Recent content by agiles

Went back to school 5 years after I finished high school, and I finished high school math in grade 11. Don't worry too much about it. Really. Refresh yourself on your basic algebra (exponent rules especially) and basic trig (identities, unit circle, special triangles) and you'll be fine. I...

When learning linear algebra, just doing the examples and the homework isn't enough. You actually need to *read* the relevant section in the text (usually more than once), and learn the definitions. Understand why you're doing something instead of just how to do it.

What I believe romistrub is getting at is the liability factor. Imagine being the engineer responsible for a bridge collapsing, a leaky gas tank exploding, a plane's door tearing off, etc. To quote Dilbert, "The goal of every engineer is to retire without getting blamed for a major...