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I feel your pain. I've spent most of my career working at the intersection of multiple highly technical domains, both theoretical and applied, and a) the "jarg
by ur-whale 4y ago
I feel your pain.
I've spent most of my career working at the intersection of multiple highly technical domains, both theoretical and applied, and a) the "jargon switch" b) the methodology differences and worst c) the switch of conceptual framework required to work on a problem that spans multiple domains is initially very irritating.
I'm pointing that out because if you are only looking for a rosetta stone to only tackle a), even if you find one, it'll leave you wanting because you'll still need maps to tackle b) and c)
Example: analog electronics. From a mathematician's POV, an analog circuit is just a system of differential equations.
But very few analog electronics specialist ever think about a circuit that way.
The words they use are the least important part of the "translation" problem. The way they approach and think about the system will be utterly alien to a pure or even applied math person.
Eventually, after learning the trade, you'll start to see familiar patterns emerge that can be mapped back to stuff you're familiar with, but a simple "this EE jargon means that in math language" won't be enough: you're going to have to get your hands dirty and learn how they think of the problem.
- benj111 4y agoThis mirrors my experience (failing) to learn a second language. The words are the easy bit. It's the constructs, genders etc that's the hard bit.