/sci/ - Science & Math

>>3967406

>What's it take to be an engineer?


disregard vaginas, acquire penises

At my uni, engineering has the highest dropout rate.

if you don't want to study something, don't

if you are generally smart you CAN do science, but if you have no real desire to have a career in it I wouldn't suggest it. Do something you would actually want to do.

it takes genuine interest in technology, math, and physics.

>>3967435
>>3967433
>>3967435
>>3967433
What if I'm really interested in Astronomy? I asked this question here on this board before and got told it was a shit career where you record data, and if i like astronomy, take it up as a hobby instead.

I see no interest in engineering or even physics/astrophysics. Chemistry i like...sort of, but can't even begin to fathom the kind of work it will take to graduate with any sort of respectable chem degree

>>3967454

I have no idea, however you should try and find out what astronomers actually do first, what the likelihood of decent employment is etc.

>>3967480
I mean...what do Chemists do?

I kind of like chemistry

I think it's because of breaking bad though.

>>3967494
As soon as you asked I was gonna say Cook Meth but you went and spoiled it. Damn you

>>3967454

I'd definitely suggest taking up astronomy as a hobby - it's an incredibly fulfilling experience. As for professional astronomy, it is a lot of data collecting, but you know what else is a lot of data collecting? EVERY OTHER PHYSICAL SCIENCE OUT THERE.

Go for what you're interested in, and if you're not interested in anything go in undecided and fuck around for a year and figure it out.

>>3967406
>chem, physics

It means you should he a chemist or physicist. Why the fuck would you want to become an engineer? Do you have a mental disability?

Hey guys, if I want to design a giant warmachine solely for my usage to slowly conquer the universe, should I be a mechanical engineer?

>>3967406
Go to meetings, work with a bunch of pakis, asians, and neckbeards, make a lot of money, sit at a computer for long hours, every once in a while get to go outside, get bitched at when things break

>>3967637
>he doesn't realize engineers are poor as fuck and make horribly money

you'll never see 6 figures much less 7 as an engineer

>>3967642
huh? maybe kids who graduate at the bottom of the class

>>3967454

if your going for a theoretical science, you need a Phd

once you have a Phd in astronomy or physics you can pretty much get any job in finance, 200k starting

its silly, but true.

>>3967586
no you should become president of the IMF or Israeli PM

>>3967406
> What's it take to be an engineer?

I dunno, but if what it takes to be an engineer is to knock bones with the chick in 1318763260016.jpg, then SIGN ME THE FUCK UP.

>>3967648
>PhD in astronomy/physics into quantative finance
this is what /sci/ actually believes

>>3967648
uhh no you'll be shoved into some closet office at a university forced to do long hours of research and teach shit way below your level to undergrad freshmen

>>3967662
+not even be respected by the students you teach.

i shit you not, i got to a top 20 university where there are distinguished EE's who get no fucking respect from the students. they will seriously talk over him during class.

>>3967666
funny because i go to a shit tier school and everyone is pretty respectful. of course, most of the students are non-traditional and not pimply faced punks out of high school

>>3967655
>>3967655

http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=87008

>Commodity Derivatives Quant
>· Must have obtained a top PhD or DEA in Math, Physics or Engineering from a top University.
>Base $150-$200,000 + Discretionary Bonus

>>3967655

physics, astronomy, math, engineering, statistics, are the basic masters/phds required for Quant finance.

They never want actual Finance majors,lol