Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Register Log in
  • Congratulations TugboatEng on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  1. JustTheTibb

    Petroleum Engineering Degree and Job Market?

    Based on what you said, are engineers just as likely to be layed off as anyone else? Does the expression "Last hired, first fired" have any truth to it in this industry? Also, I've been looking into several utility companies that supply natural gas to cities/states/counties/ etc... and most...
  2. JustTheTibb

    Petroleum Engineering Degree and Job Market?

    Thank you trey25624. All advice and opinions are welcome on this thread.
  3. JustTheTibb

    Petroleum Engineering Degree and Job Market?

    Thanks for laying that out for me. I'm definitely looking for a job that will utilize my degree. You've been most helpful. We have a good amount of petroleum company recruiters that come to our university several times a year during our job fairs, so that will be my next stop. Thanks again David.
  4. JustTheTibb

    Petroleum Engineering Degree and Job Market?

    Twenty Three years on the job huh. Looks like I'm talking to the right guy. I assume you've been a hiring manager? So you're saying a year and a half would be better spent gaining experience rather than going for a Master's? I'll have to consider that. Lately I've been doing a lot of research...
  5. JustTheTibb

    Petroleum Engineering Degree and Job Market?

    Thanks for the insight zdas04, I appreciate the time you took to respond to my post. If you don't mind answering a few more questions, I have several more... Why do you say that an MS degree would initially be a liability? Why would an MS only be useful in a decade or so in the PE field? I'm a...
  6. JustTheTibb

    Petroleum Engineering Degree and Job Market?

    Hi Guys, I am writing to see what kind of experiences you all have had in the petroleum business. I am considering moving on to an MS in Petroleum Engineering after my undergraduate Mechanical Engineering degree. The reason why I'm considering Petroleum Engineering is because I've taken an...

Part and Inventory Search

Back
Top