RocketEnthusiast101
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Hi. I'm currently doing a petroleum engineering program, (undergrad) student. The thing is when I joined this program, I was in for the money however as years progressed, I became more interested in the aeronautical related stuff because I find it cool and it thrills me and just imagining me making rockets, planes that fly alone hype me a lot. Therefore, my motivation for joining this program was gone.
Now the issue is that this happened while I was already in the program. So it's like now I'm in a very weird position myself. Like both fields i.e. petroleum and aeronautical are so far away. But I mean, there is still a lot of stuff that is common such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, the strength of materials, statics and dynamics, C programming, Solidworks etcetera.
Because of this, I have this tiny bit of hope that I might be able to make it in there. The issue is that I haven't found anyone online or even in my circle of my friend's circle who has made this kind of jump. And that's why I'm asking here because all of you here are professional engineers and you would know more about the nitty-gritty stuff that will be involved.
Below is my skill level just so you guys can help me out in a better way.
Rating criteria is as follows: Noob (0-1) - Bad (2-4) - Average (5) - Good (6-8) - Awesome (9 - 10)
- C programming (Extreme noob, logic sucks)
- Solidworks (Bad, can't find the time to practice it cause involved in my typical studies).
- Strength of materials (Average, need more practice)
- Statics and Dynamics (Bad)
- Fluid Mechanics (Bad)
- Thermodynamics (Bad)
- Arduino (Extreme Noob, because haven't done anything related to Arduino so expected to be this)
- Matlab (Extreme Noob, don't have the time to learn it).
- Eagle (or anything related to circuit boards, I'm an extreme noob in them also, cause no time to practice them)
Hmm. Besides this, I can't think of anything technical related.
So based on my skill level and the position of it in. What can I do to land myself a job as a rocket engineer?
Also, any of your friends who made a bizarre jump like this either in this same way that I want to make or like let's say from electrical to petroleum, or mechatronic to business, etcetera. What did they have to do to make the jump successful? Like in general.
I would be very appreciative of your help.
Now the issue is that this happened while I was already in the program. So it's like now I'm in a very weird position myself. Like both fields i.e. petroleum and aeronautical are so far away. But I mean, there is still a lot of stuff that is common such as thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, the strength of materials, statics and dynamics, C programming, Solidworks etcetera.
Because of this, I have this tiny bit of hope that I might be able to make it in there. The issue is that I haven't found anyone online or even in my circle of my friend's circle who has made this kind of jump. And that's why I'm asking here because all of you here are professional engineers and you would know more about the nitty-gritty stuff that will be involved.
Below is my skill level just so you guys can help me out in a better way.
Rating criteria is as follows: Noob (0-1) - Bad (2-4) - Average (5) - Good (6-8) - Awesome (9 - 10)
- C programming (Extreme noob, logic sucks)
- Solidworks (Bad, can't find the time to practice it cause involved in my typical studies).
- Strength of materials (Average, need more practice)
- Statics and Dynamics (Bad)
- Fluid Mechanics (Bad)
- Thermodynamics (Bad)
- Arduino (Extreme Noob, because haven't done anything related to Arduino so expected to be this)
- Matlab (Extreme Noob, don't have the time to learn it).
- Eagle (or anything related to circuit boards, I'm an extreme noob in them also, cause no time to practice them)
Hmm. Besides this, I can't think of anything technical related.
So based on my skill level and the position of it in. What can I do to land myself a job as a rocket engineer?
Also, any of your friends who made a bizarre jump like this either in this same way that I want to make or like let's say from electrical to petroleum, or mechatronic to business, etcetera. What did they have to do to make the jump successful? Like in general.
I would be very appreciative of your help.