• AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca
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      Try to remember that next time you’re afraid to try something new because you think you’ll be bad at it and screw it up.

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        The other lesson here is that having a broad base of knowledge is useful so that you can recognize when something might be applicable to a different problem domain. Universities require all those liberal arts classes to get a degree – even a STEM degree – for good reason.

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            Dartmouth College, the ivy League one, requires engineering degrees to be done in 5 years and as a liberal arts college there’s a good chunk of the prereqs being humanities

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            Literally every accredited degree program. Were you not aware that engineering degrees have writing, arts, and social studies as part of their “core” requirements (typically taken freshman and sophomore year)?

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              Engineer here, no, did not know. Seems like that is not the same everywhere. I also doubt that you can teach adults to be this kind of creative, let alone those that specifically choose a field where they do not need that.

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    That is probably great news for type 2 diabetics but for type 1, the continuous glucose monitors are still superior