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ObHassell
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Okay, so I'm still exploring my college future, so I was wondering if anyone could tell me about various engineering disciplines.
I'm interested in Electrical, Mechanical, and Aerospace Engineering, but if I do mechanical I don't want to work for a car company, I want to do defense organization like Raytheon or go work for a National Lab. I would do aerospace (specifically thermal/propulsion), but all I ever hear is that it's impossible to get a job in Aerospace, even when we aren't in recession. I would also do Electrical, but all I ever hear about those programs is that it's basically a 4 year long tutorial on "how to use this program" and I don't want to do that...I'm more interested in the theory and working with my hands.
All I'm asking for is what are people's opinions on engineering disciplines...I'm not worrying about salary, because I know I'll do fine. What I'm worried about is liking what I do (for instance, optical engineering sounds cool, but once you really look at it, you're building the components for the more common engineering disciplines...I guess I'm more holistic.)
thanx
I'm interested in Electrical, Mechanical, and Aerospace Engineering, but if I do mechanical I don't want to work for a car company, I want to do defense organization like Raytheon or go work for a National Lab. I would do aerospace (specifically thermal/propulsion), but all I ever hear is that it's impossible to get a job in Aerospace, even when we aren't in recession. I would also do Electrical, but all I ever hear about those programs is that it's basically a 4 year long tutorial on "how to use this program" and I don't want to do that...I'm more interested in the theory and working with my hands.
All I'm asking for is what are people's opinions on engineering disciplines...I'm not worrying about salary, because I know I'll do fine. What I'm worried about is liking what I do (for instance, optical engineering sounds cool, but once you really look at it, you're building the components for the more common engineering disciplines...I guess I'm more holistic.)
thanx