EE-trained AI educator: systems-bottleneck thinking still matters in the AI era
dunkhippo33 · x · 2026-10-27
Prominent AI educator dunkhippo33 says his four years studying electrical engineering taught him above all how to reason about systems problems and locate bottlenecks—logic, design, or components. He adds that mid-career people who built careers on CS, engineering, and math will still need directional problem-solving skills, even as those skills look different.
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