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re: 13 most useless majors
Posted on 4/24/12 at 11:51 am to Tigah in the ATL
Posted on 4/24/12 at 11:51 am to Tigah in the ATL
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But I wonder what the Mechanical Engineering unemployment is. When you include the people that graduate with a 2.1 GPA.
If an engineer can't find a job right now, he is either totally incompetent or lazy. GPA pretty much wouldn't matter with any experience and any social skills.
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Posted on 4/24/12 at 12:03 pm to LSU0358
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If an engineer can't find a job right now, he is either totally incompetent or lazy. GPA pretty much wouldn't matter with any experience and any social skills.
I think it depends on the region. Engineering seems to be a lucrative profession in the South (Texas/LA/MS/AL) but out here in the bay area it really is not. Compared to tech salaries, heck compared to most salaries, traditional engineers around here are very poorly paid. Even the experienced ones. Very few move up the ranks and make good money. I do think a lack of social skills has a lot to do with this.
Posted on 4/24/12 at 1:07 pm to LSU0358
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If an engineer can't find a job right now, he is either totally incompetent or lazy. GPA pretty much wouldn't matter with any experience and any social skills.
Completely untrue. There is a large percentage of recently graduated engineers looking for work. Not as many as liberal arts majors, but to say that they are lazy is pretty stupid. I know many 3.0+ engineers who are having trouble. Eventually they find work, but it could take up to a year for some.
edit: I know this because it took me 3 months, and a couple of others I know 9 months. And it's not a matter of credentials. We aren't as in demand as people think (just more than others). If people aren't hiring it doesn't matter what your social skills are.
This post was edited on 4/24/12 at 1:10 pm
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