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What is objectively the best form engineering?

>> No.72472

>>72447

Computer Engineering

>> No.72607

social engineering

>> No.72699

Im going back to skool for an engineer degree, this would be most relevant to me.

Currently Im fixed on Mechanic because it's the broadest, but suggest me otherwise. Second choice in industrial, cause I like dat Supply Chain.

>> No.72703

>>72447
Aerospace.

>> No.72794

>>72607
This is the best one if you like stealing peoples money there is no better technique not hacking not bank robbing social engineering knows how to steal using human stupidity

>> No.72846

>not choosing the career you like the most

>> No.72875

>>72846

Engineering in Native American Literature?

>> No.72888

Nautical

>> No.72889

>>72447
Revengineering.

>> No.72925

>>72875
If that's what you like, then yes. Unless you live in Mexico or other poor country there is no need to force yourself to work in something you dislike just for the sake of money

>> No.73024

>>72925

Can I occupy Wall Street if they don't give me a job with a living wage plus benefits?

>> No.73073

I'm not really passionate about anything, but I went with mechanical because it's pretty broad and I think it would be pretty cool working in a place that makes plastic or metal stuff. Plus you learn how a lot of stuff works.

>> No.73409

>>72447
chemical/metallurgical. my mate who was an intern started on 80k aud

>> No.73418

Electrical

Because the modelling you will do can loosely relate into Economic modelling and you know math on a level most economists cannot comprehend.

Electrical is the way to go

>> No.73444

>>72447

Engineering in woman's studies

>> No.73473

>>73418
Im going to have to disagree, post graduate economic courses (which you pretty much have to do if you want to persue a career as a economist) requires you to have a amazing mathematical abilities, despite what most people think economics isnt just statements there is a heap of maths involved

>> No.73834

>>72846
>not choosing career that will be able to feed you.

>> No.74386

Petrol yes you'll be a lackey for big oil but somebody has to.

>> No.74452

>>72447
I may be biased because it's what I studied, but mechanical.
It gives you the broadest amount of knowledge and you can work in literally all the industries any other engineer would have to specialize in. Only other one that comes close is electrical.
also if you want to specialize later on, mechanical is the easiest to have as your base.
Most Aerospace engineers are BSMEs with Masters in Aerospace.

>> No.74486

>>72447
civil will give you the best chance at being grossly overpaid and getting a fat pension.

>> No.74493

>>74386

>Free gas forever and regularly updated company cars

I want my dad's job.

>> No.74505

>tfw no oil industry in my country

We have mining I guess but I don't want to live around the polar circle

>> No.74513

>>74452
Chemical ?

>> No.74548

Alright man keep this is mind "Aerospace, Master Race." If it was not true then why would it rhyme?

>> No.74575

>>74486
civil will give you the best chance at being grossly underpaid and lower employment prospects, because our dumb ass government isn't investing in infrastructure

>> No.74895

In Uni right now for a B.E. in Mechanical with a joint degree in Physics. Going to continue on and get a Masters or PHD in Quantum physics or Aerospace.

Why is math so great?

>> No.74901

Electrical.

Seriously, how can anyone say something else?

>> No.74906

>>74901
Because Petroleum currently has superior earnings potential

>> No.74935

>>72447
One which requires a lot of expensive gear so that shit tier countries can't pump out such engineers

>> No.74941

>>74906
>electrical will always be around
>petrol eventually will dry up

The world needs people to make electrical shit work.

>> No.74945

Computer engineering

>> No.74950

>>74941
still doesn't refute the fact that on average petroleum currently has higher earnings potential

>> No.74953

>>74950
oh well

>brb making DoD tech

>> No.75242

>>73473
Have a look at Digital Signal Processing, mate.
So many partial derivatives and transformations it makes the Black-Scholes Model look easy.
I'd say both Economic Theorists and R&D Electrical Engineers are both masters of mathematics.

>> No.75428

>>74452

Though I'm not in uni yet, I was under the impression that Industrial Engineering and Engineering Managment were the most flexible courses.

>> No.75593

why don't you all go engineer my mum's vagoo, m8s

>> No.75652

>>75428
I'm a 23 year old Industrial Engineer. It's basically a glorified business major but you get to say your an engineer and the coursework is more difficult (more advanced math and statistics).

>> No.75649

>>74950
domestic oil production comes and goes in waves. In 10-20 years all those petroleum engineers will be out of a job. Better hope they were able to save enough for retirement by then.

>> No.75781

so... most seem to agree with mechanical and electrical

I wish I could double major in engineering.

>> No.76746

>>72447
Mechatronic Engineering
All jobs are going to be replaced with robots anyway, might as well be the one making and installing them.

>> No.76882

>>76746
>Mechatronic Engineering
It's too broad, better take CompE

>> No.77172

>>75593
>Bioengineering
This guy has the right idea. We need to perfect this if we're ever going to get any hopes of traveling to the big unknown someday in our lifetimes.

>> No.77207

Despite being quite risky, I'd say nanotech engineering. There's currently little demand for it in the private sector, but if there's a boom, you'd be getting in at the ground floor.

>> No.77211

>Ctrl + F
>No Engineering Physics
why.jpg

>> No.77244

>>72447
I'm studying EE because there is virtually nothing that does not interface with an electrical component these days. It may not pay out the most, but I think it has the best chance of paying out a very reasonable amount.

>> No.77241

>>75242
masters of mathematics is way more theoretical, you don't even do numbers anymore, everything is really austere and focused on proofs.

>> No.77350

>>72447
Best for money right out of college? Petroleum or nuclear engineering.

For life long security and will always be relevant? Electrical, computer, chemical, and material engineering.

Other cool shit? All other engineering shit.

Wondering if I should get back into electrical engineering since I decided to go the finance route.

>> No.77364

>>77211
>>No Engineering Physics
Wow, that's like saying Sociology Economics, really fucking broad and redundant.

>> No.77367

>>77350
You could always get an MBA after the EE

>> No.77372

>>74452
>mechanical
>broadest
>not chemical

>> No.77382

>>77367
Nah I meant financial engineering (more like pseudo engineering lel) and risk management, I like math too much to go the business-oriented route.

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78295

Guys, what's your opinion on Columbia's engineering program(s)? good? bad?

I intend on going to UVI and there's a program where I take 3 years of schooling at UVI and transfer to one of their partner schools. Columbia being one of them.

Thoughts?

>> No.78339

EE here.

Highest paid is Chemical Engineering.

>> No.78382

>>78339
Chemical engineering isn't petroleum engineering. therefore it's not the highest paid.

>> No.78400

I have one more year before I graduate with a BS in petroleum engineering.

Compared to other engineering disciplines, there are a lot more shitbags in PE. It's also extremely cutthroat. Your classmates will literally throw you under a bus to get ahead of you if they have to.

>> No.78416

>highest starting pay
>highest median pay
>highest employment
>highest opportunities
>Extremely broad
Chemical engineer or any variation (process, petroleum ect)

Downside is that it is possibly the hardest degree to get with extremely high attrition rates.

>> No.78423

>>78295

It's a fine school. Go for it if it makes financial sense. Your biggest priority is to get work experience, after that nobody gives a shit where you graduated from.

>> No.78432

>>78382

Petro engineers are essentially the shit version of a chemical engineer.

That being said, I really don't like being an engineer. I spend my days busting ass to make other people wealthy.

Engineering is a good hobby, but it's shit work.

>> No.78435

>>78432
why don't you work for yourself?

>> No.78452

>>78435

That is the plan. I need to get two of my prototypes completed and file the provisionals. Issue is getting my hands on some start up capital.

>> No.78467

>>78423
>Your biggest priority is to get work experience, after that nobody gives a shit where you graduated from.
Is this really true?

>> No.78487

>>78467

Yes. I know plenty of dumbfucks that have great jobs because they have work experience on their resumes.

>> No.78483

Physics engineering
Computer engineering
Mech-E seems pretty fun

>> No.78491

>>78483
>Computer engineering
Why? Isnt it only the easiest courses of EE and CS combines?

>> No.78517
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78517

>>74505
>tfw studying geology in Sweden
Moving to Luleå for masters in mining geology probably

>> No.78526

>>78452
I hear that. Try to find investors, read some books on selling.

GL;HF

>> No.78537

>>78423
ok. that's good advice. thank you!

>> No.78555

>>78491
There is alot of crossover between the two, I don't know if they teach it the same in your country. Some stuff is easy some is hard.

>> No.78883

>>77364
>>77364
Broad? Yes, but that's what I liked about it. It's certainly not redundant.

>> No.78944

>>78883
Engineering derives from physics, so it is redundant. Everything engineering is physics related engineering, so you might as well as say "engineering".

>> No.78976

>>78432
Petro engineers still are the highest paid of all. Whether or not it's the most significant for self fulfillment, or most beneficial for society, it's a different argument.

>> No.79008

Chemical Engineering.

Most diverse and difficult as well as interesting.

>> No.79023

>>74575
Good joke. Aside from private companies, states and municipalities hire tons of civil engineers and pay them way too much. And if you stick with the public sector you end up with a pension.

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79027

>ctrl+f "bio"
>1 result
>it's someone shitposting
>mfw there will be no competition in the job market

>> No.79050

>>79027
>>mfw there will be no competition in the job market
o fuck I can't even hold all these keks
biofags and their belief that their pseudo science would hold merit in their shit major

>> No.79047

>>79027
Biomedical has shit employment records though compared to most other forms of engineering.

>> No.79049

>>79023
Too bad it's the engineering Mechanical dropouts switch to and it's easier which means a lot of competition for jobs. Enjoy shitty engineering. It's almost as bad as Industrial.

>> No.79063

>>72447
Geography is good if you do not take a crappy geography degree (i.e. cultural geography - unless, maybe, if you go full academia...?). A lot of people think geography is learning capitals and countries, but it's SO MUCH MORE!!! You learn to analyze problems and mechanisms on a spatial scale.
If you go for geo, make sure you get a master degree (a bachelor is WAY too general, specialize or it will get you straight to flippin' burgers); and make you you learn GIS. With a master's and GIS, you will be set for a rewarding career in geography.

It really depends on you as an individual, how you work and what interests you.

Median salary for a geographer:
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/life-physical-and-social-science/geographers.htm

>> No.79058

>>79049
I'm not an engineer...

And you're still actively ignoring what I'm saying.

>> No.79070

>>79058
There are public sector jobs for most types of engineering, this isn't something inherent to Civil. But Civil still has the worst private sector outlook along with biomedical and industrial. There is nothing special about Civil and I would never recommend that one.

>> No.79074

>>79027
Many fields of biology, particularly microbiology have been deserted for decades. It's not so much a matter of competition as much as finding someone who is willing to write you a grant to follow up on something last worked on in the 1970's.

>> No.79083

>>79070
There is a much higher proportion of civil in the public sector. And the public sector is more likely to land you a pension. That's all I'm saying. Why does that make you so butthurt?

>> No.79096

>>79083
You brought up an argument saying I was ignoring your shitty "muh public sector" argument and you've been butt-hurt about it since.

Yes, they have that. But Civil is still shit-tier engineering.

>> No.79092

>Power Engineering and Renewable Energies
yay?

>> No.79111

>>79092
nay

>> No.79104

>>79092
shit nigger I need to get me some solar panels for my reef tanks, can I borrow you real quick?

>> No.79117

>>75242
>>>73473
>Have a look at Digital Signal Processing, mate.
its not a pissing contest mate

>> No.79129

>>79119
civil sucks m8

>> No.79119

>>79096
Jesus nigger fucking christ, you're calling me butthurt when you're latched on to shit talking some form of engineering that you happen to not like?

3rd degree hypocrisy burns.

>> No.79121

>>79111
>>>/mlp/

>> No.79145

>>78944
Just because it has some overlap doesn't mean that it is redundant. In case you didn't know, there are different fields of physics. I am specialized in optics and that's something entirely different from the physics a mechanical engineer uses. Same goes for nanotechnology and nuclear engineering.

>> No.79136

>>73834
I'm a software engineer and did my degree in philosophy.

>> No.79138

>>79121
hue hue

>> No.79140

>>79129
Cool argument. Nobody cares.

>> No.79141

>>79104
Sorry, just something I'm considering going into :(

>> No.79163

>>79074
>working on a paper
>professor demands that we come up with follow ups for recent research
>have this sweet idea but the newest article is from 1997
>"this is too old, but fuck it, gonna work on this anyway"
>show work to professor
>"oh its from 1997? pretty recent"

Microbiology is such a mess of unknown creatures in need of studying...

>> No.79179

>>79145
How the fuck are you still not getting it? It is redundant because you're not talking about specific fields in physics + engineering, or physics + some specific engineering field, you said engineering physics, which is indeed redundant and way too broad to be add any point, so of course no one would fucking mention "physics engineering" since you might as well say "engineering".
Holy fuck you're retarded.

>> No.79180 [DELETED] 

>>79141
we can spoiler in this board?

I wasnt shitposting, mate. "green" energies was my second pick

>> No.79209

>>77367
This is my plan, unless I get sucked into real estate development before I go back to school.

Scared money don't make money, throw ya guns in.

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79213

>>79140

>> No.79265

>>79179
You ALWAYS end up specializing in a specific field with Engineering Physics. Have you ever worked with physicists or are you just talking out of your ass?
>Hurrr durr so redundant
>best paying engineering major at my level in my country and fuck easy to get a job right out of school
>so redundant

>> No.80172

>>75781
are you seriously going to pick a major based on what random anons on 4chan think is the most elite? top fucking lel

>> No.80320

>>79063

I knew a guy who studied geography.

He worked for $7.25 an hour at the same job that I had while I was still in school after he got his geography degree. Then he found another job as a safety inspector a year later

>> No.80597

>>80172
er, no? when did I ever imply that? those are literally the two forms of engineering I wanted to study the most. and it turned out to be similar among other posters in this thread (at the time it was posted)

>> No.80614

>>80320
isn't that the same for just about everyone? you work a shitty job that isn't in your field until you find a job within your field?

>> No.81104

I'll admit, I'm a dumb sack of shit. If I worked hard, could I become any sort of engineer? Do you have to be a creative person? I'm not.

Seeing others fall into poverty has driven me want to become successful, I just don't know how to to achieve it.

>> No.81117

nuclear engineering

>> No.81396

>>81104

>If I worked hard, could I become any sort of engineer

Yes, but realize that you'll have to sacrifice a lot for the next 4-5 years to get that degree.You'll have to trade going out every weekend for studying and even taking tests. There are no "blowoff classes" and every one will be a challenge. I've had 2 relationships go to shit because I was constantly studying my first 3 years of school.

>Do you have to be a creative person

It helps a lot to be creative. It also helps to know how to lead people and how to be sociable.

Honestly, don't look at an engineering degree as some ultimate solution to all of your financial problems. The people that do that in my program are usually the ones that perform the worst and have no real interest in the material. A ton of them were weeded out the first 2 years.

Again, this is just my experiences, it varies from person to person I'm sure.

>> No.81469

>>72447
Electrical. End of discussion.

>> No.82984

>>81396
>Honestly, don't look at an engineering degree as some ultimate solution to all of your financial problems. The people that do that in my program are usually the ones that perform the worst and have no real interest in the material.

Yeah it doesn't sound like it's for me. I'm shitting my pants here not knowing what to do. I have 8k saved up and I was looking at investing but I don't know how to do that.

I need to figure something out and soon.

>> No.83024

>>81117
>nuclear engineering

Undoubtedly the most l337 of all engineering disciplines.