to becoming an EE as well. Being able to make something always puts food on the table.

author: don.r
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2020, 04:24:17 pm
content: Well... here we are, six years later and my son has his parchment! Many extra co-op employments and a few extra interest courses contributed to a 6 year rather than 5 year timeline but he is all good and employed... in hardware!!! None of that software rubbish! Missed out on the iron ring due to covid but that is promised later in the year so we shall see. Well done my son!!!

author: Halcyon
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timestamp: July 08, 2020, 07:43:08 pm
content: It's 0500 here and I read the title as "Woo woo" for a moment. I thought "what kind of Engineering school is your son going to?"

author: don.r
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timestamp: July 08, 2020, 11:16:30 pm
content: Quote from: Halcyon on July 08, 2020, 07:43:08 pmThey chant and study the metaphysical properties of crystals... mostly.Funnily enough my other son is a geologist and actually does study crystals and my daughter is a health care aide and takes care of a woman named Crystal...

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 08, 2020, 11:24:23 pm
content: Quote from: don.r on July 08, 2020, 11:16:30 pmSounds like you still have some work to do.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 08, 2020, 11:59:50 pm
content: Quote from: don.r on July 08, 2020, 11:16:30 pmWhile sitting on a giant neodymium magnet in front of a statue of their free energy prophet Nikola Tesla.

author: don.r
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 09, 2020, 12:25:06 am
content: Quote from: HackedFridgeMagnet on July 08, 2020, 11:24:23 pmMy daughter's career is a crafty ploy by SWMBO and myself to secure our looming decrepit future. As for my eldest, yes he is a geologist but his alternative was lawyerso I think that was a good choice there.

author: don.r
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 09, 2020, 12:26:34 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on July 08, 2020, 11:59:50 pmOHMMM... OHMMM... OHMMM

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 09, 2020, 01:03:27 am
content: Quote from: HackedFridgeMagnet on July 08, 2020, 11:24:23 pmWhat's wrong with being a geologist?

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 09, 2020, 01:19:59 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on July 09, 2020, 01:03:27 amWhen they went to the moon, hundreds of thousands of engineers made it happen, every astronaut was an engineer, and they sent one token geologist

author: don.r
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timestamp: July 09, 2020, 01:26:15 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on July 09, 2020, 01:19:59 am... but no lawyers!

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 09, 2020, 01:32:29 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on July 09, 2020, 01:19:59 amSo, you think being a geologist is a poor choice because of limited job openings at NASA?

author: HackedFridgeMagnet
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 09, 2020, 01:45:50 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on July 09, 2020, 01:03:27 amApart from it not be an engineer, nothing really.

author: don.r
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 09, 2020, 01:57:36 am
content: Quote from: HackedFridgeMagnet on July 09, 2020, 01:45:50 amOddly enough, engineers and geologists share the same professional association here in British Columbia. Both also receive rings as part of graduation, the only two professions to do so. The engineers use to be iron (now stainless steel) and the geologists is silver.

author: basinstreetdesign
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 09, 2020, 03:23:27 am
content: Quote from: don.r on December 14, 2013, 01:37:18 amCongrats to him and both you and your SO. Best of luck to him.I can still recall the time when I got the Letter.Can I ask what school he's going to?

author: bsfeechannel
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 09, 2020, 03:44:18 am
content: Quote from: HackedFridgeMagnet on July 09, 2020, 01:45:50 amGeologists know where to find oil and precious stones. Engineers don't.Quote from: basinstreetdesign on July 09, 2020, 03:23:27 amLook at the date. I think he's not only graduated (six years later, i.e. now), but is also already employed.

author: don.r
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 09, 2020, 04:33:05 am
content: Quote from: basinstreetdesign on July 09, 2020, 03:23:27 amUniversity of VictoriaHe even had some of the same profs as I did!Quote from: bsfeechannel on July 09, 2020, 03:44:18 amYep... a long road for sure but its a co-op school so they go to work every 4 months for 4 months. He also took some extra "interest" courses, mostly power electronics I think. He is now a test engineer at a company that makes electric vehicle chargers.