What is this?

I’ve been wildly successful at my own career, both professionally and academically, and have passed on this success through advising younger engineers. Unfortunately, so far most of the people I have supported have been normies, and if I were to help people, I’d rather help MGTOW. This project is my way of giving back to the community, by offering consulting, mentoring, and advising far below what I normally charge, only to MGTOW.

How it works:

  1. Read the “Specific Services Offered” section below to make sure this is something I can help you with. If you’re not sure, send me an email of 2-3 sentences to ask.
  2. Go to the payment button and pay the $10 fee, or $20 if you want faster response.
  3. Email me (revy.at.home@proton.me) your inquiry / request, and that you paid. If you were sent by someone I sponsor, please mention them.
  4. I will provide whatever advice / technical consultation you’re looking for
  5. There will probably be a little back-and-forth afterwards to clarify things

Rate for the initial email plus some minor followup:
– Regular: $10. No guarantees on time, but if I haven’t responded in a week or so, send me a nudge. If you can afford it and really liked my advice, you can pay more afterwards if you want. If not, don’t.
– Rush: $20. For faster response. Again, if you can afford it and really liked my advice, you can pay more afterwards if you want.
– High schoolers applying for college: Free, but if you can pay that would be appreciated, even if that’s years later after you get on your feet

Note that my “standard” rate is $100/h, these are discounts because I’m trying to help the MGTOW community. Not free because I don’t want to open the sperg faucet completely, but still low enough to be borderline free.

Also, this is a new service I just launched. So it might be sketchy. Just be aware of that. Also, don’t hesitate to ask for refund if I’m not able to provide good advice.(No garuntee, but so far, between Project Waifu and this, I haven’t refused any refunds.)

DO NOT SHARE THIS LINK / SERVICE WITH NORMIES

Specific Services Offered:

1) TECH CAREER CONSULTING

I’ve been wildly successful in my own career. I have achieved more in my 20s than most people will achieve in their entire life, and people are typically surprised when I tell them my age. I can pass some of this success on to you.

  • This encompasses the following topics:
    • Plan to get into the tech industry without a college degree
    • How to advance your tech career
    • Resume review, personalized interview tips (Please send your resume as word, google doc, libreoffice. Something that I can edit. Do NOT send it as PDF.)
    • Plan to get work as a 1099 freelance consultant, including legal paperwork
    • Plan to create a tech startup, including legal paperwork
  • See below for the “Big Helpful Career + Academics Guide” that covers more of these topics. I highly recommend reading the relevant sections before using this service, which is intended more for 1-on-1 advice.
  • Requests should follow the approximate format: 1) Current situation 2) Where you want to go 3) What have you attempted to do / are currently doing to try to get there.
  • Disclaimer: Admittedly, I am a freak outlier in terms of my achievements. This means that techniques that worked for me might not work for you. I will try to give you the best advice I can while taking this into account regardless.
  • Disclaimer: I’m kind of blunt. Party because I focus more on “correct” solutions than emotional motivations, but partly to shock people out of doing stupid stuff. I often get feedback of “4/5 stars, knowledgeable and a domain expert, but kind of rude”. Anyways, don’t ask for my help if that’s going to be a problem.

2) ACADEMIC CAREER CONSULTING

For better or for worse, I’ve been extremely good at manipulating the academic system, both for myself and my mentees. From getting admissions into prestigious engineering programs to petitioning courses to minimize workload and maximize GPA.

  • For high-schoolers: (Free, but if you can pay that would be appreciated, even if that’s years later after you get on your feet.)
    • Standardized testing advice (how to study, when to take, which ones to sign up for)
    • Undergraduate-level college admissions essays (I will help you write a really good one)
    • There’s an art to it, which I can teach you. For how important these things are to college admissions, it pains me how little effort people put into these compared to “normal” highschool courses.
  • For college students:
    • Planning academic course schedules: I would tell you to not trust your academic advisor, but you probably already know that. Advice I’ll give you includes things like:
      • If there’s a “weed-out” class, take it at another school over the summer and transfer the credit in.
      • Petition courses into your schedule that you know will be easy As.
    • Getting into research labs, getting academic publications, research grants, patents
  • For admissions to graduate programs (master’s, phd)
    • There’s a lot more space for “bending rules” here than there are for undergrad admissions, but you need to take proactive steps, well before (several months before) the admissions period.
  • See below for the “Big Helpful Career + Academics Guide” that covers more of these topics. I highly recommend reading the relevant sections before using this service, which is intended more for 1-on-1 advice.

3) TECH PRODUCT IDEA EVALUATION / DESIGN ROADMAP

  • I can evaluate your tech product ideas for feasibility, or point you towards more feasible alternatives. With only a brief interaction with me, I can either:
    • Explain (in very technical terms) why your idea is stupid and save you a ton of wasted time. (Admittedly, 90% of ideas fall in this category. No you’re not getting a refund if you’re one of these people.)
    • Give you a game plan that will drastically reduce the amount of trial and error you need to do.
      • Don’t expect me to do the actual work for you. That would be billed at my full rate of $100/h and will take A LOT of hours
    • Note: My specialty is HARDWARE products. That is, you have to have a physical product. If your product is software-only, I can help you, but that’s not really my specialty. I’ll probably end up sending you to someone who’s actually a pure software engineer.
    • Note: I often get feedback of “4/5 stars, knowledgeable and a domain expert, but kind of rude”. Anyways, don’t ask for my help if that’s going to be a problem.
  • If you want to create a tech startup but don’t have ideas, I have a list of “good” startup ideas. The disclaimer is that all my ideas involve a certain amount of technical skill for you to pull off. So if you have no engineering skills whatsoever, you won’t be able to execute on them.
    • Note that this advice contrasts with Aaron Clarey’s advice, who says “if I had a good idea, I wouldn’t tell you”. I disagree with this advice. IMO, assuming a certain amount of industry knowledge and technical still, there are more “good ideas” than there is time in the day to pursue. I generally shelve almost all of my “good ideas” because I don’t have enough time to commercialize them.
    • Some of these ideas, I have already done a good amount of the design work for. However, there is still a significant amount more work required to “bring them to market” that I am too lazy to do.
  • I’ll try to connect you with other people that you might be able to work together with if I can.

4) UNRELATED OTHER STUFF

Big Helpful Career + Academics Guide

I end up giving a lot of repeat advice. Here is a google doc summarizing most of the advice I normally give. There’s a good chance that the information you’re looking for is in here. If not, I would still appreciate if you read it. Two things:

  1. If you read the content below, find the information that you’re looking for, and don’t use my service, please send me a message telling me that I helped you with your situation. I’m doing this to help the community, but I’d like to know that I’m actually helping people. Donations always appreciated.
  2. If you read the content below, and still end up sending a consultation request, please let me know what you read. So that way I don’t waste my time re-explaining stuff that you’ve already read below.

The doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18qqerMoRrxiCHCFWYdX8TtG8pHhLF9fbs44n7-pzWoQ

Most of this content is stuff that I’ve figured out in my own career, so you won’t find elsewhere on the web.

  • how to do career transitions, promotions
  • how, when, why to be a freelancer / contractor
  • misc tips on entrepreneurship
  • college admissions tips (both undergrad and grad)
  • how to pick courses once you get into college

Unfortunately the tech product idea evaluation / design roadmap seems to have less generalizable information, so no content on that

Past Consultations

These are past consultations to give an idea of what kind of advice I give. Heavily censored to avoid doxxing, and also some of my more … questionably ethical advice. You can read through some of them to get an idea of what advice I will typically give.

Recent grad trying to advance career / shift into more technical role

m a recent college graduate with [.] years of work experience in sales and technician work. I got a degree in [.] engineering and I’m trying to pivot into something related to Data Engineering and or robotics. My last [.] years were in a field unrelated to what I actually want to get into. Wanted to know if you were able to give me some advice on how i can penetrate these fields with either some classes/projects or certificates i can take.

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Caveat: I can’t help you get into data engineering, but I can help you get into robotics.
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[…] Can you provide examples of stuff you’ve worked on and/or coursework? Do you know how to do 3D modelling? PCB design? What programming languages do you know, and what operating systems / microprocessors have you run them on? […]
Can you describe your current work in more detail? What’s the difference between what you’re doing now, and the “data engineering” or “robotics” that you’re trying to get into? WHY are you trying to make the shift?

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[…] some of the classes I did take are as follows.

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  • Familiar with C, C++, and Assembly. I have done projects with […]
  • I have done 3D modeling. Not with autocad but with Solidworks. I even took and passed their certification test.
  • I took a class for PCB design but it was rushed due to covid.

Below is just the stuff I copied from my resume to describe my current work history. The current jobs I have/had aren’t somewhere i want to be in my career. Current being mostly a technician/Manager and former was in sales. I want to make some more money too, currently being paid […], but i mostly want to get into a job where i’m using more technical skills.

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  • You’re job hopping, one year per company. That’s good, keep it up.

Ignoring your previous job in sales, your current position is pretty textbook “technical skills”. You’re getting paid a decent amount of money, and realistically, most “engineering” jobs are mostly just “do administrative work in an engineering environment”. So I’ll interpret your request as a desire to do “design” work.
On that note, it’s extra hard to get a job doing design work, especially in hardware, because if you make mistakes, they’re very costly. There’s a lot of trial and error. So you’ll have to work on your own, paying your own expenses, in order to put design stuff on your resume.

So here’s the plan:

1) Don’t quit your job, but start working on “design” projects on the side. Whatever projects interest you.

  • I’ve personally liked this channel, though it might be too easy for you: https://www.youtube.com/@HowToMechatronics/playlists
  • Most stuff is going to require you spending money in the form of parts and equipment, but you have a reasonable income, so that shouldn’t be an issue for you.
  • Solidworks, PCB, and C++ form the foundation of mechanical, electrical, and software engineering respectively (in the area you want to work), and you already have those skills. This means that you can tackle pretty much any project. Note that what matters to you know is practice through application, not “studying”. You want to be using these skills on actual projects. As someone who does hiring, the way mind my works is 1) I’m currently building X, and I anticipate I’ll be using solidworks. 2) Has the person I’m interviewing used solidworks to build something similar to X? 3) If yes, then they’ll probably be able to build X with minimal training, they’re a safe hire.
  • If your job allows you to “study” on your downtime, that would be the perfect time to doing the coding and design part of your projects.
  • Obviously if your job has design roles, you should “volunteer” for them, but I’m assuming either they don’t have design roles, otherwise you would have done that.

2) Once you have a few design projects on your resume, there’s several options in front of you. The goal here is to get paid to do design work, no matter how little. // Note to you specifically: […] you should be able to skip step 1. Read: If I were you, I would do both step 1 and step 2 simultaneously, and if something on step 2 works, then forget the step 1 stuff.
— Apply to startups. Startups tend to have a higher need for design engineers, and less administrative positions. The smaller and earlier-stage the startup, the less they’ll pay, but the more likely they’ll hire whoever, and basically all their positions are design engineers.
— Put yourself on upwork, and/or apply for super-early stage (incubator, accelerator) startups. You’d be working for extremely low wage, and then work your way up. If you do this, DO NOT quit your job, this would be a side hustle.
— Apply to university labs. These labs don’t pay much, but they’ll take whoever, and with the exception of undergrads, you almost always end up in a design role. Also these always look really good on a resume. If you think you’re going to be there for longer than an year, and it’s a prestigous university, consider getting a master’s degree (if you’re already working for a lab, it’s basically garunteed admission, and you have support going for a fellowship). If you’re looking to work for a lab at an “elite” university, normally it’s hard to get their attention. An easy way to do that is to read one of their past papers, reverse-engineer their research, and then present their own research to them. Another thing you can do is “volunteer” in your off-time, and then after you’ve proven yourself, the lab will want to pay you to get you to quit your day job (although they most likely won’t be able to pay as much as your day job, you should still take it, if only for a brief period of time). // Note to you specifically: You have a pretty good “average” engineering job. This is the only way I know of to RELIABLY go from an “average” job to an “elite” job, with the alternative being applying directly for “elite” jobs and hoping you get lucky.

3) After that, you basically work your way up to more and more highly-paid positions.

  • The TLDR of my advice is that you’ll you’ll have to do an unpaid side hustle (and even lose a little bit of money), and then get a weirdly low-paying (but prestigous) job, and then apply for real “elite” jobs while not telling them how much you were getting paid at your previous job.
  • Another way to think about it: The teeth of the ratchet is you continuing job hopping high-income engineering jobs. The advancing motion that moves you forward each tooth comes from unpaid or low-paid but looks-super-cool-on-your-resume side-hustle.

Also, this interview I did with grim has a lot of useful information:
https://www.mgtow.tv/watch/grim-interviews-how-to-be-a-engineer-with-revy-innovations_ruuEazjYTDO3CaD.html

Let me know if this helps.

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Thanks revy, this helps a lot. The advice you gave me is something I wouldn’t have thought of by myself and honestly makes a lot of sense. […]

Should I change my current job title to electrical engineer on my resume? I’m just curious how most people would respond to that if they contact my previous employer and see the title was just engineer. Also I’ll remove my sales job immediately from my resume if i interpreted your advice correctly.

I looked at the project videos and I’ll actually be doing 2 projects that look really cool before I hop onto stage 2. Your guidance is much appreciated and I see this taking me roughly 1-2 years to complete everything.

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You can change it to “Electrical Engineer”, “Mechanical Engineer” or “Electrical and Mechanical Engineer”, or “Electrical Engineer specializing in XXX” (with XXX being some keyword you stole from the job description) depending on what job you’re applying for. […]
On your resume, you give yourself a title, which is the first impression. It changes depending on what job you’re applying for, and with it the whole “theme” of your resume, without you changing anything else.

Also, regarding the tutorial videos:

Do NOT just follow the tutorial videos exactly. You always want to make some modification or improvement (perhaps after you follow the tutorial), so you can claim credit for “designing” the resulting product, which is “based” on a tutorial. Most design work, even in industry, is usually just a frankenstein of a bunch of different tutorials. So even though your project will be heavily based on a tutorial, it won’t look too different from a paid project.
[…questionably ethical advice here…]

Pigeonholed engineer attempting to transition into robotics

Comment: This conversation thread is from before I started “officially” consulting MGTOW, and also is WAY longer than a single consultation.

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Hello Revy,

I recalled from the TFM show that you are a robotics engineer. I am beginning my career transition and am interested in robotics. I apologize for taking your time since you are running your own business because I want to ask if you are open to giving guidance to someone looking to get into the robotics engineer field ?

Thank you for your time,
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What are your current skills?
What is your motivation? (Job security/income, Remote work, Fun, Self-Employment)
What subdisciplines would you be interested in? (Mechanical/Electrical/Software/ML+CV)
What’s your short-term ability to go without income / purchase starting equipment?
I did a whole video series on this stuff that you’ll probably be interested in:
https://www.mgtow.tv/watch/grim-interviews-revy-innovations-part-1-everything-you-know-about-robotics-is-wrong_rM6mo2KlesBPZ8z.html
https://www.mgtow.tv/watch/grim-interviews-how-to-be-a-engineer-with-revy-innovations_ruuEazjYTDO3CaD.html
https://www.mgtow.tv/watch/grim-interviews-revy-innovations-pt-3-contracting-for-dummies_wWOwlxq5ZSpEQ9e.html
https://www.mgtow.tv/watch/grim-interviews-revy-innovations-pt-4-small-business-bonus-episode-and-new-doll-ideas_XHphHO2GUqbMsl8.html

Fyi the questions will make more sense if you watch the first 2 videos

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Hello revy,
Thank you for the video series and your patience. I just watched the first two and got a clear idea about the types of robotics. I’ll answer the questions below.

  • My current skills are listed in the attached document. I also attached my resume as well.
  • My background is traditional. I received my Bachelors in Computer Engineering […].
  • My motivation is income, interest, job security, and possibly remote work. I’ll elaborate those reason on a separate email
  • Subdisciplines I am interested in are basically what skills I need to build […]. This include ML + CV as well.
  • For now my current objective is to get work in industrial robotics but based on your experience in the first two video it would be better to aim for One man army robotic designer engineer role.
  • I currently work full time and my short term ability to go without income is 6 months expense. It has to be restricted since living in […] is too expensive to do a lot of activities. A big portion of my total assets is now with brokers since I am on the Monkey’s Market Minute.

Let me know if there are items that need clarification. I’ll be watching the last two.

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Comments concerning your employment:

  • If you have a degree in computer engineering, you should have no problem finding a robotics job. In fact it seems like you’re already in one. So it seems you already have job security and income.
  • However, looking at your resume, it looks like you’re mainly working for large bureaucratic organizations. I’m guessing this is limiting the enjoyment of your work, as well as your opportunities for learning / advancement.
  • IMO the reason why you’re limited to these large corporations is because you’re in […]. You seem to have solid skills in both software and electrical. If you’re willing to relocate, you shouldn’t have any issues finding a job in something more interesting.

Options for now:

  • Since you can code, that’s the ideal discipline for remote work. However your interest in mechatronics limits you to on-site work, constraining you to either relocation or one-man-army operation.
  • Bluntly put, you don’t have the professional weight to demand a high-paying remote position, mechatronics or software-only. If you were in a low cost-of-living area, you might be able to do income arbitrage, but you’re not, rather, you’re in the opposite situation.

Steps forward:

  • Apply for jobs at other companies. Ideally in one of those places you want to relocate to. Also ideally that are willing to pay for you to relocate (I don’t think you have the professional weight to demand that benefit, but if they offer it, great)
  • Add prestige work to your resume (see “improving your resume”)
  • Your current skills vs skills required for mechatronics:

Mechanical stuff:
You don’t have the mechanical engineering to do this to a high level (by yourself). However, being able to manufacture enclosures and mounts for your own electronics is nice. Think plastic vs steel. Most of the control stuff you apply to plastic on a small scale can easily be repurposed to metal on a large scale if you get put on a team with real MechEs.

Electrical / Software stuff:
You have some experience with circuitry, but it seems to mainly be with industrial electronics. Obviously this is a nice skill to have, and normally pays pretty well, but there are two downsides to this:

  • It’s kind of outdated for robotics
  • Industrial control circuits are super-expensive, and unsuitable for one-man-army type projects. And they also usually control “industrial” machinery, which you don’t have the budget or skills to use.
    I would lean into C++/arduino/microprocessor stuff, which is applicable for small scale projects. Usually larger scale robotics projects will be primarily C++ controlled, but interfaced with a couple industrial control circuits, so the experience you already have in that will be useful when it comes time to find a job.

CV/ML:
CV and ML are highly specialized fields. It’s not required to work on mechatronics. I didn’t bother learning these skills since my skills in PCBs, C++, and 3D modelling were already more than enough to get me any job I wanted. However, if you do learn OpenCV and/or TensorFlow, and implement a project using them, and then start applying for CV/ML jobs, you just might land them. I think AeroShogun would be a better resource for that since he actually did it. While there are other options that would make better use of your electronics skills, your background in computer engineering would give you a head start (like Shogun).

This is my “curriculum” that would allow you to learn various skills, and also be great for your resume: (costs ~$500) (If you want to follow this, let me know what you want to build and I’ll put together some more detailed instructions).

  • Buy a 3D printer (Creality Ender 3, either buy one with self-levelling or install it yourself)
  • Get a copy of Fusion 360 (3D modelling software, for making things to 3D print)
  • Buy an arduino, a motor and/or servo shield, some motors and/or servos, accelerometer, whatever other stuff you need
  • Build yourself some kind of robot. Given your interests, I imagine it would be mobile.
  • Optional: I’d tell you to get a raspberry pi, and do some computer vision, but those things are overpriced as hell right now. [this was during COVID] Maybe after you do everything else the price will come down.
  • You can make yourself an SRP if you want, although you wouldn’t be able to put it on your resume, but it’s a pretty good learning experience for 3D printing.

Improving your resume

  • Your interest in […] / Exosuits: those are pretty high-prestige positions, going to the top 5% of engineers, so without something to make you stand out, your odds aren’t good. I would still apply though.
  • […] looks somewhat impressive, but not enough. Right now, your resume still screams “average”. “Average engineer” is pretty good, but insufficient for your goals.
  • You need prestige work. “Prestige” work means work that looks super-impressive on a resume, even if it has low pay or even volunteer. Basically FSAE-type stuff.
  • See if you can get work at a research lab, either at […] or another University. These jobs pay shit, but sometimes they do super-cool research. Do that job for a year, and then leave (you should start applying for jobs ~6 months in)
  • Any one-man-army robot projects would be super-employable. Normally “personal projects” are seen negatively on resumes, but that depends on how elaborate the robot is. […]

Misc stuff:

  • You spent way too long at your first job. At your age, you shouldn’t spend longer than 1-2 years at one job. You want to start applying for new jobs ~8 months in.
  • Too many acronyms, also you graduated a long time ago, no need to say where you graduated from, especially if you can add some prestige work to your resume.

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Thank you for the feedback and time. There is a lot for me to take in and now I know where I stand. I will clarify my current situation and ask questions to your points below. My questions will be highlighted.

Comments concerning your employment:
I am glad my choices in jobs improved based on your feedback on my current being tied to robotics .
Unfortunately yes it is a bureaucratic organization. It is limiting the enjoyment and growth at my work since management wants a technician long term. I already looked at their KPI and asked my coworkers one question, does the employer reward their employees well with better pay or advancement? Their answer is no they do not receive any higher pay or better positions and they work for 3 years.
Yes I am willing to relocate. This is my most difficult part because when I make a move I like to make sure I have a job there first before moving. Otherwise I move there and I have no job or company change their mind and basically I am stuck there or move back to […] with no job.

Options for now:
Steps forward:
I am currently applying for jobs in […] and was debating strongly between […]. I will expand my interest with code to obtain more remote or one-man army roles.
Question : Are […] a good states for robotics ? sites like zippia ranks them by pay. I know California is high, however I have been there a few times for work in my previous role and it was not to my liking.
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With my current position I do need prestige work on my resume. I will find them or ask you.

Your current skills vs skills required for mechatronics:
Mechanical Stuff: I am fine with manufacturing enclosures and mounts .
Electrical / Software stuff:
I have arduino kits and Open CV AI kits so I will pull my focus on projects involving those.
CV/ML
I am currently learning Open CV, beginner level right now. I will reach out to shogun once I get proficient.
Your Curriculum : I will definitely take up your offer on the curriculum. I will let you know when I got the money for it because I am currently budgeting for it. Yes my interest in robotics does fall under mobility.
Improving your resume
You need prestige work.
The […] does have a robotics lab and I will ask if I can volunteer my time. Not sure if research lab can accept volunteers, but I am pretty sure they highly need a technician to do the dirty jobs.
For your projects on your to do list. I will put that on the back burner for now until I am proficient with the 3D printing. […]
That is all I have going on for me and my questions. I will proceed on the Open CV and Arduino while looking into 3D printing.

Thank you for your time,
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Uhhh big misunderstandings/things I forgot to tell you:

You don’t want to be going out of your way to learn XXX skill. You want to pick a project, and learn the (bare minimum) skills required to complete that project. Obviously, the project you pick should be based on the skill you want to learn, but you need to have a concrete project in mind when you are looking for what skills to learn. This has several implications:

  • This ensures you aren’t learning useless knowledge/theory, makes your learning way faster and more practical. Big contrast to taking college classes.
  • You’ll have a much bigger project to put on your resume at the end of it. As a senior engineer, when I look over resumes, I don’t care what you list under “skills”. If you haven’t used it on a (major) project, you don’t have experience using that skill in a practical environment, and you basically don’t have that skill.
  • On any given project, only half the skills we use are skills we already have. The other half are learned on the job, because it’s specific to that job (usually a specific C++ library, a proprietary manufacturing process, or how to use a specific electronic chip) and usually never used again. Obviously that ratio changes depending on your experience, but I’m trying to get you used to learning on the job (i.e. go on google and search “how to use XXX”)
  • Alternatively phrased: you don’t have to know a skill in order to do a project that requires that skill. I never learned C++, I just followed arduino tutorials on youtube. Copy-paste the code from the tutorial, then modify/combine/edit it to do what I want. […]
  • On the note of skills that we already have: I can see someone starting from scratch being overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff to learn, but you already know C++ and circuitry so that shouldn’t be an issue for you.

Ways to go about finding a project:

  • Tutorials/guided projects are great. Then you can modify the project in some way, so it becomes your own design, and it looks more impressive on your resume.
  • This guy’s great, follow 2 or 3 of his tutorials and you’ll be ready to start freelancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxABxSADZ6U, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B3gWd3A_SI&list=PL1KVSZBJtW0pOY7Tg_gBf8aZPtwF5DD0F&index=15
  • However, if you want to come up with your own project, it’s not entirely obvious what skills/tools to use. That’s where I come in. I’ve kind of listed the skills required to make most plastic mechatronic robots, probably a toy car or robotic arm or something.
  • I suggested the Ender 3 as your first 3d printer because it’s a very barebones printer that people like to modify (usually with 3D printed parts). So if there’s anything that pisses you off about the printer…maybe search “Ender 3 modifications on youtube?”
  • If you work for a University lab, I would recommend taking a full-time paid position, not volunteer. As in, quit your current job for a research assistant position that pays far less. Think of it as sacrificing 1/2 your pay for a year, in exchange for a major boost to your resume. Obviously you’d have to find a pretty good lab/project…
  • I don’t know about […], but Texas has a huge tech industry. I think it ranks just behind California, and the way things are going, will probably pass California. Make sure to add “looking to relocate” to the top of your resume.

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One more thing:

For most employee positions, especially at large companies, “learning” and “research” is considered part of the job responsibilities. Upper management loves it; they call it “ongoing training”. Also for large corporations, you don’t actually need 40h/week to get all your main job responsibilities done. So allocate 10h/week (or even 20 or 30h if you can, although obviously you want to downplay the number of hours) for “learning/research”. Usually getting management to buy you hardware is a pain due to paperwork, so you’ll probably have to bring your own. I think arduino programming and ML/CV would be great candidates for this, preferably something that has more software than hardware so you don’t make a mess at your desk. The caveat is that if you invent anything, the company will own it, but you’re not at the entrepreneurship stage of your career yet so that’s whatever.

Sometimes corporations will have certification workshops. Most of these are useless, but there are a couple (IPC-J-STD, IPC-A-610) that would be helpful if you can get your manager to sign you up for them. You probably also have some kind of online employee training system, usually stuff like “information security” and “diversity and inclusion” training, basically powerpoints you button-mash “next” on so you can fill out the paperwork saying you did it. These are basically useless for learning, but maybe you can find an official company training on Arduino or OpenCV or something, go through a few slides or lessons or whatever, and then start learning it for real based on youtube and google and stuff. If your boss questions what you’re doing with your time, you’ll have an official company training you can point to, that you’re just doing “supplemental” work for.

Super-large companies usually also have a “makerspace” with 3d printers and electronic soldering stations, maybe even CNC machines. They’re usually pretty unused since the only reason it’s there is so the company can brag about having a makerspace. I’d also recommend buying your own equipment since it’s more convenient (and time is money), but if it’s a tool you don’t use that often or you just want to build stuff on company time, they’re great.

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Hello Revy,

Hope your New Years and Holiday went well. Yes I do have a strong interest in mobility. I spent the time from the last time we talked reflecting and applying to various jobs. […]

After research and reflection on my goals I decided industrial robotics is not what I wanted. I thought about my time from my industrial engineer role. I am no longer interested in industrial robotics for personal reasons regarding quality of life. I want to go straight into doing robotics on the software side or electro – mechanical (Remote or Hybrid).

To get this prestige projects or work I will follow your curriculum and will volunteer to help you on your to do list when you think I am sufficient.

In terms of my current job they are ok with me doing the projects so long as it doesn’t get in the way of work. As for the training they do not have the personnel to come to […] to train us. I will be sticking to my current role for now.

Long term wise the projects I am interested are the following.

  • Computer Vision for vehicles and I will reach out to Shogun on this.
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Thank you for your time and patience,
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I’ve been mentoring some students recently, and figured out some things I have been doing wrong. Specifically, 1) I’m freakishly smart, but that also means that stuff that works for me might not work for other people. 2) I judge people based on projects and hard skills, but there are other managers who actually put weight on degrees and “transferable” skills. Nevertheless, I’ll try my best.

To start, I was previously encouraging you to learn everything, but now taking into consideration your limits, maybe it’s better for you to specialize as much as possible. Probably into one of the three below options. You can always change your direction later, and your previous experience will only help you.

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Hello Revy,

It has been a while. I just got a job offer and was able to move out of […]. Just had to handle the move more better.

I am focusing on […] at the moment.

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Sincerely,
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Retired man considers IVF surrogacy

Comment: Edited to have some updated information

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Heya revy, I’m heard your spiel on the tfm Saturday show, I’m mgtow and I’m retired early so I think I’d be a good candidate for surrogacy. I’d actually like to know which countries are gray market as well as the countries that offer citizenship to the parent.

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Until recently, the two countries I know of that have surrogacy “fully” legal are Mexico and Colombia. It also looks like Argentina has been added to the list recently.

Regarding surrogacy itself, here is, in my opinion, the best place to get a summary of the information.

[…I talk some shit here and don’t want to make enemies, contact me if you want the full transcript…]

For the citizenship thing, I’m only familiar with Mexico and Colombia:

I’m assuming you have a significant amount of savings, since you mentioned you were retired early. We’ll use these funds to get you residency (just show, not spend).

Colombia has a 2 year temporary residency that upgrades to 5 year permanent residency, that upgrades to citizenship. It does require a significant ($250K USD) real-estate investment in the country. However, it gives the child citizenship by birth soil, which grants you permanent residency automatically, and reduces timelime to citizenship to 2 years. In other words, your child gets citizenship automatically, you’d be looking at 2 years STARTING from the birth of your child.

Mexico has a 4 year temporary residency that upgrades to 1 year permanent residency, that upgrades to citizenship. However, it is an overall more “intuitive” path (you can look up the details yourself). Also, if you’re retired, or willing to jump through a few extra hoops, permanent residency can be available immediately (but you still need to wait for 5 years to apply for citizenship). It also gives the baby citizenship by birth soil, and reduces your requirement to 2 years, which means you’d be looking at 2 years starting from WHEN YOU FIRST GOT TEMPORARY RESIDENCY.

Note that if you’re trying to get out of the US, you don’t need citizenship, (permanent) residency is all you need. Since it gives you a permission to live and work in that country, and basically gives you all the rights of a citizen except for the right to vote.

For my own decision, it was based on the following:

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Here is the todo-list I would make for you:

[…I talk some shit here and don’t want to make enemies, contact me if you want the full transcript…]

Book a free consultation with the agency and just let their representative talk about the process

You should prepare the following:

~$70K

Get ready to take at least 2 vacations. Or just straight-up move to the country permanently.

Passport, ~12 months of investment bank account statements
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Pay Here:

About me:

I am an engineer specializing in robotics and automation. I’ve worked in military, reseach, biomedical, and space industries. I’ve sent a bunch of robots into hazardous enviornments that are considered too dangerous for humans, some more stuff into medical research labs, and a bunch more stuff into orbit.

I hold a Master’s and a PhD from two of the top universities in the US. I’ve won many fellowships and grants both for myself and for my students. The “publications” list on my CV spans several pages. They still regularly hire me to design/build stuff.

I currently run an engineering consulting business. Basically, people pay me $100/h to design and/or build stuff. I’ve also created several small-scale startups, some successful, some not.

No, I’m not going to doxx myself. It’s up to you if you believe me.

Here is that other link that you’re probably looking for: www.spinningrobotpussy.com

Contact: revy.at.home@proton.me