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I bought a refurbished window AC from Midea (MAW12AV1QWT-C). After running it on cool mode for a while like 30 minutes, I start to hear rattling noise and I can feel the vibration from the unit. I tried holding the unit, but the noise is definitely from internally. When I turn off then on instantly, it stopped the noise, so does when I increase set temperature.

Is there an easy way to fix this without having to box it up and take it to return because it would be a pain if I can easily fix it myself. Or is this even a common thing across all window AC.

Occasionally I will hear rattling noise when the device run for a while and you can feel vibration. The weird thing is a simple off then on again fixes it, which means it’s probably not hardware defect?

I bought it refurbished on Walmart sold by Midea directly.

I recently graduated in computer engineering and been applying to job for a couple weeks and I applied to engineer and technical roles. I haven’t heard back from any engineer position, but I got offer a job at a defense company as a Electrical Test Technician. If I take this, will it kill my engineering career if I stay here for a year or two while trying to pursue a master in electrical engineering?

Should I keep applying to get an engineer position or do I just take this to not risk unemployment/career gap? I guess I am most afraid of putting a technician brand on myself.

Edit: I just saw that another person posted 13 hours worrying about the same thing lol

I really want to be an embedded software engineer, but I don’t know anyone who I even went to school with who is an embedded software engineer. I’m losing hope because there are barely any entry/associate roles within my city (Boston), most are senior roles which require a lot of experience. Is it genuinely over if I don’t have someone to help me get in the door because project alone is not enough to get in the door anymore in my opinion.