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I'm not at all against proper maths training because it can help with many aspects of an engineer's daily work. How's your example different though from specif

• WalterBright 9y ago
  An engineering degree is foundational. For all the responders who suggest this kind of thing can be picked up on the job by competent professionals, in my years at Boeing, I never saw a single tech pick up stress analysis, calculus, kinematics, heat transfer, dynamic analysis, etc., on their own. Not one. Frankly, I felt that was a crying shame. Nearly everyone needs a structured environment and program to learn that stuff.
  • BjoernKW 9y ago
    > Frankly, I felt that was a crying shame. It is. Given the right environment (which might include coaches or teachers) it should be possible to pick up knowledge about stress analysis, kinematics, heat transfer, dynamic analysis on your own. Calculus is a slightly different matter because it's indeed more foundational than the other areas you mentioned. Still, I think calculus can be learned without a formal education programme, too. After all, most of it has pretty obvious areas of application.