Twitter and What I Found There.

In this post, I will be discussing electrical engineering as it pertains to my findings on twitter.

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1. What kinds of things do people on Twitter seem to be talking about, debating, arguing about or otherwise engaging in meaningful exhanges of ideas about? Give us a descriptive and clear sense of the kinds of stories you're seeing in these Twitter feeds.

When I search "electrical engineering" on twitter, The majority of accounts, not surprisingly, are either seniors in high school bragging about how they got into electrical engineering school at a particular University. Check out this Amazing student on twitter! But seriously, electrical engineering on twitter doesn't regard anything controversial, other than sparking arguments about the widening wage gap and disproportionate amount of males in the industry, shown here.

2. In your opinion, what are the two most interesting conversations or stories you found in the Twitter feeds? Hyperlink us to the two different Twitter feeds and explain why you found those conversations nteresting. Be specific and honest and be yourself. I don't want you to blah-blah-blah this. I want you to really engage.

The first story that jumped out to me in particular was about a girl who was getting hit on by a guy. The guy was guessing what major she was, and he was guessing all sorts of different majors, but nothing science/math heavy. This insinuated how society depicts that women should not integrate into the STEM community, which I found very eye-opening. The second one depicts another girl who talks about how she used to be an electrical engineer major, yet found it hard to use computers/technology. Electrical engineering does deal with computers and stuff, but I also saw this as a commentary that people revere engineering as an extremely difficult discipline, which is somewhat misleading... it just requires a different skill set that is not found in humanities, for example.

3. Overall, what impression do you get of your discipline based on what you saw happening on Twitter? Were the people in these feeds talking in ways you expected or did not expect, about things you anticipated they'd be talking about or things you had no idea they'd be discussing? Explain in concise specific detail.

Based on what I found, there was a lot of people who were talking about the rigor of electrical engineering as a major. Obviously the coursework can be challenging, however I was surprised by the sheer number of people who were just on there to talk about how they got into a program or about how much they get paid, or even how much homework they have. Overall, twitter is a terrible medium if you are actually trying to find anything besides bragging and complaining about engineering. Reddit is a better bet for actual discussion.