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[Anonymous No.10763993]

what jobs can i get with a 2 year degree in mechanical engineering

can i make 100k with it

it will cover algebra physics
trig based statics
machine tools
cad
strength of material
cnc

[Anonymous No.10764005]

>>10763993

2-year degree? where can you even do that?

[Anonymous No.10764016]

>>10764005
community college
american here

most jobs i see you can get an engineer job with a 2 year degree but they want more experience to make up for it

[Anonymous No.10764041]

>>10764016

Would they be able to tell your degree is only 2 years?

What if you just put like "Attended Y college from 2018-2022" on your resume so it looks like a 4-year degree?

Then just LARP for a bit, I don't imagine brand new engineers really have to much thinking by themselves anyway.

[Anonymous No.10764075]

You'll become a HVAC technician and make like $30-40k with your 2 year degree. If you become really good, HVAC techs can scratch 6 figures.You could also consider getting an apprenticeship with a union shop instead. I don't know how feasible that is, but HVAC techs can make a ludicrous amount of money.

[Anonymous No.10764098]

>>10764041
yes it would be an associates degree not a bachelors

where are you from friend? my research makes me think that depending on company/job bachelors isn't important

I can't get my professional license with 2yr but that applies to certain hvac jobs with mechanical, but more civil engineering which am not do

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3a01ae1319c05182&q=biomedical+engineer&tk=1clb1qpel186147c&from=web&vjs=3 heres a engineer job that only requires 2 year in electronic engineering

https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=61592b623299a17e&tk=1clb21nuf1861066&from=serp&vjs=3

heres a mechanical that says equivalent experience

[Anonymous No.10764110]

>>10764075
holy shit you are retarded I could become a cadmonkey for hvac but not an hvac tech the program focuses more on manufacturing and there is an hvac program

learn to read

[Anonymous No.10764168]

>>10764098

From Canada so it's a bit different here. We have 3 and 4-year degrees, the only difference is 4 years is "honours" which is whatever.

Do you want to work with your hands, basically a labour job? If so then just do the 2-year. If not do another year, time flies etc.

Though I heard certain engineering gigs are harder and harder to come by, unfairly paid etc.

Think of future industries and what we'll need the most or might be the most lucrative and go from there

[Anonymous No.10764189]

>>10764168
any engineering gigs you recommend and any you dont?

[Anonymous No.10764214]

>>10764189

I'm not well versed in the subject unfortunately, but I have heard some stories, and my brother-in-law has a Masters of Engineering in Mechanical.

I know nuclear is legit and anything tech related of course, civil and mechanical seem to be dying a bit and are lesser paid than most others.

Anyway my brother-in-law did his masters and he ended up hating the gig, so he did his MBA and with both you actually have a really solid base of understanding for the technical and business side and you can find really fucking good jobs if you arent socially awkward

If it was me I'd look for something cozy that doesn't include a lot of liability, and something that will be around in the future and won't get cucked somehow by automation etc.

[Anonymous No.10764220]

>>10764189

Honestly be a fucking software engineer, guys get paid out the ass. I'm sure it's very hard though and while you can learn to code i'm sure there's a talent aspect to it as well.

[Anonymous No.10764477]

>2 year degree
Anon, first things first you are not an engineer. You're either an engineering technician or an associate engineer. You can't get chartered and you can't sign off on anything.

Look for jobs suited to your qualification and you'll do fine.

[Anonymous No.10764485]

>>10764477
im an american, already covered the professional license. don't give a shit about it

piss on your title, code monkeys are called engineers now

[Anonymous No.10764562]

>>10764485
No, the title is actually a huge distinction. My country's in the process of bringing in engineering registration, and if America ever does the same thing (or even if you just want a job as an actual engineer at a company that knows the difference) then you'll be stuffed.

You might be doing some engineering tasks, but you won't be an engineer. You won't do the full variety of engineering tasks, you won't have the same level of responsibility and you'll never progress beyond your starting position. For instance, you'll never be a hardware architect, an engineering manager, a systems engineer or any of the other more advanced positions. You will always answer to an actual engineer who'll assign you tasks in the short term whereas your qualified peers will have long term planning ability and freedom over the way their work is done. You'll work to a standard, they'll create the standard.

If you're happy with that, then do the two year degree. You can still do very well as a technician, and you could prefer it. But just don't enter into it thinking you'll do the same work as engineers, because you'll be disappointed.

[Anonymous No.10764618]

>>10764098
>Servicing machinery
There might be some confusion in terms here, because these aren't engineering jobs. Engineers rarely (if ever) get on the tools. I can count the number of times I've done physical work on one hand (with the exception of basic stuff like just unscrewing boxes for testing), and even then it was never on production parts.

I'd say the second job is (low level) engineering, but I guarantee you won't get it with a two year degree unless you've got decades of experience. A job like that just wouldn't even be legal in my country without a degree, unless you had an engineer signing off on every single thing you did.

[Anonymous No.10764846]

>>10764618
private industries dont care about p.e.

p.e. is only involved when legal liability is an issue
mostly civil stuff

i wont get R&D jobs obviously

[Anonymous No.10764888]

>>10764846
Legal liability is always an issue in engineering, that's why you get engineers.