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Originally posted by |King Joker|
You have to rush through shit, and I personally don't do well when being rushed. Like, they'll call to go to the next section when you're like halfway-75% of the way through a section so you have to bubble in random stuff to finish it lol

Originally posted by ares834
Perhaps. But I was more talking about the subject material. Only nerds read SW books and comics and to discuss or debate this material is even nerdier. And generally speaking, nerds are smart.

Eh... I'm not saying DMB is unintelligent but neither of those suggests he is the most intelligent member on this board. Many people take Calc BC in highschool and ace the test; myself included.

@TI: What did you think of Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite and how do you think they compare?

Originally posted by DarthAnt66
I used to mod Battlefront II (creating maps, characters, eras, etc.) when I was like 12. It's a field that interests me, but I haven't really pursued it as much as I would like.

1. Do something to make your resume stand out (some combo of good grades, hackathons, personal projects, awards, relevant internship experience, etc.) and maybe have some good contacts.

2. Study your *ss off for coding interviews (data structures + algorithms)

3. Get an internship at Google/Facebook/etc.

4. Get a return offer -> six figure salary at 22 out of college

👆

Computer Engineering is certainly where the money is now. I went into Mech. Eng and have been kicking myself ever since I graduated.

Originally posted by Kurk
Hmm. Personal preference then.

Well actually now that I think of it, I suppose you don't have to have a high IQ to be a good nerd-debater. I know two kids at my school who were both like in algebra 2 as juniors, sucked cock at it, but were amazing debaters in history/politics class. Like seriously they were getting into legit debates with my PHD history teacher and we were all like wtf.

Doesn't that just mean they're intelligent in different areas or are you referring to objective intelligence like processing power, etc.?

Originally posted by UCanShootMyNova
@TI: What did you think of Bioshock and Bioshock Infinite and how do you think they compare?

Bio shock was the best game ever made.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Bio shock was the best game ever made.

You sir, are one tasteful human being.

How good is Mech Eng for car people? I'd go into it if I was better in math.

Otherwise Computer Science/Engineering is where the dough is at right now absolutely.

Originally posted by Kurk
Hmm. Personal preference then.

Well actually now that I think of it, I suppose you don't have to have a high IQ to be a good nerd-debater. I know two kids at my school who were both like in algebra 2 as juniors, sucked cock at it, but were amazing debaters in history/politics class. Like seriously they were getting into legit debates with my PHD history teacher and we were all like wtf.

I think you have it flipped. It's possible to be smart but be bad at math, and it's possible to be smart but bad at debate, but I haven't run across anyone who's good at (real) math or substantively debating but legitimately stupid. I'm sure it's possible, but I haven't seen it.

Originally posted by UCanShootMyNova
Doesn't that just mean they're intelligent in different areas or are you referring to objective intelligence like processing power, etc.?

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Bio shock was the best game ever made.

Something for your enjoyment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoHz14G0u3Q

Originally posted by ares834
Computer Engineering is certainly where the money is now. I went into Mech. Eng and have been kicking myself ever since I graduated.

I'm doing mech. e but will probably end up in software.

Originally posted by Kurk
How good is Mech Eng for car people? I'd go into it if I was better in math.

Otherwise Computer Science/Engineering is where the dough is at right now absolutely.

Mech. e can get you a job in the automotive industry, although you won't really learn much directly about cars in your classes.

Originally posted by Kurk
I guess that could be an example of avg IQ with high social Intelligence? There are plenty of high IQ people who probably couldn't form a coherent argument for shit so I'm still curious as to how good of a system it is.

IQ is a measurement for general intelligence, which is based on the observation that different cognitive abilities are positively correlated with one another. In other words, people who are very good at, say, math tend to be very good at English too. That's why you see lots of people here who say they did well in, say, BC calculus, even though debating has nothing to do with that.

There are exceptions though. In particular some smart people are bad at math. But that doesn't mean it isn't generally true.

An analogy is to think of it as Force power; being strong with TK usually means you're good with TP, hence why we can powerscale, but there's variation.

Originally posted by Kurk
How good is Mech Eng for car people? I'd go into it if I was better in math.

Otherwise Computer Science/Engineering is where the dough is at right now absolutely.

Not that good I'd expect. Mech Eng is such a broad field that the classes never really focus on such specific topics and no one I know is currently working with car parts.

Originally posted by The Ellimist
An analogy is to think of it as Force power; being strong with TK usually means you're good with TP, hence why we can powerscale, but there's variation.

I took a step back for a moment to see how I'd view this if I was a normal person and came to the following conclusion.

*Clears throat*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6l8MFdTaPE

Originally posted by ares834
Not that good I'd expect. Mech Eng is such a broad field that the classes never really focus on such specific topics and no one I know is currently working with car parts.

But if you want to work at Honda or something, mech. eng is a fair path to that.

Originally posted by The Ellimist
IQ is a measurement for general intelligence, which is based on the observation that different cognitive abilities are positively correlated with one another. In other words, people who are very good at, say, math tend to be very good at English too. That's why you see lots of people here who say they did well in, say, BC calculus, even though debating has nothing to do with that.

There are exceptions though. In particular some smart people are bad at math. But that doesn't mean it isn't generally true.

An analogy is to think of it as Force power; being strong with TK usually means you're good with TP, hence why we can powerscale, but there's variation.

Originally posted by The Ellimist
But if you want to work at Honda or something, mech. eng is a fair path to that.

Sure. The problem, I'd expect, is that a lot of people will be competing for similar jobs. I knew several car people in my class and none managed to secure a position with an automotive company.

Originally posted by Kurk
Well I always understood IQ to be an overall measurement of problem solving ability

It's probably closely related.

which generally means if you're exceptionally good at math, since that's what it is, you'll have a higher IQ.

Yeah but that doesn't mean that having a high IQ guarantees being good at math, because there are learning disabilities related to numbers/spatial reasoning, and just variations in that specific ability.

.i.e. Corran Horn is strong in the Force but can't use telekinesis.

I feel as though writing and speaking ability though is pretty unrelated and is closer associated with social intelligence as there are gifted math people who can't analyze a poem for shit and vice versa.

Ehhh lots of social butterflies are rather bad writers, and lots of eloquent writers are very socially awkward.

Social skills are actually correlated with IQ, but it's weaker than with more academic things.

Originally posted by ares834
Sure. The problem, I'd expect, is that a lot of people will be competing for similar jobs. I knew several car people in my class and none managed to secure a position with an automotive company.

It's tough, yeah. That, the aerospace industry, and the petroleum industry are especially selective. I think this is a cool survey.

I'm probably going to end up in software, but if anything were to make me consider going the hardware route, it would probably be SpaceX/NASA/Tesla/maybe a hardware role at a tech company like Apple.