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Best field of engineering?

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 20:58:04 2021 No.12533344 View Reply Original Report

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What’s the best field of engineering to pursue? Salary, work/life balance, and the amount of interesting work available are all considerations.

I enjoy solving problems and thinking up cool shit, and am good with math and science. I enjoy working outside but don’t need to be out and about all the time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 22:42:04 No.12533692 Report

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Bump

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Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 22:45:37 No.12533708 Report

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>>12533344
Aerospace, high salary and you only do what you studied. The catch is that unless you're passionate, it's gonna be a hell of a ridel.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 22:49:10 No.12533720 Report

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>>12533344
One of the niche disciplines of civil like wastewater treatment or transportation. It allows you to live somewhere with a low cost of living and still make a municipal government salary. You won’t get rich, but your standard of living and work/life balance will be way better than the wagecucks in the city. Plus your coworkers won’t be retarded Elon Musk fanboys.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 22:50:03 No.12533722 Report

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>>12533344
>What’s the best field of engineering
EE
/thread

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 22:54:45 No.12533735 Report

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>>12533708
You’re going to work for the military industrial complex. I’m not saying that’s necessarily a bad thing, but you have to make sure to you understand the ramifications of your career choice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:05:05 No.12533772 Report

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>>12533735
Not all aerospace engineers end up in military complexes, some do civil stuff or research. Also working in the military complex pays really well as far as I know. If you wanna be ethical on stuff like "But you kill people" then become a doctor rather than an engineer.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:05:57 No.12533777 Report

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>>12533772
t. sociopath fuck

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:09:17 No.12533787 Report

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>>12533772
Aerospace attracts the spergiest edgelords.
>Heh... I was bullied in high school...
>Now I design missiles for Lockheed to kill Palestinian children...
>Still think I’m a loser, Stacy?

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Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:15:41 No.12533813 Report

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>>12533787
>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO The hecking palestinians NOOOOOOOOOOO, HOW COULD YOU???
>YOU SHOULD HAVE REFUSED THE 100k JOB IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY NOOOOOOOOOOOO
If I will ever design a missile I want to be strapped on it when it's fired so I will die along with my creation in a blaze of glory.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:17:35 No.12533823 Report

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>>12533813
>excuses for mass murdering civilians
>b-but muh personal selfish interest
>basedjack
disgusting neocon fucks are the first to get the firing squad

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:21:01 No.12533829 Report

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>>12533813
faggot

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:22:35 No.12533835 Report

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>>12533823
>>12533829
Cope harder math/art fags, you can do all you want, you're not welcome on Mars

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:23:05 No.12533840 Report

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>>12533813
You’ll never actually design anything. You’re a CAD monkey that will never make it to senior management.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:24:09 No.12533843 Report

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>>12533835
>you're not welcome on Mars
This is why everyone hates aerospace faggots. Nobody is going to Mars, retard.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:24:55 No.12533844 Report

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>>12533835
>you're not welcome on Mars
neither is your kind
being a selfish fuck is not a valid long term strategy, but once you finish being an edgy teen you will realize that
even without studying game theory at all

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:27:45 No.12533853 Report

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>>12533843
Definately for people like you.

>>12533840
At least I'm comfy in my house while you're out working in the fields.

>>12533844
>Even without studying
I'd like some fries and a McRibs, also I shat outside of the toilet, go clean that up wagie.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:28:28 No.12533858 Report

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>>12533853
is this how the edgelord manchild copes?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:36:42 No.12533884 Report

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>>12533853
>At least I'm comfy in my house
He doesn’t even deny that he’s a CAD monkey lmao

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:42:37 No.12533898 Report

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>>12533720
Yeah you can get a good job this way, but it might be a bit boring, so it's not for everyone. Government jobs can be a bit too lax for an ambitious engineer who wants to gain experience
But good work-life balance

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:45:44 No.12533908 Report

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>>12533344
Do whatever apeals to you as most interesting and enjoyable. A lot of engineers do something related to what their dad did as a tradee, like if your dad was an contractor you might have an affinity for structural engineering.
Your gonna spend 2000 hrs/yr working in that field so you want to have interest in the field and work culture rather than choosing it for minor salary differences

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:52:52 No.12533930 Report

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>>12533898
>an ambitious engineer who wants to gain experience
I think this is a fundamentally flawed approach to choosing a career in the same way that picking a certain college for “the experience” is also flawed. If you want a high-stress city wagecuck job then great, but just realize that you’re not the main character in some movie where you’re going to make these great networking connections and become rich because you’re working for some cool new company with a neat logo and fancy offices. You’re going to turn into this guy before you know it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_o7qjN3KF8U

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 01 Jan 2021 23:57:05 No.12533947 Report

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>>12533930
Not sure I see the connection.
Video seems to be making fun of soicucks. Doesn't really have anything to do with engineering.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 00:00:31 No.12533964 Report

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>>12533947
Your life isn’t going to be fundamentally different working as a junior engineer in the city (unless you do a lot of field work).

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 01:14:43 No.12534154 Report

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35 yo boomer here.

First, you aren’t going to do anything exciting or cutting edge without a Masters+. The Supreme Tech Wizard positions are coveted and hard to come by in industry.

Second, you’ll never get rich working for someone else. If you want to chase paper, you are going to have to be at least a half assed entrepreneur.

My advice is to pick one of the three core disciplines (mechanical, electrical, civil) and get your PE as fast as possible. You can work a 9-5, side hustle rinky dink bullshit, and double dip your way to being a millionaire inside a decade.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 02:11:51 No.12534310 Report

Quoted By: >>12534324 >>12534680 >>12538072

Thoughts on Geological Engineering? Allows you to get PG and PE

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 02:14:39 No.12534324 Report

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>>12534310
If you like living out of a hotel for 300 days out of the year it’s pretty cool.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 02:17:00 No.12534332 Report

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>>12533735
I've managed to avoid that so far by refusing to get a security clearance. Unfortunately, working on commercial projects means having Indians do all the work while you check it and make them redo it over and over because of low quality

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 04:50:03 No.12534680 Report

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>>12533708
>>12533720
>>12533908
>>12534154
OP here. All solid advice. Thanks anons, it helps a lot. The school I’m going to has a dual degree B.S./M.S. program in engineering, so I can definitely go for one.

>>12534310
My school choice/academic experience bends toward geology, so that’s definitely in the running. However, I’m not sure I want to spend *all* my time outside (some fieldwork would be sweet though).

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 04:55:39 No.12534697 Report

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>>12534680
>The school I’m going to has a dual degree B.S./M.S. program in engineering

Kinda yikes there bud. Rule of thumb is you want to get your masters at a school that’s better than your undergrad. They sell those fast track masters programs to shitters who can’t sit the GRE or guys looking to stall an extra year when they flubbed the senior year job search.

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Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 04:59:35 No.12534713 Report

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>>12534697
I should’ve specified, my bad. I’d get my B.S. at the college I’m going to (small but prestigious LAC) and my M.S. at WashU. Hope that clears things up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 05:13:44 No.12534762 Report

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>>12533344
>work/life balance
Not wanting to be mean, but you're never gonna make it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 05:23:40 No.12534790 Report

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>>12534762
It should be working for someone else/life balance. If you are putting 100 hours a week into your own hustle, yeah you good. If you are putting 100 hours a week into your salary job as an engineer, you are getting taken for a ride.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 14:19:10 No.12536286 Report

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>>12533722
>EE

Aka do everything

EE curriculum at my school was like an ADD kid that couldn't focus on anything.

It really should be split up into subfields. Silicon/Photonic, Signals and Systems, Digital Circuits/Computing, Analog/RF, and Power.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 15:08:02 No.12536399 Report

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>>12534762
>you need to dedicate your entire free time to being a successful engineer

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 20:18:12 No.12537307 Report

Quoted By: >>12537352 >>12539965

I'm in my early 30s and considering getting an engineering degree after working in finance for a while. I make good money but I'd rather contribute to society rather than sell financial products to make some rich guy wealthier.
I am considering civil or computer science atm. CS would only take me about a year to finish while civil would take three. The job market seems good for both but I am concerned about ageism and re-starting on a different career path.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 20:27:40 No.12537346 Report

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>>12536399
If you want to get rich, yeah.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 20:28:41 No.12537352 Report

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>>12537307
Do CS. An undergrad engineering degree isn’t going to change anything for you, your boss will see “finance” and put you right back into a finance position.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 20:33:47 No.12537378 Report

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>>12537352
Curious to know why this would be but I'm leaning CS anyway since I like earning money and don't want to spend too much time in school. Thank you.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 20:49:44 No.12537444 Report

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>>12537378
Most engineers end up as finance type bean counters. Once people get into industry and the problems become open ended or require creativity, most engineers shit the bed and are forced to retreat into financial positions because the problems there are the most similar to the neat puzzle box stuff they did in college.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 21:04:49 No.12537506 Report

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>>12533344
M.S. in Aerospace Engineering here. Unless you want to be working on designing the world's most advanced flap hinge, you need to get at minimum a master's from a top tier university if you want to do really ground breaking, sexy shit. Most of it happens in the big 3 (LM, Boeing, NG), so forget about it if you like weed or have any issues working for the Military Industrial Complex, because you'll probably need a clearance. Clearances also take months to years to get.

If you don't get a clearance you'll be working with a bunch of Changs and Pajeets and basically just running damage control because they fuck shit up constantly (Boeing 737 Max).

Once you're comfy in your engineering position, you need to start working towards another management type degree or continue your engineering education. Aerospace has a very "Up or Out" mentality.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 23:29:54 No.12538063 Report

Quoted By: >>12539883

>>12533930
Lots of engineers are workaholics, so they don't want city jobs right away. They want the prestige they worked so hard for, and to work on big important projects. When they get older the city jobs will start to apeal more to some of them. I worked government jobs twice as an engineering co-op student and they both advised not to get a government job when I'm young, that you'll get bored.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 23:32:57 No.12538072 Report

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>>12534310
It's seems like pretty cool jobs, but most of the jobs are at isolated locations like mines and oil fields. That pays really well. The jobs that are closer to civilization are working for geological engineering consultants who do soil inspections for building foundations. If you like soil, rocks and minerals it might apeal to you. Less technical work than structural engineering, and lots of potential for travel. It appealed to me, but I didn't want to do so much traveling.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 23:35:27 No.12538084 Report

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>>12534762
Lots of engineers work 40-50 hrs/week in design offices. If your doing more than that it might be your a bit slow in your work, or not good at standing up for yourself to have your time respected. Just set boundaries on your personal time, and if you do good work they will respect it. If you work government jobs you can get 35 hrs/week.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 02 Jan 2021 23:38:57 No.12538094 Report

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Factory Chad reporting in. I make six figs babysitting equipment from the comfort of my living room. Only pop in once or twice a week to put eyes on stuff or walk with a contractor. This past year I’ve done less than 100 hours of actual work. I hope COVID is forever.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 00:04:52 No.12538181 Report

Quoted By: >>12541035

what is the best approach for someone in a PhD programme, who wants to work in industry afterwards? Like, how do you go about contacting people in the company in hopes they will take you on?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 00:06:20 No.12538185 Report

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>>12533344
Mechanical
Electrical
Civil
Everyone else.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 01:04:13 No.12538407 Report

Quoted By: >>12540118

>>12536286
>i went to a shit school
>the field is shit
okay retard, solid fucking point

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 04:20:40 No.12538923 Report

Quoted By: >>12539886 >>12539917 >>12540227 >>12540347

Any opinions on chemical engineering? From what I have been researching, there isn't that much chemistry involved in the degree, and it seems to have more of a focus in fluids/pipes/heat. Nevertheless it still seems interesting. Any ChemE here who could share some experiences?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 05:18:04 No.12539044 Report

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EE or aerospace or CompE

/thread/

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 05:50:32 No.12539102 Report

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>>12533823
dangerously based

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 05:51:15 No.12539104 Report

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>>12533772
>doctor
>ethical
Male genital mutilation is legal.

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Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 06:14:23 No.12539152 Report

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>>12533708
>>12533735
>>12533772
In industry, the military industrial complex is called the defense industry. Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, BAE are the big three. You will need a security clearance (secret, or top secret) to work there. So no pot

>>12533344
>>12533722
Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and Computer Science. check those out OP. Also, consider the industry you are interested in and look at job descriptions.

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Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 11:24:46 No.12539844 Report

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>>12533735
>work for the MIC
Would be cool to build something commercially that blows up "terrorists" lmao.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 11:50:10 No.12539883 Report

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>>12538063
>They want the prestige they worked so hard for
lmao what prestige? No offence, but a P.Eng is a P.Eng and as long as your stamp is valid nothing else really matters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 11:51:20 No.12539886 Report

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>>12538923
You will be working in O&G

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 11:53:31 No.12539889 Report

Quoted By: >>12539917

>>12537346
If you want to get rich, don’t go into engineering.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 12:08:41 No.12539917 Report

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>>12538923
>there isn't that much chemistry involved in the degree
dude what
>>12539889
where then?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 12:11:52 No.12539925 Report

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>>12533344
I would choose one of the "big 4" engineering branches. So either ME, EE, CivE or ChemE. These are very broad so you don't have to make any big decisions yet. Just choose one you enjoy or think you will like to work in.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 12:27:52 No.12539965 Report

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>>12537307
CS and pivot into FinTech. Don’t be that faggot who forgoes Finance altogether because you had a little mental breakdown. Engineering “to make society better” at the expense of a pay cut is a cuck move. There are engineers who would kill to work in finance. I was one of them before doing something in FinTech.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 12:29:37 No.12539970 Report

Quoted By: >>12542816

>>12537444
You’re retarded. Most engineers going into quantitative finance positions at investment banks and hedge funds. How that’s considered bean counting is beyond me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 13:42:24 No.12540118 Report

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>>12536286
This
>>12538407
I went to a school with a highly ranked EE program but it was like that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 14:13:54 No.12540176 Report

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>>12533708
Based
>>12533344
Hey anons I want to study engineering dynamics. What book should I use? Kasdin & Paley or O'Reilly? Can't decide which.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 14:43:55 No.12540227 Report

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>>12538923
Correct. ChemE is mostly plumbing. If you want to do chemistry, go Materials Science and get an R&D job.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 15:38:09 No.12540347 Report

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>>12538923
I am chemE. I took process controls path and now mostly do EE/Computer Science type systems engineering

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 03 Jan 2021 19:40:18 No.12541035 Report

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>>12538181
PhD engineer here. Networking is big. Speak openly with you PI and ask for some help getting into industry. I got clued into my niche industry field through a mailing list a bunch of the local professors in our university system post jobs in. Alumni in industry often contact their old professors for recommendations when seeking to hiring

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Jan 2021 04:34:09 No.12542816 Report

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>>12539970
Quant at a hedge fund is not a bean counter. You made that equivocation. I’m talking about guys who end up as “cost engineers” or “project managers” and spend their time doing basic bitch NPV calculations. Those types of positions are innumerable and are a black hole of technically inept shitters.

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