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re: Which branch of engineering is best from a jobs standpoint?
Posted on 6/27/10 at 9:47 pm to urinetrouble
Posted on 6/27/10 at 9:47 pm to urinetrouble
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Posted on 6/27/10 at 10:15 pm to lnomm34
Civil Engineer by degree (BS and MS), but Structural Engineer is more accurate for the work that I do.
ETA: I'm assuming you see a little of the Civil side if you are doing water treatment. Is it wastewater treatment or more like purification of drinking water?
ETA: I'm assuming you see a little of the Civil side if you are doing water treatment. Is it wastewater treatment or more like purification of drinking water?
This post was edited on 6/27/10 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 6/28/10 at 8:34 am to LouisianaSportsman
Good money to be made in Naval Architecture / Marine Engineering if you can find a job. Job market is tight right now in my line of work.
Posted on 6/28/10 at 9:00 am to bayoudude
While folks point to the high initial pay of Petroleum engineering, remember the phrase "5 jobs". When times are good every graudate can choose from 5 jobs. When times are bad there are 5 jobs for the entire graduating class. It's up and down. No gaurantees that when you finish, the market will be anything like it was when you start.
My degree is in Mech. and wouldn't do it any other way. Best from a general concept point of view. You learn enough structural stuff to understand what a civil engineer says when you need to work with them. You learn enough process stuff to understand what a chemical engineer says when they lie *cough* tell you what you need. It positions one well for being an engineering manager overseeing all of the more specialized disciplines.
My only advice... take some accounting classes. I use maybe 2% of the engineering courses I took in school, but I use accounting concepts every day. You get absolutely no degree credit for it, but take the first and maybe the second accounting classes over a summer or something.
Remember... the most important thing you need to know in your enginnering career isn't actually engineering, and not taught in school. It's how to manage egos. Every engineer is right. All the time. Some background in psychology can be useful!
My degree is in Mech. and wouldn't do it any other way. Best from a general concept point of view. You learn enough structural stuff to understand what a civil engineer says when you need to work with them. You learn enough process stuff to understand what a chemical engineer says when they lie *cough* tell you what you need. It positions one well for being an engineering manager overseeing all of the more specialized disciplines.
My only advice... take some accounting classes. I use maybe 2% of the engineering courses I took in school, but I use accounting concepts every day. You get absolutely no degree credit for it, but take the first and maybe the second accounting classes over a summer or something.
Remember... the most important thing you need to know in your enginnering career isn't actually engineering, and not taught in school. It's how to manage egos. Every engineer is right. All the time. Some background in psychology can be useful!
This post was edited on 6/28/10 at 9:03 am
Posted on 6/28/10 at 9:47 am to Taxing Authority
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Remember... the most important thing you need to know in your enginnering career isn't actually engineering, and not taught in school. It's how to manage egos. Every engineer is right. All the time. Some background in psychology can be useful
That is some good advice right there
Posted on 6/28/10 at 10:57 am to bayoudude
My son is a senior in ME at Purdue, and he has minored in psychology, I had questioned the value of this, but no not so much!
Posted on 6/28/10 at 1:32 pm to JWS3
Haha. See, its somewhat practical and I guess interesting to him.
So what is the most useful minor, accounting?
So what is the most useful minor, accounting?
Posted on 6/28/10 at 6:09 pm to LouisianaSportsman
I should have said my son is in his 4th year, not his senior year. He will need more than two more semesters to finish, will try to encourage him to take some accounting.
Posted on 6/28/10 at 6:52 pm to JWS3
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Purdue
:jealous:
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