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creepypasta13
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I'm recently graduated after the fall quarter with my BS in physics and applied math, but am now currently enrolling/auditing engineering classes since I've decided i probably want to do engineering as a career. I'm currently doing research with a math professor, but its not quite the work I'm looking for since its not related to engineering at all. its mostly just doing c++, with no numerical analysis or anything involved. he can only hire me for 10 hrs/wk this quarter, and needs some time to figure out if he can pay/fund me this quarter or not, as I've previously worked for him voluntarily but now i want to get paid.
Since i'll probably get admitted to the SULI program for the summer with an engineering prof (i got accepted for the winter term but had to reject it due to a family crisis situation), i can always wait until then to work with an engineering researcher. That, in addition to the fact that I've already done an REU 2 years ago, would give me the 3 necessary profs to apply to grad schools. So I would have no need to work for an engineering prof right now, correct? Even if i wanted to, i couldn't anyways since I've recently asked engineering profs to do research with, and they all said they don't need students, i don't have the engineering background, etc.
so what should i do about my current prof? if he doesn't pay me, i don't see any need to continue working with him, unless he gives me a project related to engineering, but i doubt it
Since i'll probably get admitted to the SULI program for the summer with an engineering prof (i got accepted for the winter term but had to reject it due to a family crisis situation), i can always wait until then to work with an engineering researcher. That, in addition to the fact that I've already done an REU 2 years ago, would give me the 3 necessary profs to apply to grad schools. So I would have no need to work for an engineering prof right now, correct? Even if i wanted to, i couldn't anyways since I've recently asked engineering profs to do research with, and they all said they don't need students, i don't have the engineering background, etc.
so what should i do about my current prof? if he doesn't pay me, i don't see any need to continue working with him, unless he gives me a project related to engineering, but i doubt it