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What is the difference between engineering school and job?
Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:26 pm
I've had 2 internships underneath small private oil exploration companies so I have an idea of how they're ran. I'm going into my 5th year and will graduate in May. I'm in strengths and dynamics right now. The grinding and all the equations are starting to get to me. Once I enter the field, what can I expect to change?
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Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:27 pm to Tamer of beasts
Try and get them to hire you.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:27 pm to Tamer of beasts
Well you'll be a millionaire after one year so there's that
Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:28 pm to Tamer of beasts
What discipline? Strengths and dynamics were 2nd year courses for me.
To answer your question, it depends what you do. I do a heavy mix of grinding out math and bullshitting with customers.
To answer your question, it depends what you do. I do a heavy mix of grinding out math and bullshitting with customers.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:30 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Petroleum, strengths and dynamics aren't prerequisites until 4000 level petroleum classes. I'm much better with algebra and calculus than geometry, so I've pushed them back until now
Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:32 pm to Tamer of beasts
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Once I enter the field, what can I expect to change?
The same stuff you did as an intern but more accountability, but that is assuming you were actually given work to do other than getting coffee.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:37 pm to Slinky
Most engineers I've worked with spend an enormous amount of time planing stuff--but they never actually do any of the stuff they plan. Seems like they're paid to think about doing things.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:45 pm to Tamer of beasts
Computers perform all of the calculating. If you don't know something, you google it or check with coworkers. It's mostly about meeting deadlines, assembling reports for meetings, and navigating report generating software.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:48 pm to Tamer of beasts
interaction with clients, safety bullshite, other compliance bullshite, "lunch & learns", interacting with other coworkers, spreadsheets, etc
but hey, you will be getting a check every 2 weeks as well, so
but hey, you will be getting a check every 2 weeks as well, so
Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:49 pm to Tamer of beasts
Other than the occasional training class, I have never had to do a free body diagram and very rarely have to use equations I don't have memorized. As stated, I've got software that does most of that crap for me, the key is having the sense to know if what the software is spitting out makes sense or not.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:57 pm to Tamer of beasts
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What is the difference between engineering school and job?
To sum it up. Those who can, do; those who can't, teach.
This post was edited on 7/23/15 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 7/23/15 at 1:57 pm to Tamer of beasts
Where have you worked?
Posted on 7/23/15 at 2:10 pm to Tamer of beasts
Grinding is pretty middle school bro. Might want to grow up a tad before you start talking about big boy jobs.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 2:13 pm to Buck_Rogers
This is the stupidest mindset to have. 
Posted on 7/23/15 at 2:22 pm to fratinthehat
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Where have you worked?
This X 1,000,000. Why I will never hire one with at least some field experience out on a pipeline job or having done some internships.
This post was edited on 7/23/15 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 7/23/15 at 2:26 pm to Tamer of beasts
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What is the difference between engineering school and job?
They pay you
Posted on 7/23/15 at 2:27 pm to Epic Cajun
Not from my experience. I'm not talking about grade school or high school teachers. I mean college professors who couldn't hold a real job and don't care to, so they get tenure at a University, live off of government grants and have to teach as part of the deal.
ETA: BTW, you must blow teachers
ETA: BTW, you must blow teachers
This post was edited on 7/23/15 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 7/23/15 at 2:30 pm to Tamer of beasts
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The grinding and all the equations are starting to get to me. Once I enter the field, what can I expect to change?
Well first of all its not even real engineering its petroleum engineering.
Second of all you won't be doing any strengths and dynamics as a Pet. eng.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 2:30 pm to Tamer of beasts
Learning that just because you can prove it works on paper doesn't mean it will work in the real world.
Posted on 7/23/15 at 2:32 pm to Buck_Rogers
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I mean college professors who couldn't hold a real job and don't care to, so they get tenure at a University, live off of government grants and have to teach as part of the deal.
lolz.
you know nothing.
This post was edited on 7/23/15 at 2:33 pm
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