what if you stop doing CFD??

shyamdsundar · December 19, 2010, 23:17

Hello All,

I am involved with CFD solver development for last 5 years. Probably I represent a huge group of PhD students breaking their head with the numerical aspects.

Lately, I have been asking myself a question:

"What if you decide to stop doing CFD? What else can you do with your skills developed in past few years?"

There should be different options available like computational finance, computer graphics, etc.

I once did a simulation of shock wave colliding with structures representing my girlfriend's name and sent it as a small gift to her. She was completely impressed, though, I was touching the edge of being a geek

Hobbies apart, what would you do if you want to change your field of work but use your existing skill sets? Any ideas from your side??

Cheers,
Shyam

Lysistrata · December 21, 2010, 20:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by shyamdsundar

Hobbies apart, what would you do if you want to change your field of work but use your existing skill sets? Any ideas from your side??

It's hard for some of us nerds to separate hobbies from work.

I would suggest something far less intense than CFD.
I have found great joy and satisfaction in writing useful numerical code that is less than 100 lines, that runs in less than 10 seconds, and gives 10 decimal place accuracy.
There's not much money in it, but I'm not a materialist so that's not a problem for me.

siri · January 27, 2011, 03:23

become manager

shyamdsundar · March 7, 2011, 23:40

Well... I managed to put in some effort to make an android app in free time.

You can see it in link below.

https://market.android.com/details?i...ath.mathscript

Ofcourse, I will be happy if you guys buy it

Cheers,
Shyam

Grayfox · March 8, 2011, 02:35

Hey that's a nice app you wrote there, too bad I don't have an Android

shyamdsundar · March 9, 2011, 11:08

Thanks for your encouraging comment. I will spend some more time in this now

shyamdsundar · March 10, 2011, 05:31

I am trying to incorporate some flow problems into that

If you are interested, you can also see the free wall paper I developed. It is based on incompressible viscous flow using Crank Nicolson scheme.

https://market.android.com/details?i....ebruwallpaper

Didn't put many features in it yet.

pranab_jha · March 31, 2011, 12:38

I will like to learn the trades of managing a football (soccer) team. Maybe try my hands on a small school team or something.

Also, I would probably be interested in opening a book-shop somewhere (if I have good financial backup).

giuli@ · October 19, 2011, 08:54

Do what I planned to do when I began my studies: being a Yacht engineer.
I am a Nautical Engineer and I wonder now if I will ever design a boat..

arjun · October 25, 2011, 10:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by shyamdsundar

"What if you decide to stop doing CFD? What else can you do with your skills developed in past few years?"

Painting.

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Kevin De Smet · November 1, 2011, 07:26

No just kidding. I'm not even remotely that good

swetkyz · November 7, 2011, 14:15

I see three major alternatives for the CFD analyst:

1. Work as a C/C++ or FORTRAN developer.
2. "Learn" structural FEA and work in a much more heavily developed field.
3. Teach high school math, physics, or chemistry classes.

raj.cfd · November 14, 2011, 14:37

Well I can see more than couple of options,

1. Get into any technical university and take up teaching profession related to fluid mechanics and dynamics
2. Develop user friendly Games using CFD programming skill set.
3. Get into management cadre into any technical organisation
4. Get some training and enter into Experimental fluid dynamics

December 19, 2010, 23:17	what if you stop doing CFD??	#1
shyamdsundar New Member Shyam Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 28 Rep Power: 5	Hello All, I am involved with CFD solver development for last 5 years. Probably I represent a huge group of PhD students breaking their head with the numerical aspects. Lately, I have been asking myself a question: "What if you decide to stop doing CFD? What else can you do with your skills developed in past few years?" There should be different options available like computational finance, computer graphics, etc. I once did a simulation of shock wave colliding with structures representing my girlfriend's name and sent it as a small gift to her. She was completely impressed, though, I was touching the edge of being a geek Hobbies apart, what would you do if you want to change your field of work but use your existing skill sets? Any ideas from your side?? Cheers, Shyam

March 7, 2011, 23:40		#4
shyamdsundar New Member Shyam Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 28 Rep Power: 5	Well... I managed to put in some effort to make an android app in free time. You can see it in link below. https://market.android.com/details?i...ath.mathscript Ofcourse, I will be happy if you guys buy it Cheers, Shyam swetkyz likes this.

March 31, 2011, 12:38	Football manager	#8
pranab_jha Member Pranab N Jha Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 68 Rep Power: 4	I will like to learn the trades of managing a football (soccer) team. Maybe try my hands on a small school team or something. Also, I would probably be interested in opening a book-shop somewhere (if I have good financial backup).

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