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i ll be completing my BE Mechanical in a year and a half. right from my high school, i knew i was to be a mechanical engineer. Now i ll be, but its just not i thought what it would be, something is just missing. 99% of my college mates plan to get an MBA degree, reason: what is engineering going to give you back??
Now what kind of a question is that? i am an engineer because i like to know how things work and right from the day i started, i have been learning new things, i have my immense interest in robotics and control, i do a lot of it. i like thermal, especially power plant and refrigeration cycle part and i am already through half of refrigeration although it is still 2 sems away, why?, just because i like it. when i come back home, i feel bored, i don't have anything to do, i like just keeping doing something every time.
Engineering is soo very much an interesting field, but people just aren't interested, why did i get into an engineering branch if i just had to do a management degree just after college? but then, i am not saying management is bad, it is there, definately there somewhere down the line, but pressure is soo much from everyone including parents to just score and get a seat in management institute just after college.
And what i hate most is the English test, not that i am weak in it or something, its just that it doesn't seem right to me. i am an engineer, i should be rated on engineering terms, not on some English aptitude test. same is the case with GRE, now how does an English test, test my capabilities(or for that matter, anyone's) in engineering or physics(if it is applicable, i don't know). now i am soo much in a fix, what will i do? i definately won't be going for management just after college, i can't go for GRE because i don't have that much $$, and engineering jobs don't pay that much and by the time i have that $$, i might be out of gas to run further! and companies like schlumberger, HLSA and some consultancy firms DO have very lucrative pay packages, they don't fall in exactly places where i, as an engineer, like to work.
Am i missing something?? is it so for everyone everywhere?? is it the line to go?? maybe i am just thinking a bit too much
Now what kind of a question is that? i am an engineer because i like to know how things work and right from the day i started, i have been learning new things, i have my immense interest in robotics and control, i do a lot of it. i like thermal, especially power plant and refrigeration cycle part and i am already through half of refrigeration although it is still 2 sems away, why?, just because i like it. when i come back home, i feel bored, i don't have anything to do, i like just keeping doing something every time.
Engineering is soo very much an interesting field, but people just aren't interested, why did i get into an engineering branch if i just had to do a management degree just after college? but then, i am not saying management is bad, it is there, definately there somewhere down the line, but pressure is soo much from everyone including parents to just score and get a seat in management institute just after college.
And what i hate most is the English test, not that i am weak in it or something, its just that it doesn't seem right to me. i am an engineer, i should be rated on engineering terms, not on some English aptitude test. same is the case with GRE, now how does an English test, test my capabilities(or for that matter, anyone's) in engineering or physics(if it is applicable, i don't know). now i am soo much in a fix, what will i do? i definately won't be going for management just after college, i can't go for GRE because i don't have that much $$, and engineering jobs don't pay that much and by the time i have that $$, i might be out of gas to run further! and companies like schlumberger, HLSA and some consultancy firms DO have very lucrative pay packages, they don't fall in exactly places where i, as an engineer, like to work.
Am i missing something?? is it so for everyone everywhere?? is it the line to go?? maybe i am just thinking a bit too much