Career advice for enthusiastic mechanical engineer
Career advice for enthusiastic mechanical engineer
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Hi, I am a Mechanical engineer with a Bachelors degree currently working in Maintenance. Now that I have almost completed 3 years in maintenance, I feel that I should move on and go for a Masters degree. Maintenance has taught me a lot about the basics including design and operation of turbomachinery and other machinery but I feel that I can develop myself more if I change my path to engineering and design. Why? because I know I am very good at drawing (engineering/conceptual) and I love using CAD software for design and simulation. Secondly, I want to get a MSc degree in something that can polish my talents/skills in drawing and design as I believe I can be more successful in a career related to that.
I seek advice from you guys on what exactly should I study so that I can effectively change my path to a career that can suit my skills and which school do you think is the best in that discipline.
Thanks.
I seek advice from you guys on what exactly should I study so that I can effectively change my path to a career that can suit my skills and which school do you think is the best in that discipline.
Thanks.





RE: Career advice for enthusiastic mechanical engineer
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RE: Career advice for enthusiastic mechanical engineer
Don't forget that Masters thesis should be creating some useful information that you may use later also. Work with a company or agency where they need that info. You might get a scholarship for that work also.
RE: Career advice for enthusiastic mechanical engineer
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RE: Career advice for enthusiastic mechanical engineer
RE: Career advice for enthusiastic mechanical engineer
A generation ago, an MS degree would be a plus if you wanted to specialize in simulation. The "democratization" of simulation has made it more accessible, and thus industry perceives less of a need for MS-degreed engineers to make colored plots of poorly-constructed analyses.
If you want to design, quit wasting your time not designing. Get yourself somewhere where design is happening and you get to be part of it.
RE: Career advice for enthusiastic mechanical engineer
Are you familiar with the relevant drawing standards and especially with correctly applying dimension schemes and tolerances etc.?
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Career advice for enthusiastic mechanical engineer
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RE: Career advice for enthusiastic mechanical engineer
RE: Career advice for enthusiastic mechanical engineer
RE: Career advice for enthusiastic mechanical engineer