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Programmers: What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
I am assuming you are going with programming the rest of your life, what do you want to specialise in? There are many types of jobs out there that require programming. I honestly don't know what I want to do, I would LOVE to work for a big gaming company like Blizzard, Square Enix and ect, but I would also want to work for JPL, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, anything similar. I started programming with gaming in mind, but after I joined robotics, I have found a love for robotics. I also have the desire to start a gaming company, which is easier than making a robot company. Well, what do you guys want to do?
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I started out with working for a game company, but my experience this year in FIRST has started pushing me towards control systems/embedded development. There's something very interesting to me with hacking together different parts to make something work
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I want to be a controls engineer and work with the sensors and programming of industrial robots.
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We can export labor and manufacturing, but it's very foolish to export innovation. Do you want cutting edge technology, or do you want hand-me-downs from an ally? |
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My primary interests are in social entrepreneurship. Things like the DARPA red balloon challenge are what get me excited.
I am a computer science major, but I am hoping to leverage my technological background in order to start companies and nonprofits. I love this idea of helping people accomplish complex goals especially if the do not have the means or expertise to accomplish those goals themselves. |
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Jason EDIT: As for the original question... I wanted to be an Electrical Engineer when I was in Grade 12. I was NEVER going to be a teacher. It's funny how things work out... now I'm not only having fun teaching, but probably having at least as much fun engineering as a lot of my 'geer buddies. Have a goal, but be prepared to take the opportunities life presents you. |
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Actually, the auto industry is where all the action is. If you are dead set on robotics, there is FANUC, which is a great American robotics company with its roots in robots for automotive manufacturing. Other robotics companies that service the auto industry and hire engineers include Kawasaki Robotics, AAB, Apex Controls, Sterling, Nachi Robotics, TranTek, Perceptron, PARI Robotics, Guedel, Advenovation, Comau Robotics, Durr Systems, and I could go on and on. If you're not completely tied to the robot idea, control engineers are in very high demand throughout the auto industry (even during the recession I had three job offers within two weeks after the end of my airline gig). Virtually every part of a modern car is controlled with an embedded control system - and if it isn't, it will be in no time. Most people wouldn't believe it, but a modern automobile is more complex than a modern aircraft when it comes to control system complexities, and there is no end in sight for new embedded controller applications. It's a very good time to be working in embedded control systems. |
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Safely controlling a large gas turbine engine on a modern commercial aircraft is far more complex than anything on a modern automobile. The complexity of the anti-skid brake control system on a modern commercial jet, like, let's say, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, far exceeds the anti-lock brake controls on a car. ~ |
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