Defense Industry - BSEE - Guidance Needed

HD555

Is it safe to enter the defense industry after I graduate in May 2009 with a BSEE?

I already have accepted a job with a major defense company in California. They do work mostly on radar/sonar/surveillance/missile defense.

Vanadium 50

Safe? In what way?

TMFKAN64

They're not going to send people to hunt you down and kill you! Well, probably not, anyway...

I hesitate to say *any* job is safe right now, but this is probably as safe as it gets. The government wants to spend more than usual right now since we're in recession, so I doubt if there will be any short-term defense cutbacks.

leumas614

The defense industry is always risky since most of the money comes from government funding which varies year to year. It may be difficult to get a job with good job security unless you manage to get a federal position.

wildman

Another good thing about defense right now is that there are a lot of people of retirement age. That should take up some of the lay off slack that is coming.

RasslinGod

but remember theres ton of layoffs from other engineering companies right now. The economy is doing bad, so there will be tons of competition for those jobs

HD555

Well, I've already been accepted and signed an offer with the company.

wildman

Good. You'll enjoy aerospace. It is fun.