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I need someone with a degree in Electrical Engineering for a school project.
ClubNinja:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 22, 2009, 04:29:08 pm ---Question 1: Is now a good time to become an electrical engineer?
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A: It is if you're good.
:D
Mauzy:
Im including that in the report. :laugh:
SavannahLion:
--- Quote from: ClubNinja on January 22, 2009, 08:37:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 22, 2009, 04:29:08 pm ---Question 1: Is now a good time to become an electrical engineer?
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A: It is if you're good.
:D
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So it isn't a requirement to not live in the U.S. then? ;)
I used to know four or five of them about eight years ago. Last I heard, all but one moved out of the country. Then I lost touch with all of them. :'( Oh well.
shardian:
I am an ME, so if you get desperate last minute I would be happy to answer your Q's.
I remember having to do an interview my first year. I had a neighbor that worked at the Corps of Engineers as a designer. I had all these great questions written up for him about engineering...but it turns out he never went to college. Hell, most of the 'engineers' at the Corp are not really engineers. Each department has a boss who is an engineer, the rest are technicians.
I had to throw my whole list out the window and just chat with him. That was lesson #1 into the REAL world of engineering. If you don't absolutely love it, switch majors now. I plan to go back and get a masters to teach k-12.
Lesson #2: cut your pay expectations in half right now. That way reality hurts less when you graduate. Bachelor degree barely gets you a starting gig. Then you pigeonhole yourself in a niche industry, which cuts off most other job opportunities. Pretty much all non-management jobs require specialized experience. Experience you can't get unless you get lucky.
So, either plan on trying to get really frikkin lucky in your first job, or just go ahead and plan on being a glorified manager/supervisor, or an underpaid technician.
shardian:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on January 23, 2009, 09:47:35 am ---
--- Quote from: shardian on January 23, 2009, 07:56:45 am ---Lesson #2: cut your pay expectations in half right now. That way reality hurts less when you graduate.
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That's good advice for anyone going to college, to be frank. With the way tuition has been skyrocketing lately, I'm not even sure that a '4 year degree' is a worthwhile financial investment.
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Tuition nearly DOUBLED just while I was there. Interest rates also almost doubled, though they have recently dropped back down.
If the government wants to help the economy, why don't they suspend interest payments on federally funded student loans? That would help alot of people out and free up alot of money.
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