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In my experience this is where the ability to learn from literature would really help. In this specific case you’d encounter Fourier analysis pretty damn quickl
by meheleventyone 9y ago
In my experience this is where the ability to learn from literature would really help. In this specific case you’d encounter Fourier analysis pretty damn quickly if you started to read around the subject. Likewise whilst I think my formal teaching gave me a grounding I actually value the self-learning aspect from my degree more. The hard problems are the ones you’ve not heard the solution too before. The main thing a formal education provides is a leg up and hopefully a solid set of skills to help find answers to hard problems.
- emacsgifs 9y agoI can confirm that without specific education, reading around things like audio analysis and audio fingerprinting, Fourier comes up pretty quickly, and did before Shazam was a thing. Honestly, I think tenacity and an ability to learn and move quickly are the most valuable engineering skills one can have.
- maephisto 9y ago>> Honestly, I think tenacity and an ability to learn and move quickly are the most valuable engineering skills one can have. I agree. Nowadays the information is abundant and so easy to reach. One only needs to be able to understand and learn. From there, sky is the limit.
- aalleavitch 9y agoThe only place where I think this doesn't apply is within an extremely specialized space. I think that very few engineers of that type are generally necessary, though. At the same time, I'd imagine that if you do have the academic background for extreme specialization, you're probably going to be able to demand a pretty high paycheck.