I need to find a computer engineer or a computer software engineer to interview. So if you know one can you ask him/her to answer these question. I would really appreciate it.
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1. When did you know you wanted to be an engineer?
2. When did you decided that you want to be a computer software engineer/ computer engineer?
3. For how long have you been in this field?
4. What school did you go to?
5. What degree do you have for this field?
6. How was your college life?
7. How was computer software engineering in your college?
8. What was your favorite course in college, that dealt with computer software engineering?
9. What is your favorite thing about this field?
10. What is the most interesting thing about this field?
11. What is the least favorite thing about you job/ computer engineering?
12. What companies did you worked for?
13. What company do you work for now?
14. In your field job do you travel often?
15. Do you work in a team?
16. What are your surroundings, when you work?
17. How long does it take you to finish a project?
18. What types of program do you work on?
19. Do you think this job field is popular?
20. Is there anything that you would like to change about your job?
21. What is the most important thing that you learned through your years as a computer engineer?
thank you very much ^^|||1. When did you know you wanted to be an engineer?
When I was in the navy.
2. When did you decided that you want to be a computer software engineer/ computer engineer?
When I understood the range of practical applications.
3. For how long have you been in this field?
35 years
4. What school did you go to?
MIT and UC Berkeley
5. What degree do you have for this field?
MS
6. How was your college life?
The pits. I was on the GI Bill, barely enough money to exist, considered a nerd by the girls who went for the fraternity types, and studied almost every waking hour.
7. How was computer software engineering in your college?
Tops.
8. What was your favorite course in college, that dealt with computer software engineering?
Optimal control theory
9. What is your favorite thing about this field?
The programs eventually were a lot smarter than I am.
10. What is the most interesting thing about this field?
Figuring how to make the programs smarter than I am.
11. What is the least favorite thing about you job/ computer engineering?
Management. Egotistic, arrogant, usually only marginally competent at best.
12. What companies did you worked for?
Lockheed, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory
13. What company do you work for now?
Retired
14. In your field job do you travel often?
No.
15. Do you work in a team?
I did.
16. What are your surroundings, when you work?
Laboratory
17. How long does it take you to finish a project?
My part averaged 6 months, but I usually worked on 3 projects at once.
18. What types of program do you work on?
Assembly language needed for hardware cpus
19. Do you think this job field is popular?
I hope not.
20. Is there anything that you would like to change about your job?
Retire earlier.
21. What is the most important thing that you learned through your years as a computer engineer?
If something doesn%26#039;t work the way I think it should, that may be because it%26#039;s working the way I told it to.
