I will be graduating with my BS in Chemical Engineering Degree later this year. I really enjoy engineering and have some good job offers, but am wondering whether I am making a poor decision by not going for a graduate degree right out of school (as my professors seem to indicate). I wouldn't...
"I think we engineers tend to have a bit of a superiority complex about our profession."
HaHaHaHa! Because no one here has ever met a pompous doctor or lawyer right??
Engineering offers many lucrative possibilities. Heck, something like a third of fortune 500 CEOs have engineering degrees...
"....Americans having a large chunk of the pie."
Not really so much Americans as private equity firms and investment banlks that happened to be based in America. These companies bring almost no value to society as a whole either through growth, employment, or taxes. The vast majority of...
I certainly wasn't trying to pick a fight, or imply that one generation is better or worse than another. I'm simply pointing out we get criticized an awful lot considering that my generation isn't old enough or had enough time/responsibility to really screw up big yet.
@PSE,
I completely...
As a GEN-Y'er myself, I will agree that there are indeed (too) many like this. However, I don't think it is fair to characterize the engineers of my generation like this at all.
I'm often suprised that the younger generations don't criticize the older ones more often. The negative effects...
I don't think we're worried about Europeans flocking to the U.S. as a result of this. We're worried about every person in India, China, Korea, and the Middle East simultaneously applying for the soon to be 195,000 work permits as permitted by this bill in 2008. Why???? It's not that we're...
I love how they titled this the 'relief' worker act, as if it actually benefits workers. After all, who wouldn't vote for a bill with such a rosey title? It is amazing how poorly our government represents its own people as to go so far to do something like this. I hate Washington DC...
"In industry companies own the Engineering Title and can hire anybody (college grad, engineer tech, high school grad, guy off the street…etc) they want to fill the job."
Well said Twoballcane. I think this is 100% of the reason that makes engineering kind of a dangerous career.
China and India are a loooonnnng ways from the living standard of the US and western Europe.
However, the largest cases of ZPG have in fact occured outside of north america. Japan has a high standard of living (much higher than china or india) and they actually have negative native...
It has nothing to do with the quality of engineers. It has everything to do with economics (and maybe a lot of beaurocracy too). Extravagence is to expensive to capalists. Socialists are at least slightly more capable of it. But let's be optimistic shall we:
-The days of Saturn V are over...
I'm not sure whether I agree with you at all molten. At least here in the U.S., its the manufacturing 'empires' that seem to be hire and fire with their workforce. It's not at all unusual to see a fortune 100 to lay off 5-25% in one 12 month period. Heck, General Electric has mandatory 10%...
Responding to Corus...
We have all the water we could ever need. You just need the power to treat it and get it to where it needs to go. It all comes back to energy production (green or not). Considering how the water/wastewater infrastructure is falling apart in the US due to decades of...
Quoting Moltenmetal:
"If you have a choice, DON'T go straight into consulting out of school!"
I have done two intersnhips in engineering consulting. I agree with you completely, but many graduating engineers don't really have a choice. Traditional industry seem to hire less university...
@moltenmetal
Great stuff molten. I knew that that kind of thing was a serious issue in Europe but never considered Canada was experiencing the same thing. Indeed engineering is a great profession, let's hope positive change occurs.
@0707
We have basically destroyed the engineering base in the...
