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Anonymous Tue Jun 11 00:49:13 2013 No.5826113 [Reply] [Original]

So im thinking of going into engineering, but I don't know which one to chose. These are my choices:
EE
ChemE
Engineering physics
MechE(not sure about this one)

Which one will bring me more jobs and is less boring. I prefer math to memorization. I'm also thinking about going into geology if I find engineering too boring and I want more money.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 00:51:29 2013 No.5826116 Why are you not sure about MechE?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 00:53:12 2013 No.5826119 >>5826116 I hear bad thing about it, like its saturated and I will be a code monkey forever.

Anonymous Tue Jun 11 00:58:27 2013 No.5826125

>>5826119
That might be the case in your area. I would do some research on this before deciding on your options. I personally never heard about MechEs being a saturated field, mostly because it's the broadest engineering field and also very needed. A good example would be a company like Boeing which has an absurd ratio of MechEs to Aerospace Engineers, like 300 to 1.

If you're looking into Engineering Physics, make sure you really don't want to do MechE instead. That's what happened to me, since I underestimated the range of the field and only understood it two years later.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:00:12 2013 No.5826130 >>5826113 >Engineering physics DON'T DO THIS UNLESS YOU'VE GOT A DAMN GOOD REASON

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:00:58 2013 No.5826132 >>5826130 Why? Not OP, but similar question

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:01:43 2013 No.5826134 >>5826130 >>5826125 So Engineering Physics is very narrow?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:03:28 2013 No.5826135 File: 39 KB, 476x318, hurrderrdurrr.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5826113 NO, SIT

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:04:27 2013 No.5826136 >>5826113 biomedical

Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:05:13 2013 No.5826137

>>5826132
(not that guy) but employers will look at you as 'not a real engineer'

in good times you can get away with Eng. Phys. or straight up physics and still get a a job, but in bad times (esp. under protracted poor employment prospects generally) you can't.
It's an employer's market and they want "engineers" proper and esp. those who have specifically studied in an area that meets current project demands.

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Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:13:42 2013 No.5826151
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/sci/ has a huge hard-on for EE and ChemE but I've always found MechE more interesting. It also helps that where I live it has the highest average salary and highest ceiling, with one of the highest demands. Also, you can choose what you want to work with, from designing machines to working with HVAC to automation and control systems to biomedical equipment, etc.

I don't know, OP, but after you do MechE you'll find every other Engineering field narrower.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:14:14 2013 No.5826152 >>5826151 >I don't know, OP, but after you do MechE you'll find every other Engineering field narrower. Of course, that's not inherently bad, but if you are not exactly sure of what you want, that's a huge pro towards MechE.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:16:28 2013 No.5826154 >>5826151 >it has the highest average salary and highest ceiling Isn't that ChemE?

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>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:18:43 2013 No.5826162 >>5826154 Not where I live.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:19:13 2013 No.5826163 What do you think about Engineering Physics? I only have these options: EPhysics, Civil, Mech, Renewable Energy Engineering (I dunno about this one), and ChemE.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:19:27 2013 No.5826165 >>5826151 >/sci/ has a huge hard-on for EE and ChemE I thought /sci/ sees any engineering as barely being plebs.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:19:58 2013 No.5826166 >>5826165 Except if you're a ChemE or EE

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:19:58 2013 No.5826167 >>5826162 Which would be?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:20:43 2013 No.5826169 >>5826165 Differing degree of pleb

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 01:25:27 2013 No.5826181 What about when the university phrases it as "Engineering Science"?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 02:19:57 2013 No.5826248 >>5826132 Almost never accredited and looked down on.

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>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 02:21:58 2013 No.5826253 >>5826249 >environmental engineering >shit >not engineering your environment to suit the population best.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 02:23:27 2013 No.5826256 >>5826249 Butthurt ceramics engineer detected

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 02:26:15 2013 No.5826261 >>5826249 >applied science >shit teir Engineering is applied science.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 11:34:13 2013 No.5826922 >>5826261 I think they mean engineering physics by applied science.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 11:45:42 2013 No.5826938 >>5826119 code monkey ? lol wat mechanical engineering is about constructing things, like bridges and buildings and cranes

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 11:48:28 2013 No.5826942 >>5826249 this is the truth

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 11:50:27 2013 No.5826945 not OP but similar question EE, CE, or CS? or a similar alternative?

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 11:52:27 2013 No.5826948 >>5826945 They all work together very closely, you should delve into each area separately, then together.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 11:54:58 2013 No.5826954 >>5826945 err CS in America is the same as informatics and is not an engineering discipline so its EE or CE they are very much the same except CE also have software engineering stuff

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 11:56:59 2013 No.5826956 >>5826954 I'm learning more towards CE, I'm just worried that it'll be hard to find a job

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 11:59:27 2013 No.5826965 >>5826956 >worrying about future jobs in computers

Anonymous Tue Jun 11 12:07:43 2013 No.5826980

>>5826956

I'm also going into Computer Eng, my only qualm is that I want to pick up a bit of experience before I get into the real classes on my major. I'm currently 3-4 classes from starting the real classes, I have to finish Calculus, plan on taking physics,Calc 2, and Chemistry. Then I transfer to a University to complete my Bach. I was thinking about learning Python on the side, so I don't jump in blind. I found a nice website with free classes on Udacity.com. Is this a good idea? This isn't just directed at you per say. But nice to see other people going with CE

Anonymous Tue Jun 11 12:13:43 2013 No.5826994

>>5826980

im almost done with my CE degree (bach)

and yes its good to know a programming language ahead of time, this is usually the first barrier where lots of people drops out . some people just cant into programming it seems. (or at least not as fast as the uni expect)

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 12:15:28 2013 No.5827001 >>5826994 alright thanks, will go ahead and learn some python

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 12:22:43 2013 No.5827010 >>5826945 CS is shit EE is gold CE is good

Anonymous Tue Jun 11 12:26:57 2013 No.5827015

>>5826938
non engineer detected
most engineers end up up as programmers in their specific field, like matlab and FEM, mechanical engineers don't build bridges that's civil and mechanical engineers are too general they cant do anything specified, there as useless as general engineers.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 11 12:44:27 2013 No.5827040 >>5827015 when i hear code monkey i think of uneducated programmers that just implement easy code that is part of a bigger project and is designed by others. just mindless programming like an assistant like the programmers version of lab rat

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