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Originally Posted by Lailla
After doing a shitload of math in school, I am now seeing that an engineering job really only requires basic math. And even then, Start->run->calc.
Think about that while you slave over integration and Fourier transforms and shit. IT'S WORTHLESS. YAY.
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I started roofing houses with my father as a side-job when I was 14 to help ends meet. One day, I was ripping off an old roof and he was doing math on some materials. I was like, "What is that? Is that Calculus?" He was like, "Yep." I asked him if he ever used advanced math in his real job and he thought about it...then said nope.
"So you wrench on airplanes and fly all day on basic math concepts...but if you wanna roof a house in efficient manner, it takes calculus?". We looked at each other for a few seconds and then I was like "I'll be damned..." cause I didn't figure anyone used that crap outside of a lab or classroom at all.