It's pretty much whiplash vs software. In software you get access to the source code for a lot of SOTA industrial sofware in almost every field. In mechanical

It's pretty much whiplash vs software. In software you get access to the source code for a lot of SOTA industrial sofware in almost every field. In mechanical engineering/machining/etc. you mostly only get access to educational materials simplified to only demonstrate the concepts... plus a scant few sacred tomes.