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I should have loved electrical engineering

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157 points tdhttt | 1 comments | 01 Sep 25 09:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.282s | source
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ryandrake ◴[04 Sep 25 10:57 UTC] No.45125823[source]▶
The EE component of my CSE degree felt like a math degree in disguise. Calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, discrete mathematics... It was a long time ago but I remember it as three years of math prerequisites and Maxwell’s equations and then finally we could learn what a MOSFET is. Absolutely terrible. I just want to learn how circuits work and how to build a guitar amp! But noooooo I need to learn how to solve partial differential equations, which I’ve done zero times in the field.
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1. bgnn ◴[04 Sep 25 21:31 UTC] No.45132453[source]▶
You could do engineering without knowing about partial differential equations, or numerical methods. Most digital IC designers, FOGA guys etc do that. You would be missing some tools though. Not needing a tool ever doesn't mean it's not used anywhere else. You can't get into RF, proper signal integrity, or analog circuits without these and some more.