how quickle can i learn to be an engineer
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normally, 2 years in college.  You learn everything you need to know in the first 2 years.  If you just want a certificate instead of a degree, just take the mandatory engineering classes and not the general classes like english and foreign language that most colleges require.  If you do that you could finish in one to one and a half years easily.
357810
Just be semi good in math, and, have alot of patience and be able to work on a team, or by yourself and expect to spend long hours at your computer! Mostly I know this because I'm attending college to get my bachelors degree in Software Engineering. if you need anything else my yahoo s/n is: darkwarrior0404        and my email is: darkwarrior0404@yahoo.com best of luck to you!
332749
Save your money.  An engineering degree isn't worth anything.    Especially for software, computer and electronics.  The average carreer lasts about 5-7 years at low pay which isn't long enough to recoupe what it costs to go to school.  \n\nYou could try appplying for a Pell grant.  But its still a waste of time.  Once you get an engineering degree, this closes the door and opportunity to get scholarships in other fields.\n\nSorry, but there just aren't any jobs out there right now for engineeers.
658090
$25 an hour I think you are asking about. Go to college and get a degree in something like engineering.
329984
If you don't trust your knowledge in ChemE, you should consider going into a "safe" area of the industry where exercising poor engineering judgment isn't going to be catastrophic.  You may want to consider some of these options:\n\nPursue a Master's or Doctorate program in some other discipline, such as Law, Business or Journalism - whatever you have an interest in.\nPursue an undergraduate degree in another area.  You certainly have a lot of credits, so there are plenty of other areas where it wouldn't take that much more to graduate.\n\nAdditionally, having B and C grades in ChemE is not uncommon.  That is a very difficult major - and typically takes five years to complete.  Don't be down on yourself for those kind of grades.  But please bear in mind that if a prospective employer asks you about them (and they will), be prepared to explain and sell yourself in other areas - such as people skills, organizational skills, management experience, motivation, etc.  People skills and management experience are HUGE.  Grades are only part of the picture, so buck up and you'll be fine.
324105
As a practicing engineer you will never know what your next assignment will be.  And you may have to research available literature to solve an assigned problem (hopefully guided by your engineering education).  Try to imagine that is exactly what you are doing as an engineering student (now while paying instead of being paid!).  Make good notes with simple sketches if possible to give your memory the best handle for information retrieval.  Repetition (take notes, review notes, think about notes) may help.  Study the notes again before exams.  Your education provides a shortcut through everything man has learned in your field.  That ought to be very interesting to a future engineer.  Best of luck!
469366
Basically what everyone else has already said. Yes, a Construction Engineer can become a PE. Graduate from an ABET accredited school, pass the FE, work 4 years under the supervision of a PE and take the Priciples and Practice Exam. As for qualifying experience, I know in Calif. your degree counts as 4 years, or 2 years if its an Engr. Tech. degree and your work experience which needs to be verified. All of your experience needs to be professional type responsilbilies. You may want to check with the State Licensing board for all work exp that will count towards licensure.
162343
Probably go after an engineering degree from an ABET acredited school, and then perhaps a masters. For more info check out Disney's imagineering group.
231485
Actually their is groups specifically for women in engineering because there is a define need.  To get into engineering you must a basic desire to figure things outs....I know ten girls that will be graduating with me with a BS in Engineering and Physics, Mechanical Specialty.  My point is if you want to do than go for...no matter what anyone tells you...Think of it this way after you succeed at doing something no one will ever be able to say that you can't do it...because its something you have already done.
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Well, I got this shocking news from a career counsellor reputed at national level that the automobile sector has got acute shortage of jobs for engineers..so better you don't play a gamble by choosing this stream.\nIf you have got enough studying power, aeronautics welcomes you..its not like other engineering streams that  you start studying two weeks before the examination and you would pass them...they demand thorough study..there is a stupendous scope in aeronautics specially after private airlines have run into the market...you can pursue research work at the government institutions like DRDO, HAL, ISRO, GTRE etc. after your higher studies.They even sponsor your masters after you get into them after doing BE in aeronautics..I know all this because I am also an Aeronautical Engineering guy..\nI hope you will not make a nasty decision..
375570
You'll need a shitload of math - heavy on calculus,\ncomplex variables with electricity and special\nengineering math.
289218
When the oil business cratered in the 1980's, many engineers retrained into environmental. There were also gov't subsidies to retrain.\n\nAny engineering degree is a 4-yr degree, otherwise you are a Tech. \n\nThe amount of money depends on where you go to school. I live in Oklahoma, where the oil used to be, but where many colleges still have good curriculum. Private universities are ten times the cost of State schools, like OU and OSU, and the Junior Colleges are even cheaper.\n\nThere are many grants available. Check at your local library. At the very least, you can get low-interest loans. \n\nDon't worry about the money to get started. Just get started. You may need money to live on to attend school full time, but work on getting funding first. A free ride while attending school is what you're trying to do. \n\nThere is a reason some colleges cost more. You get what you pay for. The major schools employ the genius, while the lesser schools employ those who are just beginning, or haven't made a particular mark. You want to be taught by the best you can afford. Do not scrimp or cut corners on your education. Challenge yourself. It will reward you for a lifetime.
518221
Thats sounds like a good idea as you will def need physics at a very good level to do engineering!...;
596683
That depends on your personal strengths. Physics has always been easier for me.
240614
That's a good question, and it's gonna take some hard work. I think you need a three-pronged approach: \n\n\nHead for a college with a good mechanical engineering program, preferably one that includes coursework in automotive design and manufacturing. \n\nWork on your driving skills — take karting classes at local racetracks, read books about driving technique, and practice safely and legally. \n\nStart working on cars. Learn through your hands and eyes the way cars are built. Experiment as much as you can with different suspension parts and settings, and wheel and tire combinations to see how even small changes in camber, caster and other adjustments can dramatically affect the way a car feels to the driver. (As always, I recommend that you do everything safely, legally and only with products designed for your vehicle.) Try adding weight to the car — barbells in the trunk or backseat — and go for a ride. Remove these items and drive the same course again. See if you can train yourself to feel the difference.\nOverall, these activities should help you understand automotive design, construction and feel. Add experience and passion to this mix, and you'll definitely set yourself on the right course. Good luck!
523204
1.  If it is about civil engineering then it would be to finish getting my bachelors faster rather than go to school and pursue a dead end relationship during my college years.\n\n2.  I've noticed that civil engineering jobs are becoming more and more strict in terms of allowing people to practice in the field.  If you only have an associates, you might not even get a job in civil engineering.  Perhaps only as a drafter or something similar and the pay will not even be close to an entry level civil engineering position.\n\n3.  After college, 4 years to become a Professional Engineer (PE).
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Absolutely.\n\nThe only challenge you have to face -- besides lots of hard work -- is paying for college and the time it will take to do it.  But if you are willing to spend the time and the money there are multiple ways for you to earn a four-year degree in Engineering.\n\nThe first thing you should consider is earning the GED.  This will probably not be difficult for you if you apply yourself.  Are you in high school or at community college for your studies currently?\n\nIf you are in either -- just focus on meeting the requirements and doing your best.\n\nOnce you are done with your GED, you need to focus on the areas that you do best in while you are at Community College .  This will bring up your GPA and give you a much needed boost of confidence.  For whatever subjects you are weak in, you need to help yourself by making sure that you take remedial courses to shore up your weakness so that when you take the required courses you do really well in them.  Especially for the classes that are required for you to get into the program of your choice.  \n\nIf you are not necessarily that talented or gifted academically but really have smarts when it comes to fixing things or making things or putting things together then you really should consider getting a technical vocational degree before you pursue a bachelor's degree in Engineering.  This way you will succeed in earning that Voc/Tech degree regardless of whether or not you earn the Engineering degree.  And once you are done with the Voc/Tech degree (2 or 3 years) you will be even better prepared to pursue the Engineering degree.  You will still have to do well in the traditional academic courses but most of the time students who have this background do better in learning the academics because they have a certain level of understanding for the academics from their vocational training that gives them a good foundation for further study.\n\nConsider smaller public universities that offer 4 year degrees in technology and engineering and if you can figure out a way to afford it go to a private university for your education.  They will almost always treat you better than the big public universities.  Once you get into the University of your choice, any classes that are required that you are not especially good in -- go to the smaller community colleges for to learn and get the credit for that will transfer.  Usually, the community colleges grade on the scale so you do not have to be the best -- you just have to learn the material and do the work.  At the larger universities the professors typically grade on the curve because they usually really do not care about the students or about teaching -- they teach only because they have to and not because they like it or they want to.  Sometimes, you will find a professor or an instructor who really cares about the students and or really loves teaching but this is a rarity.  \n\nThe curve system of grading keeps the professors out of trouble with the administration and weeds out all of the students who either have little talent for the subject or who are ill prepared to be studying it.  This is advantageous for the professors because they can then focus any interest they might possibly have on only the best and the brightest -- but usually they don't care about this unless you are going to or are already in Grad School.\n\nThe community colleges typically have smaller classes and are typically taught by instructors who have either been teaching for a while or who have some genuine life experience -- whereas, at the universities (at least the larger public universities) you are more apt to be taught in a classroom setting of 50 to 800 students per lecture and 30 to 50 students in a Quiz Section or "Tutorial" in which a Grad Student (unfortunately -- this usually means a foreigner whose native tongue is not English.)  While the grad students are genuinely talented and gifted in the subject that they are studying and attemp