Re: Skills, ideas you learned in college
 

Lots of engineering stuff. A decent amount of which I don't use in my current engineering job (logic design), but will come in handy at some point.

Re: Skills, ideas you learned in college
 

Probability/Statistics, Data/Error Analysis, Logic, Writing/Editing, Research Skills.

Re: Skills, ideas you learned in college
 

Nothing, basically.

Re: Skills, ideas you learned in college
 

I learned more outside of college than inside of the classroom while attending Penn State.

Re: Skills, ideas you learned in college
 

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Re: Skills, ideas you learned in college
 

-how to screw the IRS out of money
-how to do shady accounting without being caught
-how to make sure i dont die poor
-how to tap a keg

Re: Skills, ideas you learned in college
 

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-how to screw the IRS out of money
-how to do shady accounting without being caught
-how to make sure i dont die poor
-how to tap a keg

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Useful stuff.

Re: Skills, ideas you learned in college
 

I've learned much more surfing the web than in classes during my four years in college. As far as a direct impact at a job... I'm pretty sure if I didn't attend school the past four years I would just about as capable

Re: Skills, ideas you learned in college
 

Things i learned, but dont use anymore:
Analog/Digital Circuits
Logic Design
Electromagnetics
Laplace/Fourier Transforms

Things i learned that are atleast somewhat used:
C++ (OO concepts)
Algorithm design
Just being able to think critically and problem solve

Re: Skills, ideas you learned in college
 

Prob/Stat, technical writing, Minitab, advanced Excel, SQL, relational databases has been HUGE in my career, also skills like how to present lots of data in a concise and meaningful manner.