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#21
One engineering student was walking along campus, and saw one of his classmates riding a bike. He walked up to him and said, "nice bike, where did you get it?" His friend replied, "the funniest thing happened. I was walking on campus when this girl on a bike came up to me. The threw down the bike, took off her clothes and said, 'take what you want!' So I took the bike". His friend said, "practical decision, the clothes wouldn't have fit on you."
:D

Engineering is one of the more challenging academic paths to follow. If it's something you like doing, then the rewards are a plenty. If it's something you're just doing for the money, it can be one of the most tedious fields to be in.
 
#22
i'm an electrical enginer. i focused on analog audio and electromagnetics. i have worked for rockford fosgate, crown, peavey/crest, and now harman/becker (automotive OEM audio). i was pretty lucky, but it was focus and hard work that kept me in audio. i went to michigan state, where most EE's move to detroit and work on generic automotive applications.

i sleep fine at night knowing that i'm not curing cancer or helping improve the lives of the poor by designing good audio. my wife is a social worker who's studying to become a physician's assistant.

also, i was born and raised in grand rapids. rockford fosgate is on the northwest side, near the leonard exit off 131. you may want to call them to work there during the summers. it's good work for decent money. they get their design interns from GVSU.

robb.
 
#24
Bardolph said:
What kind of engineering are you in and what do you do? I've been out of high school for a year, at first not really knowing what I wanted to do, and have since decided on going to school for mechanical engineering and I'm very excited about it. Just curious to see who here is an engineer or an engineering student and what you have to say about what you do.
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I am an Engineer.with 22 years experience. My Major at University was Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in Mechanical Design and Computer Aided Systems (I thought I was going to work in aerospace). After the Challenger incident all hell broke loose in the aerospace industry. Lost my gig. No jobs to be found. .... I wise man told me get into the food buisness. People will always have to eat. I took his advice and I have been in the food industry ever since.

After being a: Go - fer, Packaging Engineer, Process Engineer, Process Development Engineer, Project Manager, and Divisional Engineering Manager for 2 other large multi national companies. I am now a mid level Exec for a fortune 50 Company. I manage a group of technical people with the task of making sure my company is as productive as possible with its raw ingredients, utilities, human resources and capital assets. We design equipment and modify existing systems. My team also manages large capital projects. It's a really cool job. And, the pay aint bad either.

The good thing about being an engineer is that most companies view engineers as people that can learn anything. So you can move about once you have established a track record. Most of the top executives at my company are engineers including the CFO

Take care

- D
 
#25
rcz said:
also, i was born and raised in grand rapids. rockford fosgate is on the northwest side, near the leonard exit off 131. you may want to call them to work there during the summers. it's good work for decent money. they get their design interns from GVSU.

robb.
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Cool stuff. I'm in Grand Rapids and just got my acceptance letter from GVSU today. Still waiting to hear back from Michigan State but at least now I can feel a little more secure about things. Is there work for different kinds of engineers for a company like fosgate or is it primarily electrical?
 
#27
I have an electrical engineering degree but have been doing software engineering for the last couple of years. I'm developing an embedded simulation system for next generation army ground combat vehicles. It's neat stuff, but I've realized software isn't my thing so I've gone and found another job as an electrical engineer. I start on Monday and I'm excited about it. The great thing about having an engineering degree is you have a lot of flexibility with your career. Most of my friends with engineering degrees don't even have engineering jobs.
 
#29
Phat Ham said:
Most of my friends with engineering degrees don't even have engineering jobs.
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That's true. There's a bunch of programmers here who have degrees in various engineering fields. When the engineering field had a downturn and the IT field was booming, many engineers had enough programming skills to successfully convert to programmers.
 
#30
I'm a senior in Mechanical Engineering, at Lawrence Technological University. I also work in Customer Applications Engineering at TRW, a tier 1 supplier for the big 3. I basically meet with Ford, GM, and Chrysler engineers and discuss our products, and any problems they may have, or changes they want made.
 
#31
What's the difference between a mechanical engineer and a civil engineer?

Mechanical engineers build weapons, civil engineers build targets.

Right now I'm a lab technician working in engineering at Harley-Davidson. I'm starting on my mechanical engineering degree in the fall. (I currently have a B.A. in acoustics.)
 
#32
I'm finishing my second year of a Chemical Engineering and Management degree at McMaster University....there is literally nothing i'd rather do than engineering and this university is going to have to drag me kicking and screaming out before i will leave the program ehehe....it's hard and a huge pain but still great...

i'm thinking of going into the polymer stream but not sure...after that i'm thinking of either getting an MEng or an MBA (or both but that's a pipe dream)...considering my management courses and how much i love them:hmm: , i'm leaning towards an MEng...
 
#33
If you're already geared toward engineering--that is, if you're always tinkering with things, building things, trying to figure out how things work, fixing things, etc.,--you're more likely to succeed and find a line of engineering work that you enjoy. The best engineers I've known showed a predilection for that sort of thing even at around 10 or 12 years old.

IME, people who got into engineering that way tend to be more creative, entrepreneurial, and engineer-like than people who choose that major because a guidance counselor told them it's a high-paying field.
 
#34
Bob are spot on.

Most engineers that I have met that became engineers are not very good. Those that are in it for "the thrill of the game" are the ones I see excel.

My dad said he new I was going to be an engineer because I was the type that was drawn to any type of mechanical device. And, as a small kid would pull anything I could get my hands on apart if I was not being watched.
 
#36
Bob Lee (QSC) said:
If you're already geared toward engineering--that is, if you're always tinkering with things, building things, trying to figure out how things work, fixing things, etc.,--you're more likely to succeed and find a line of engineering work that you enjoy. The best engineers I've known showed a predilection for that sort of thing even at around 10 or 12 years old.

IME, people who got into engineering that way tend to be more creative, entrepreneurial, and engineer-like than people who choose that major because a guidance counselor told them it's a high-paying field.
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Get this, I have been taking things apart trying to figure out how they work since before I was 5. We has a computer when I was 3 or 4, and it didn't work. It just showed zeros on the screen. I was tapping away trying to figure out how to get it working. I definitely need to get into engineering.
 
#37
I graduated with an EE degree, and now I work for the Army designing optical sensors to go on military aircraft. I often get to fly in Black Hawk and Huey helicopters, and I'm actually posting this while on travel to Alabama where I'll be learning about a system that I'll eventually be operating onboard a C-12 plane. If you like what you do, you can definitely go places. :D
 
#38
Hollow Man said:
I graduated with an EE degree, and now I work for the Army designing optical sensors to go on military aircraft. I often get to fly in Black Hawk and Huey helicopters, and I'm actually posting this while on travel to Alabama where I'll be learning about a system that I'll eventually be operating onboard a C-12 plane. If you like what you do, you can definitely go places. :D
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That's really amazing.


I'm hoping to go into Physics Engineering or Chemical Engineering. I'm only in 16, though, so who knows what I'll think two years. :rollno:
 
#39
Hollow Man said:
I graduated with an EE degree, and now I work for the Army designing optical sensors to go on military aircraft. I often get to fly in Black Hawk and Huey helicopters, and I'm actually posting this while on travel to Alabama where I'll be learning about a system that I'll eventually be operating onboard a C-12 plane. If you like what you do, you can definitely go places. :D
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Are you allowed to tell us that?;)
 

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