so i want to be a weapons engineer

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  • master_alexander
    im a gun pimp :D
    • Sep 2004
    • 2462
    #1

    so i want to be a weapons engineer

    i am about to go to highschool, and am deciding what i want to do when i grow up. i like guns, and making things, and can look at most things and tell how it is made and how it works. at my friends house the other day his did brought home a video we watched. he works for lockeed martin (is that how you spell it?) and it was stuff about future warfare, and it was just so cool. i also like the military, and it would be nice to follow in my fathers footsteps (retired after 20 years, he was a lutennant colonel).

    i have been thinking about it for a while, and i have always made weapons and things that shoot other things... all started with a pea shooter watch, then a catapult, then an air cannon... then i got into paintball and airsoft, and the fun begins!

    what do you guys think?
    is annyone annything close to this?
    "Ah yes, I have one of the 32*rebels that I always take to big scenario games. It keeps the truck from rolling if I have to park on a hill." - automikey
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    • Will Wood
      Evil Monkey
      • May 2002
      • 3475
      #2
      Well I don't really know much, but all I'd have to say is go get an Engineering degree (Would recomened BS) and then just apply for a job at one of those companies.

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        • slateman
          Registered User
          • Oct 2001
          • 1346
          #3
          Originally posted by Will Wood
          Well I don't really know much, but all I'd have to say is go get an Engineering degree (Would recomened BS) and then just apply for a job at one of those companies.
          Can you get an BA in engineering?!?! That would be kinda funny actually
          BrockSampson "I see dead people..."



          and once I see them, I make sweet, sweet love...

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            • WicKeD_WaYz
              Ohio State Football #91
              • Apr 2002
              • 1817
              #4
              Your going to change your mind so many times dude. Just keep an open mind right now and think about what you want to do but dont shut out your other options just yet.

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                • Target Practice
                  irc.zirc.org:6667 = chat!
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 3180
                  #5
                  *shakes head*

                  As long as I don't have to shoot/sail/drive/fly, or otherwise use/come into contact with anything you design, go right ahead.


                  "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." --Henry Louis Mencken.

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                    • Automaggot68
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Target Practice
                      *shakes head*

                      As long as I don't have to shoot/sail/drive/fly, or otherwise use/come into contact with anything you design, go right ahead.
                      Seconded.

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                        • Fred
                          AO Zealot
                          • Feb 2002
                          • 2624
                          #7
                          you're going into... wait for it... High School...

                          Get a well rounded curriculum if you have any control over it, get 3 years of a foreign language, I wouldn't recommend Spanish... 4 years of math, get into Calc if you have a mind for the area under a curve (I don't). 4 years of science, including Bio, Chem, and Physics... advanced (AP) courses if you can handle them.

                          Set yourself up to get into a good Univeristy as best you can, that way, regardless of what you want to do, you'll have a solid foundation to build upon in any direction.

                          Rock on bro, knowing what you want to do... I was the same way, Architecture for me!

                          ---Fred
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                            • Jonneh
                              A nice fellow.
                              • May 2001
                              • 990
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Target Practice
                              *shakes head*

                              As long as I don't have to shoot/sail/drive/fly, or otherwise use/come into contact with anything you design, go right ahead.
                              Why would a starbucks employee ever come into contact with weaponry?

                              zing

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                                • PyRo
                                  President Bioloaf inc.
                                  • Dec 2000
                                  • 10186
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Fred
                                  I wouldn't recommend Spanish
                                  I would, you have no idea how usefull it would be for me to be able to speak Spanish right now.
                                  It took two days to explain to me why they were calling me el gato.
                                  Last edited by PyRo; 05-29-2005, 08:23 AM.

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                                    • Glickman
                                      *Insert Witty Phrase*
                                      • Sep 2003
                                      • 2673
                                      #10
                                      why weapons?


                                      it sounds like your interested in engineering, i would suggest just going into engineering and see if you like it. it might be totally different then what you think, not just sitting around tinkering with stuff.

                                      honestly, it sounds like it just might be a phase with you. im not saying that you dont wanna really do it, im sure you do, but the fact that a video from lockheed martin really inspired you makes me think that it might pass into another field.

                                      and remember, a video from lockheed is going to show all the cool parts and weapons, not the designer that sits in a cubicle, responsible for weighing all prototypes for balance


                                      personally, your best bet is to see if you can take a trip to lockeed or maybe colt, or something, and really see what these guys do.


                                      ask anyone here, most of us have changed our minds tons of times

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                                        • Fred
                                          AO Zealot
                                          • Feb 2002
                                          • 2624
                                          #11
                                          I wouldn't recommend Spanish because most of the engineering collaboration you'll be doing is ... German... who knew?

                                          That might be a stereotype, but my dad used to work as a civilian engineer on armored vehicles and tanks... I'm not utterly ignorant on the subject.... but I could be wrong.

                                          A technical foreign language, like German, will also teach you more about English as you learn it than you'll ever pick up in an english or grammar class... the better your grasp on the English language, the better you'll be able to communicate in any situation.

                                          Japanese would also be up on the list.

                                          ---Fred
                                          Warp Feed Evangelist
                                          My Feedback

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                                            • Glickman
                                              *Insert Witty Phrase*
                                              • Sep 2003
                                              • 2673
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Fred
                                              A technical foreign language, like German, will also teach you more about English as you learn it than you'll ever pick up in an english or grammar class... the better your grasp on the English language, the better you'll be able to communicate in any situation.
                                              very odd, but very, very true

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                                                • xXHavokXx
                                                  Section XIII.
                                                  • Aug 2003
                                                  • 860
                                                  #13
                                                  Im going into Defence with a BS in Aeronautical Science and Enginnering and a BS in Mechanical Engineering.

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                                                    • WicKeD_WaYz
                                                      Ohio State Football #91
                                                      • Apr 2002
                                                      • 1817
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Jonneh
                                                      Why would a starbucks employee ever come into contact with weaponry?

                                                      zing


                                                      hahahaha

                                                      pound it

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                                                        • WicKeD_WaYz
                                                          Ohio State Football #91
                                                          • Apr 2002
                                                          • 1817
                                                          #15
                                                          boy ill slap the * out of you

                                                          It will be easier to slap you with a ban. We'll see you in two weeks. Later tough guy. Army
                                                          Last edited by Army; 05-29-2005, 12:14 PM. Reason: precursor to a 3 day ban..Army

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