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This sounds like an awesome idea. Does anyone know if such a thing already exists? If not, I would be willing to commit $500 to someone who wants to make it (assuming they already have the appropriate skill set, of course).
I submit a (very weak) candidacy: I don't have the skillset yet, but I'm in a relatively good position to acquire it if I am sufficiently motivated. I know some programming (the very basics of C++ and Python), some statistics (the basics of linear regression, confidence intervals, normal and t-student distributions), some advanced math (calculus up to R3 to R integrals, algebra/geometry up to quadratic functions and the optimization thereof), and some Operations Research (specifically "modeling a problem as a function to maximize or minimize, and a number of restrictions", and "optimizing stuff using the Simplex method"). I also know a few basic things about product design, marketing, viability of business plans, and making web pages...
Dammit, my skill-set sucks! Somebody please show up, don't let us be stuck with me!
Well, I must agree that your skill-set sucks for a project like this. But DAMN, that's a pretty solid skill-set as skill-sets go.
Thank you, that's very nice to hear. I myself am rather frustrated with it: I started out with the intention of leaving with a Save The World pack, but nowadays I'm finishing the degree and finding that it's more like a Now At Least You Have A Vague Idea Where To Begin pack...
Now you're at the point where the career center tries to usher you into a job at megacorp or lure you into formal graduate school.
Depending on which region of the world you're in, the term "Engineer" may have certain regulatory obligations, meaning that you may feel the (sometimes debatable) allure of attempting to work enough years (usually 3) under an accredited engineer to earn your own designation; at least, so it seems in some countries.
Yes, precisely, you wouldn't believe how much pressure we're getting in that direction. I'd really like to find a proper study on how advisable that is, the interests and pressures involved, and so on. I don't mind following the mainstream if it's the best compromise between speed and safety in achieving my goals, but I'd like to be able to determine that. Right now I fraknly feel like I'm mostly going blind.
I think we do get all of the legal privileges (we get to sign projects) and responsibilities (we get to be responsible for anything bad that happens afterwards) as soon as we're out of school, though I need to investigate that...
wait, seriously? I've got that along with perhaps slightly stronger programming skills, significantly more math, and a whole slew of concepts from an electrical engineering education.
Any good ideas for independent projects that would coincide with these sorts of skills?
Oh, I didn't mention electrical engineering (specifically, power lines, motors and generators, static and dynamic converters and transformers) because I thought it was completely irrelevant to this particular task, as were my skills in mechanics and machine theory, thermodynamics and heat transfer, hydraulics, and automated control (off the top of my head). Of course, getting hired by rationalists and working among them would be freaking awesome, so if anyone's got a job for the likes of me, please do tell.
I would like to strongly voice my interest in such a service myself. I don't have spare capital to give, but I want this to happen.