I am in complete agreement with this reply. It's just silly to think that because you can reason and speak, you have what it takes to do any engineering. You may be missing the "quantify a picture in your mind" ability.
Given this forum, I'm sure we've all noticed that in the CS field there are those that tend to be vocal/aural, and those that tend to be visual.
Software is more akin to natural language than other disciplines, so it seems to get more vocal/aural types then other science or math disciplines. ChemE, EE, CE ME, etc. are more about the physical world. The physical world lends itself to communicating in graphs, differential equations, etc.. ChemE, EE, CE ME, etc. people still communicate, its just not as accessible if you are more vocal/aural. It can be a real pain to those that are completely vocal/aural to learn from those that are more visual. Believe me, its exasperating being more visual and teaching those that are vocal/aural. It's amazing just how many words there are in one equation descibing the physical world.
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I am in complete agreement with this reply. It's just silly to think that because you can reason and speak, you have what it takes to do any engineering. You may be missing the "quantify a picture in your mind" ability. Given this forum, I'm sure we've all noticed that in the CS field there are those that tend to be vocal/aural, and those that tend to be visual. Software is more akin to natural language than other disciplines, so it seems to get more vocal/aural types then other science or math disciplines. ChemE, EE, CE ME, etc. are more about the physical world. The physical world lends itself to communicating in graphs, differential equations, etc.. ChemE, EE, CE ME, etc. people still communicate, its just not as accessible if you are more vocal/aural. It can be a real pain to those that are completely vocal/aural to learn from those that are more visual. Believe me, its exasperating being more visual and teaching those that are vocal/aural. It's amazing just how many words there are in one equation descibing the physical world.