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Originally Posted by monster  There is a reason why there is a shortage of engineers. We are underpaid, over worked, over stressed. For the amount of stuff we have to do and know, we are not well respected. My ex-piano teacher thought engineers are those people who fix your car at your local garage. People aren't impressed when you tell them you are an "engineer", but if you tell them you are a lawyer or a doctor, they will be like "nice work". I guess these are the reasons why students aren't choosing engineering for uni.
My engineering degree is driving me insane. There are heaps of people dropping out of my engineering degree, becaues they can't handle it. After 3years of uni i look double my age, and i look pissed off all the time. As people say the only difference between an engineer and a psychopath is that one has a degree. I don't have my degree yet so guess which one am I. |
That's funny because if your piano teacher thought for a second, who do you think designed/engineered the piano? Not some random person with no degree. Pretty much everything you touch today, an engineer had something to do with it.
I'm a mechanical engineer and I'm starting to lose it with my degree. There's just so much competition. I read somewhere that for our university, 30 percent of kids drop out after the first year to do a business degree instead. You really have to be interested in this to be able to finish the full course.
Engineering alone might not be the best paying job, but it's definitely not bad either. I definitely recommend doing a masters in something else though, like business and law, then you pay will skyrocket through the roof. Me, I'd rather wait a few years, I'm really tired of school.
On a positive note though, the one thing that engineers have almost over everyone is job security. There will ALWAYS be a shortage of engineers no matter what.