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Posted on 12/5/17 at 1:07 am to BlackCoffeeKid
Don't let all of those ME's look down on you. At least half the ones I knew were arrogant S.OB.'s, yet they could hardly pass a soft science outside of their curriculum.
Their material is no more difficult than any of the other disciplines.
Their material is no more difficult than any of the other disciplines.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 1:11 am to Decisions
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Don't let all of those ME's look down on you
It took awhile but it doesn't bother me anymore. I'm enjoying civil for what it is. Just trying to decide if I want to do grad school at this point or not though. Looking at UNO's Naval/Marine Engineering program.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 1:18 am to BlackCoffeeKid
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Looking at UNO's Naval/Marine Engineering program.
Generally speaking I would advise against a masters in engineering, as the guys I know wound up in about the same place (salary-wise) as those who just went straight into the industry and worked their way up.
This one sounds pretty interesting, though. If it helps you get a highly specialized (and paying, hehe) job then why not?
Posted on 12/5/17 at 2:34 am to TheIndulger
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Like Well Logging was being taught with 300 students in the Dodson auditorium.
Bet they graded on the . . . curve.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 4:05 am to BlackCoffeeKid
I graduated 7 years ago in09 when the market crashed. Got lucky after 18 interviews and landed a service company job specializing in managed pressured drilling. Got transferred to Malaysia and been here ever since. In fact I'm on the rig right now. About to go nipple up an RCD. I'm basically blue collar working hammering up pipe most of the time and there is a constant threat of losing your job.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 8:29 am to VooDude
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I dropped out of LSU my freshman year, and have since always wondered if I should have stayed with petroleum eng.
Pretty sure you can't even be in the engineering college till sophomore year. Love the enthusiasm though.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 8:32 am to VooDude
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That's the cruelest thing I've ever heard. So you have people traveling to LSU's program in swarms, often out of state like I was, working their asses off to get a degree that is useless after they graduate in 5-6 years assuming they got the classes they needed to graduate from the wait list? Brutal. How transferable could something as specialized as a PE degree even be?
First. It’s still an engineeeing degree.
Second, when they started oil was $100bbl. Can’t predict the future.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 8:43 am to Decisions
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Don't let all of those ME's look down on you.
you can't stop us.
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Their material is no more difficult than any of the other disciplines.
Chemical and Electricals can say this. Civils need to show me in their formula book how they came up with this info.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 8:51 am to Golfer
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First. It’s still an engineeeing degree
It is very specified to one industry. Reading a log or understanding casing design really doesn't help in anything but O&G.
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Second, when they started oil was $100bbl. Can’t predict the future.
But O&G has always been riskier than other industries. And I say that as someone working in the industry with an engineering degree. You can easily get into the industry with an ME or ChemE, really almost any degree. Yes it is a bit easier with the PETE, but again, riskier since your education really doesn't suit you for any other industry.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 11:46 am to KG6
Yeah, that’s why I think it’s smarter to get an ME or CHE degree and then get on with an oil company. You will usually start getting paid a little less for doing the same job, but you can easily get another job if needed.
But I’m a PETE curriculum you actually do learn a lot. It is easier, thought, and I would say a lot of petroleum engineering students couldn’t cut it in the other engineering majors.
But I’m a PETE curriculum you actually do learn a lot. It is easier, thought, and I would say a lot of petroleum engineering students couldn’t cut it in the other engineering majors.
Posted on 12/5/17 at 4:22 pm to VooDude
Graduated in 2016 two years after market crashed, 20% of my class got jobs
Posted on 12/5/17 at 4:29 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
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This is what we got: ME > ChemE > EE = Bio.E > CE = PETE > Industrial > CM
In terms of difficulty? I think ChemE is significantly harder than ME. Would probably also put EE above ME.
I think ME is the most well rounded degree, although in today’s society IE might be the most valuable.
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