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re: The job market for an engineer looking to grow absolutely sucks in Louisiana
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:37 pm to TigersSEC2010
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:37 pm to TigersSEC2010
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The job market for everyone in Louisiana sucks.
Not if you are a legit instrument guy or in process control.
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Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:37 pm to DVinBR
forgot to mention industrial controls is another option, it's just a bunch of PLC programming and connecting though, which can become very tedious
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:38 pm to SD Tider
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Not quite applicable in this situation
Well tree fiddy had already been tossed out so it was the only other stock answer I could think of except Germans.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:40 pm to SD Tider
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Not quite applicable in this situation
Plenty of EE graduates write code all day. Even when I worked for an investor-owned electric utility, there were EEs writing code there.
That said, not everyone enjoys it, and not everyone has an aptitude for it.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:42 pm to Martini
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Or learn to code.
Won't help you in Louisiana. Some of the worst salaries for software engineers in the country.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:44 pm to Martini
The LSU EE curriculum does in fact teach JavaScript and C++. It would be better if they switched to Python for automation purposes, but yeah LA isn’t really a coding state and lacks qualified STEM majors in this arena.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:46 pm to thejudge
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Not if you are a legit instrument guy or in process control.
No lie. Senior Instrument guys do very well at the Engineering company I work for.
Get some experience and get your stamp.
FWIW my company has offices throughout the Southeast mainly in the industrial sector. Houston and BR have the highest Engineering rates per hour across the board.
You may approach or eclipse these rates a little in some Northern states but the cost of living is much higher.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:47 pm to Breauxsif
You can make a decent living here but it's not up to snuff with the good stem job markets for sure. Not even close. It helps to know a lot of people. It's absolutely better than it was 20 years ago when I graduated though.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 10:47 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
Yeah my son just got his MS in EE from Tech, and had to go to Dallas to get work, but he's raking in the coin
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:00 pm to USMEagles
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Plenty of EE graduates write code all day.
That was my point. I’m a mechanical engineer and I write XML and MATLAB code all the time.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:01 pm to DVinBR
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forgot to mention industrial controls is another option, it's just a bunch of PLC programming and connecting though, which can become very tedious
We always try to find some and are usually met with scrubs.
Starting 90-105k depending on the candidate. Not sure where that ranks for a 0-3yr EE though.
This post was edited on 10/14/19 at 11:03 pm
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:18 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
quote:resistance is futile, especially if an Oil & Gas Baw.
have to move to Houston
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:20 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
Dude there are plenty of opportunities with a EE time open up your horizons and move. Great pay and a lot better states than La. out there.
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:52 pm to thejudge
Do you know how to throw chains?
Posted on 10/14/19 at 11:56 pm to thejudge
Yup. I'm an instrument engineer (EE degree) and I love it. Seems to be a decent amount of work going around. I wouldn't think it would be too too difficult to find a job.
This post was edited on 10/14/19 at 11:57 pm
Posted on 10/15/19 at 12:36 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
i remember my chemistry teacher from college telling the class that engineers are basically problem solvers. doesn't really matter which one your focus was in college. you should be able to get an engineering job anywhere.
Posted on 10/15/19 at 5:11 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
Say baw, why not go to Texas?
Houston would probably be pretty great to live in
Houston would probably be pretty great to live in
Posted on 10/15/19 at 5:40 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
So move
Posted on 10/15/19 at 6:02 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
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Electrical
What about Salas O’Brien in Baton Rouge?
You could be doing pretty good for yourself in Houston with EE degree and 10 years experience.
Posted on 10/15/19 at 6:09 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
The plants are always looking for a good electrical engineer. Once you are in the plant, the sky is the limit. move to people managers, or tech centers and all the way up to corporate. The problem with where I am at is that the engineers can't take the stress and leave. But the advancement opportunities are great. Also, electrical is probably one of the higher paid and in need.
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