For real. The information you learn on-the-job v.s. the information you learn in academia is a Venn diagram where _maybe_ 50% overlaps, but that doesn’t mean t

For real. The information you learn on-the-job v.s. the information you learn in academia is a Venn diagram where _maybe_ 50% overlaps, but that doesn’t mean the non-overlapping bits were useless. Having a broad background gives you tools to draw on and helps you see ways of framing things that could massively simplify the problem you’re facing. I can’t imagine I would have developed the concept of LTI systems outside of academia (EE), nor realized how much of signal processing tasks can be deconstructed to just convolutions or correlations, but these modes of thinking have proved powerful in my early career and especially as a hobbyist.