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re: Attention engineers and engineer students...
Posted on 1/23/20 at 12:51 pm to tigerhoney
Posted on 1/23/20 at 12:51 pm to tigerhoney
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he thinks "life is passing him by".
tha frick? Life after college is nothing but a slow march towards death. No matter how long it took him, he should've stayed longer
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Posted on 1/23/20 at 12:55 pm to dirtytigers
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EE2950 at LSU) that was computer based multiple choice
frick that shite.
Having tests like that for that class was dumb as hell.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:11 pm to tigerhoney
I agree with the "stick it out" advice but here are some recent real life stories associated with my friends and their kids.
Person 1 (male) - Majors in Biology and Chemistry. Graduates LSU with honors. Does very well on MCAT. Does great first year of med school. Drops out and is working in a warehouse.
Person 2 (male) - Graduates in Chem E with honors. Gets first job. Less than a year, quits, goes back to college in Pre-Law. Just got accepted to law school.
Person 3 (female) - Graduates in accounting with honors. Gets job with international firm while studying and sitting for the CPA exams. Aces all CPA exams. Now wants to quit and become an interior decorator.
Person 4 (female) - Graduates (International Finance) and gets MBA. Takes a job in NYC making very good money. Two years later, quits and is working at a retail clothing store.
None of the above are related but there is a common theme. All went to private prep schools. All kicked arse (grade and study wise) in both high school and college.
Lots of money spent on private prep schools. Lots of time and money (though all had scholarships) spent in college.
Person 1 (male) - Majors in Biology and Chemistry. Graduates LSU with honors. Does very well on MCAT. Does great first year of med school. Drops out and is working in a warehouse.
Person 2 (male) - Graduates in Chem E with honors. Gets first job. Less than a year, quits, goes back to college in Pre-Law. Just got accepted to law school.
Person 3 (female) - Graduates in accounting with honors. Gets job with international firm while studying and sitting for the CPA exams. Aces all CPA exams. Now wants to quit and become an interior decorator.
Person 4 (female) - Graduates (International Finance) and gets MBA. Takes a job in NYC making very good money. Two years later, quits and is working at a retail clothing store.
None of the above are related but there is a common theme. All went to private prep schools. All kicked arse (grade and study wise) in both high school and college.
Lots of money spent on private prep schools. Lots of time and money (though all had scholarships) spent in college.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:20 pm to tigerhoney
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PS. He loves computer engineering but NCSU will NOT let him switch programs.
Transfer?
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:25 pm to Snipe
quote:How much do they make on average? How subject to being let go are they? Is the salary and job security similar to an internal medicine physician($200,000-300,000)?
The good thing is the amount of money he'll be making will make all the BS a little more tolerable
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:27 pm to tigerhoney
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I need some advice....
I have a son who attends NC State University in Raleigh. He is a junior majoring in electrical engineering. He has already received a minor in math and Mandarin Chinese.
Yesterday he calls me and tells me he doesnt think he can do it anymore. He was under such distress it is breaking my heart and I just dont know how to support him. He says he is in the highest level engineering classes and that it is impossibly hard. His biggest concern is that he worries the work he is doing now is what he is going to be doing the rest of his life.
Can someone please tell me what electrical engineers really do for a living and is he going to be limited to working in a cubical doing impossibly difficult math for the rest of his life. I just dont know what to tell him. My instinct wants to tell him to stick it out... but I dont want to be responsible for encouraging him into a career he hates. Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom.
PS. He loves computer engineering but NCSU will NOT let him switch programs.
Maybe your kid just isn't as smart as YOU think he is. An BS in Electrical Engineering is not IMPOSSIBLY HARD. It might be hard and have a ton of long hours and nights but it isn't impossible. Sounds like your kid is whiny and lazy.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:27 pm to tigerhoney
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tigerhoney
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I have a son
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:28 pm to tigerhoney
Engineering is viewed as a cost center these days ion most business.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:39 pm to tigerhoney
Engineering jobs are completely different from your classroom time in college for almost all engineers. I would say unless he goes into R&D after graduating I would expect his experience to be the same.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 1:44 pm to A1A
An EE on my staff does composite drawings and does absolutely nothing with math or electricity and he loves it.
I do basic math, and honestly we have programs that do the intricate stuff. Graduating was much harder work.
I do basic math, and honestly we have programs that do the intricate stuff. Graduating was much harder work.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 2:04 pm to tigerhoney
EE working for an Investor owned utility. Its nothing like school. I hated school. I used some of my advanced courses for voltage and motor start but thats about it. Was an individual contributor for 6 years and moved into management. Stick it out and its worth it. Plus having any engineering degree will get you to interviews for multiple jobs, not just in his discipline.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 2:06 pm to LSURussian
oh god there it is...
granted i expected it to be a sparky who bitched about EE's
granted i expected it to be a sparky who bitched about EE's
Posted on 1/23/20 at 2:08 pm to Jake88
depends where you live, I always heard 120-150 range
Posted on 1/23/20 at 2:13 pm to tigerhoney
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Can someone please tell me what electrical engineers really do for a living and is he going to be limited to working in a cubical doing impossibly difficult math for the rest of his life.
He'll probably find a message board with bored slutty housewives on it willing to show their nudes to everyone.
That'll keep his spirits up until he's promoted.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 2:14 pm to tigerhoney
I graduated in mechanical engineering but I work in control systems (typically done by EEs).
Tell your son it is absolutely worth the pain he's going through right now. Stick it out and a there are dozens upon dozens - if not hundreds - of career paths he can choose. Or he can choose to do something entirely unrelated, but have that degree to fall back on.
Now, he will have PTSD dreams about failing classes, forgetting to attend class, being unprepared for tests, etc. for the rest of his life. But still, it's worth it.
Tell your son it is absolutely worth the pain he's going through right now. Stick it out and a there are dozens upon dozens - if not hundreds - of career paths he can choose. Or he can choose to do something entirely unrelated, but have that degree to fall back on.
Now, he will have PTSD dreams about failing classes, forgetting to attend class, being unprepared for tests, etc. for the rest of his life. But still, it's worth it.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 2:24 pm to tigerhoney
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Attention engineers and engineer students...
My son graduated in Chemical Engineering. He did well enough in the major but knew he would hate it. He wanted to change majors. I counseled him to finish and take it from there. He graduated but then settled into a non-engineering job that he loves. It has nothing to do with Chemical Engineering or engineering. I don't know what to tell kids in this position. One will either love or hate their job. They have to figure that stuff out.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 2:32 pm to tigerhoney
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junior majoring in electrical engineering.
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highest level engineering classes
Posted on 1/23/20 at 2:34 pm to tigerhoney
Tell him to take an extra class or two the next semester that deals with another major he thinks he likes. That's what happened to me. I started out as Aerospace Engineering, and decided to change majors once classes got difficult. I changed my major to Computer Science for a semester while still taking a few Aerospace classes and soon realized that Computer Science was not for me. Switched back to Aerospace and never had any problems the rest of the way. Doing this did set me back a year because of a few classes, but I was able to eliminate the what if factor for Computer Science. In the end it was all worth it in my opinion.
Oh and he's not wrong about EE classes. Takes a special kind of person to be able to get through all of that. I know I wouldn't be able to. If he does take a few computer engineering classes and winds up enjoying them then transferring would be his best option since he can't switch majors.
Oh and he's not wrong about EE classes. Takes a special kind of person to be able to get through all of that. I know I wouldn't be able to. If he does take a few computer engineering classes and winds up enjoying them then transferring would be his best option since he can't switch majors.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 2:37 pm to tigerhoney
EE Grad 2015
Work in Lab environment as well as customer sites.
First off, which "High Level Engineering" classes are we talking about here?
VLSI? Microprocessing?
If he has a minor in math, im having a very hard time trying to figure out how he cannot grasp Fourier, Laplace, Maxwell Equations and 2nd ordered Diff-Eq.
Work in Lab environment as well as customer sites.
First off, which "High Level Engineering" classes are we talking about here?
VLSI? Microprocessing?
If he has a minor in math, im having a very hard time trying to figure out how he cannot grasp Fourier, Laplace, Maxwell Equations and 2nd ordered Diff-Eq.
Posted on 1/23/20 at 2:47 pm to 50_Tiger
Graduated with a civil degree nearly two years ago. Just got to the point where I'm starting to miss doing math and structural analysis problems and found myself checking out online grad schools a few weeks ago. I HATED this stuff in college. If he is in his second semester of his Junior year he will be fine and you shouldn't be worried. Most engineering majors who drop do so after failing Cal II/Dif equations or their first mechanics class.
As for what I do now, mostly browse this place for 90% of my day. But that 10% of work I do is crucial.
As for what I do now, mostly browse this place for 90% of my day. But that 10% of work I do is crucial.
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