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re: Which Engineering degree do you feel is the hardest at LSU?
Posted on 10/9/15 at 7:28 am to GregMaddux
Posted on 10/9/15 at 7:28 am to GregMaddux
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Same with phys 2101 and 2102. Also Calc 2
My difficulty with the physics classes was that I was not yet much of a studier. I still kind of had the high school mentality where I can pay attention in class and pass a test easily. Then you get to physics and have some insanely bad teachers while having to take departmental tests. So you'd have a teacher that barely covered, or poorly covered a topic and you have it as a core subject on a test.
Easy once I learned how to teach myself, but difficult for my Sophomore self to get used to.
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Posted on 10/9/15 at 7:30 am to geauxengineering
I work with a variety of engineers from all of the various sectors and all of them will tell theirs was the hardest 
Posted on 10/9/15 at 7:32 am to KG6
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My difficulty with the physics classes was that I was not yet much of a studier
- that was my problem with my 2101, but in 2102 we had 4 different teachers in one semester. The department pretty much just passed everyone because the average grade was around a 40/100 or so.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 7:36 am to Hammertime
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I haven't seen a single government job that pays better than the exact same job in the private sector
Go to the poliboard. Thread on just that subject. There are quite a few.
And for the record, i am a CME.
This post was edited on 10/9/15 at 7:38 am
Posted on 10/9/15 at 7:39 am to KG6
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Then you get to physics and have some insanely bad teachers while having to take departmental tests. So you'd have a teacher that barely covered, or poorly covered a topic and you have it as a core subject on a test.
Yep. Phys 2102 was the class that gave me the most hell. Mostly bc of my horrible teacher. Our class average was a 45.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:44 am to KG6
I think ECON 2030 was more common sense stuff. Hell, even I made an A in it. I haven't made an A in any ME class yet (besides labs)
quote:Around here, an Engineer 1 will make $35-40k working for the government, and average $60k working for private industry
BugAC
This post was edited on 10/9/15 at 8:47 am
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:47 am to BugAC
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There are quite a few
Not in engineering there isn't.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:49 am to Hammertime
Seems like I remember seeing some government engineer jobs that were in the low 40's starting out. Who the hell goes through an engineering program successfully and takes that????
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:50 am to geauxengineering
Chemical>Mechanical>Electrical>Petrol>Environmental>Civil
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:50 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Deq engineer interns make like 45. frick. That. Even with benefits that is shite pay
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:51 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I have a civil buddy that works in a government job that makes pretty good money (so I've heard). He's higher up though, not just fresh out of school.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:53 am to GoldenD
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EE is still really difficult but is in the second tier, and CE, IE, PetE all fall in the easy category.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:53 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Seems like I remember seeing some government engineer jobs that were in the low 40's starting out. Who the hell goes through an engineering program successfully and takes that????
I started my career with DOTD, no one made less than $46k. The range for EI 1 starts at $34,216 and goes up to $68,100. I've never heard of one anywhere near the bottom or the top.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:55 am to brgfather129
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volod alter
Boom Shockalocka. My thoughts exactly.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:55 am to LNCHBOX
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quote:
There are quite a few
Not in engineering there isn't.
Did he specify that he was talking about engineering?
There are certainly government jobs that pay more and have the same job title as private sector jobs. This is probably not the case concerning engineering, though.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 8:57 am to Epic Cajun
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Did he specify that he was talking about engineering?
Did you miss the title of the thread we are in?
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There are certainly government jobs that pay more and have the same job title as private sector jobs. This is probably not the case concerning engineering, though.
I didn't see the thread on the first page of the poliboard. What are some of those professions?
ETA: Just found the thread, and the following sums up my feelings:
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It's misleading. First of all - the government has largely outsourced a lot of menial, low wage jobs to contractors (as well as some high wage technical jobs, but for which there is an elastic need).
The government is full of lawyers and accountants. Many of them take less in places like San Francisco, DC/N. Virginia, NYC, etc. The fact that this "average" doesn't consider those complex factors makes any analysis difficult at best, and perhaps worthless in the grand scheme of things.
Now, in smaller communities, federal employees probably do out-earn their peers. But keep in mind, there are almost no GS employees doing custodial work, fast food, lawn care, etc. - those jobs are all done by contractors (if at all). Most federal workers are performing some sort of technical, professional or clerical work, typically semi-skilled or skilled.
So, it is an apples-to-oranges comparison as the federal workforce does not, in any way, reflect a cross-section of the U.S. labor force.
I can't speak for federal, but at the state level, I'm not sure I've seen any salaries that were more than their private sector counterpart, let alone 78% more.
This post was edited on 10/9/15 at 9:03 am
Posted on 10/9/15 at 9:01 am to Hammertime
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Engineer 1 will make $35-40k working for the government, and average $60k working for private industry
Things change when you cross into the upper level, research or technical director levels.
The DB government pay scale can be much more rewarding than the GS scale. It can also be higher than private sectors, and in my experiences, it is.
This post was edited on 10/9/15 at 9:02 am
Posted on 10/9/15 at 9:03 am to LNCHBOX
I didn't read that thread either, but the government typically pays health care workers just as well as the private sector. Audiologists make more money (starting pay) working at the VA, than they would make working at a typical hospital.
This post was edited on 10/9/15 at 10:53 am
Posted on 10/9/15 at 9:03 am to geauxengineering
Double major in Mechanical and Petroleum here. My roommate in college was a ChemE and I can 100% guarantee that my course load was much more demanding and time consuming than his. Not mention my current salary is almost double his
Mechanical
PeteE
Biological
ChemE
Electrical
Anything else you might as well go to trade school.
Mechanical
PeteE
Biological
ChemE
Electrical
Anything else you might as well go to trade school.
Posted on 10/9/15 at 9:04 am to LucasP
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Not engineering.
Most definitely engineering.
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