I’m a mechanical engineer. well, by education anyways, and I’m unemployed at the moment. I’ve literally zero specialty and I pretty much don’t know shit and while I’ve got time to endlessly masturbate in my parent’s house and read, I might as well get some inspiration on what fields I should pursue.

Right now I’m reading this Molten Salt and Thorium reactor textbook

https://libgen.is/book/index.php?md5=3443A53C8E110C4700A45CBC34CE3328

  • gueybana [any]
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    3 months ago

    Oh lord, civil engineering was what Inwanted to study insteadnof mechanical and biological wastewater treatment was exactly why. Thank you for reminding me.

    Any good textbooks/resources?

    • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      Honestly, consult your city/state website. They tend to have snacky reads for people studying for their licenses (at least in Wisconsin). Otherwise a used book on introductory wastewater studies is more than sufficient. I know that sounds lazy, but I haven't found a bad book on the subject. Even some of the old and outdated ones are still reliable on most metrics.

      • gueybana [any]
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        3 months ago

        Could you give me a quick link, for one of the state Wisconsin for example? Just so I know what I’m looking for.

        Sorry for making you do this work, I’m really interested

        • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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          3 months ago

          No worries, I was kinda lazy myself. https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/opcert/muniWaterworks.html But I'm also not kidding when I say the reading materials really skew excellent. I can't help but think it's that it's hard to politicize in a way that skews away from cleaning up human waste. Every other waste is a different story.