Monday, September 30, 2013
So Close Yet So Far
Just a basic update : I finally got my mentorship at Lockheed, but now the problem I am facing is finding a mentorship close. Although I am happy I finally got it, it sucks having to drive all they way to Palmdale to get my hours. I would love to post pictures and everything, but I don't have anything at this point. Instead of wasting my time, beside mentorship, I've been looking into my past research and I came to the conclusion that I might just start looking for any type of electrical engineering, mostly due to the fact that just trying to get a military position was hard. That's all I have to say for now but, by next month I shall have pictures with detail. I start start mentorship on Saturday.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Blog:6 Second Interview Questions
1. Who is your mentor and where do they work?
- My background check for Lockheed Martian has been verified and soon will have a spot opening up. But as my back up I called and emailed Boeing, Gunthorp, and two other companies, and I hope to have a mentor within this upcoming week.
2. What five questions will ask them about their background?
- Where did you get your Engineering degree from?
- My background check for Lockheed Martian has been verified and soon will have a spot opening up. But as my back up I called and emailed Boeing, Gunthorp, and two other companies, and I hope to have a mentor within this upcoming week.
2. What five questions will ask them about their background?
- Where did you get your Engineering degree from?
-When did you become involved in this specific field of engineering?
- How did you end up working for (company that accepts me first), or what has led you here?
- What is your daily routine as an Electrical Engineer in the military?
- How has Electrical Engineering changed since you started working in this field?
- What would you recommend for me at this time to enter this profession?
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Blog 5 Project Reflection and Working EQ
The Pentagon:
(1) Positive Statement: What positive thing happen as a result of what you have completed so far?
- I guess a positive thing that has happened so far would be that I have talked to a lot of people in the field I am looking at. When I first started looking for a field, I was only looking at one field and I found that field relatively boring, then realizing that there are literally thousands of fields for electrical engineers ranging from a military aspect to energy grid aspect. I hope to get into a military aspect of it, although if I don't get it, Ill have to settle for something in electronics.
(2) EQ Content: Pick a piece of research or your interview. How has it helped you improve your understanding of your topic?
- Over the course of the time we have completed so far in school, I haven't came across a strong source of information until my class went to the Cal Poly Pomona Library. There I found outstanding resources and books that are just mind blowing, and they are exactly what I was looking for. This article by Jon J Lowell titled "Military Application: Targeting Systems" i found it fasinating that not only did it give me some good infromation it showed step by step creations and installments, from plug ins to chips, it had it all, and that was just one article out of seven! Now that I know what a valuable resource that library is, I will use it to my advantage.
(3) What has worked for you so far in the senior project?
- I'm still not sure, if anything I was steered into a direction to see what was really out there, and now I'm trying to get into engineering majors in the military, or if something out there thats bigger that I haven't discovered yet.
(4) What hasn't worked so far?
- Hardest thing would have to be finding a mentor, although I have to get my backround check for Lockheed, but its a hit or miss, I really just want to have a solid mentorship by now.
(5) Finding Value:
(1) Positive Statement: What positive thing happen as a result of what you have completed so far?
- I guess a positive thing that has happened so far would be that I have talked to a lot of people in the field I am looking at. When I first started looking for a field, I was only looking at one field and I found that field relatively boring, then realizing that there are literally thousands of fields for electrical engineers ranging from a military aspect to energy grid aspect. I hope to get into a military aspect of it, although if I don't get it, Ill have to settle for something in electronics.
(2) EQ Content: Pick a piece of research or your interview. How has it helped you improve your understanding of your topic?
- Over the course of the time we have completed so far in school, I haven't came across a strong source of information until my class went to the Cal Poly Pomona Library. There I found outstanding resources and books that are just mind blowing, and they are exactly what I was looking for. This article by Jon J Lowell titled "Military Application: Targeting Systems" i found it fasinating that not only did it give me some good infromation it showed step by step creations and installments, from plug ins to chips, it had it all, and that was just one article out of seven! Now that I know what a valuable resource that library is, I will use it to my advantage.
(3) What has worked for you so far in the senior project?
- I'm still not sure, if anything I was steered into a direction to see what was really out there, and now I'm trying to get into engineering majors in the military, or if something out there thats bigger that I haven't discovered yet.
(4) What hasn't worked so far?
- Hardest thing would have to be finding a mentor, although I have to get my backround check for Lockheed, but its a hit or miss, I really just want to have a solid mentorship by now.
(5) Finding Value:
- (A) What is a potential question you would like to study this year? (working EQ)
- how can electrical engineering help the world from a military aspect? (If that doesn't work then energy fields I guess)
- (A) What do you plan to do for mentorship? If you haven't found a mentor yet, then discuss where you are currently looking and who you are talking to to find it.
- Since I don't have a mentorship, I'm currently emailing multiple companies ranging from Boeing to Northrop. I'm really interested in working or mentoring with the military, I can't see myself anywhere else. Im currently talking to multiple people from 5 companies and 3 are intrested, so hopfully someone takes me.
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