why would anyone want to be an engineer?
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Engineers see real world problems and come up with effective and cost-efficient solutions that would benefit society. I'm an engineer (or at least have a degree) and my friends and I used to come up with solutions for small problems that used to bug us right in the faculty! I never would have been able to do that before. Plus, you have the skills to do it yourself, instead of hiring and paying someone else to do it.
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Yes, but two things are very important to make this happen, and they are:\n\n1) You must be decently smart to be an electrical engineer.\n\n2) Out of the billions of people on the planet Earth, you must be one of the top 150 basketball players among these humans. \n\nMy advice: Forget basketball, concentrate on math.
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Sometmes when you see the actual application of mathematics things start to make more sense. Mathematics is the heart of engineering. If you like engineering and have love for it then you will then work hard to adore mathematics. ANd if you start to adore mathematics you are going to be a great engineer. \n\nAbout english ... read the news daily.....look up in dictionary if you don't understand. speak often.
446937
No wonder all the engineering jobs go over seas. Nobody here wants to learn.
548267
Normally employers will be looking for a degree level education, or extensive practical experiance. Your best bet is to speak to a careers advisor, they will be able to advise you of the best career, or industry to work in. As far as pay is concerned, good engineers earn very well. But I have yet to meet one who says they do it for the money. They do it because they enjoy their job. Better to be happy and well paid than rich and miserable !!
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why in the world would you want to?
893336
And why would you want to do that??
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The ideal would be for people to choose a career where they are passionate about. But people are different.  \n\nMany people go through life without even knowing what their passion is. So they go to the next best thing which is to do what they feel offers the best future for them\n\nOr they know their passions, but lacked the courage to pursue it.  Maybe it's too risky, too offbeat, or parents/friends frown upon it. Hence they simply do "what is expected of them" by everyone else and stay to the path of choosing a career based on earnings and social status.\n\nSome belatedly discover their passions in life so they simply pursue a career that they think will offer them a good return; or maybe pursue their next-best thing. I interviewed a former editor of National Geographic magazine, who quit his job at the age of 52. At that time, he discovered that his passion is not writing, but pottery. He bought a farm house in Virginia and pursued his passion of becoming a potter. He now exhibits his works and participates in craft shows.
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Good luck with that one.\n\nOnly way you're going to get that accomplished is if you are an absolutely outstanding student, network relentlessly, and are better than everyone else.\n\nIf you can do that, it doesn't matter which major you choose.  Engineering in this day in age though is more in demand than just about anything else.
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I think what makes engineers good engineers is creativity and ingenuity. You don't have to be and expert in the empirical sense of engineering. What they have taught us in the University are the empirical aspects of our profession. I am not saying that what they have taught us is wrong. It's just that profession, much like in life, is all about common sense.\n\nMy advise to you is, go out there and enjoy. Forget about the science of engineering (you already have it in you) ...try to discover the art of it! \n\nYou would appreciate it more on the field, where good engineers are honored. Be practical and use a lot of sense. Be practical and straight forward in presenting solutions. Watch, observe, ask and listen! It's a continuous process of learning. Learn as much as you can and love the profession...\n\nGood Luck!
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Of course (but perhaps I am biased :-)  ).  Mechanical Engineers are involved in practically every industry.  I feel that is practically the most versatile engineering degree.  Pretty much every product has been touched by a mechanical engineer, but you can't really say that about other types of engineering.  ME's work with electronics, aerospace, chemical-related companies, food companies, HVAC, structures, materials, cars/transportation, manufacturing & production, biomedical companies, and the list goes on and on...  \n\nAero/Astro engineers... aero/astro companies\nElectrical engineers... electronics\nCivil engineers... buildings/bridges/structures, etc.\nChemical engineers... pharmaceutical, foods, chemicals...\nMaterials science engineers... materials.\n...Just to list a few other fields.\n\nLike I said before, I am a recent ME grad, so of course I am biased towards my own degree.  But ANY engineering is a great field to get into in general.  I have always felt that there seem to be a lot more opportunities for ME's than a lot of other engineering majors, however.  We can work with practically every industry, and there will never be a lack of jobs in this field, because practically everything requires it.
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HAHAHA...you want to be an engineer...you better have some great gift for it then...  Let me help you first with the question... "How can I get a Scholarship to study aeronautical engineering when I never took Physics in High School?".  Now that we got English down...
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I haven't been forced into taking a career,but when I was in high school it was popular to take computer engineering. When I told my friends I want to be a history major, they all laughed, but I took history anyway and I am now in college doing really good in it.  For me it's improtant to "love" the job that I am going to do. Some people just  go to college to make a lot of money, but I was looking for a job that I can enjoy doing, knowing I made a difference :).
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Hi there,\n\n   This is very interesting question. When you grow up and have all doctors all around you, your family and friends of your family, you get in to the "zone". And all you think about is becoming doctor just like your Father or Mother or Both. Some time peoples just like to help other people, and they choose to be a doctor eventhough there is nobody to support you or help you in being a doctor. I have 14 doctors in my family and just family, I'm not even counting my Dad's friends...That's be different ballpark number. But I wasn't interested in Medicine but Computers. \n\n  But I bet 40% of doctors comes from doctor family, they have somebody they can look up to. So when they grow up all they can think about is being a doctor. \n\n  But I have to say being an Engineer takes lots of Analytical Power out of your mind, rather than being a doctor. So if you think you have mind like a fox, you don't belong in Medicine, but you are perfect for Engineering. \n\n  And also if you know some doctors, you'll notice they are very simple people. They know every thing but they never question "WHY". \n\n Well I hope this answers your question....\n\ntoshreekar@yahoo.com
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yeah...computer engineering a lucrative!!\nit's similar to electrical engeering..but u need a master degree to do it!!
198510
It really depends on the engineer.  Any kind of engineering relies heavily on math.  But as an engineer, just keep in mind that math is a tool, a means to an end.  The real fun is in making something.  Personally, I make computer programs, something I enjoy a lot.  The neat thing about computer programming is that you don't necessarily have to learn only computing.  I got a dual physics/comp sci degree and now I write programs to calculate the flight paths of bullets.\n\nThe best thing to do is go to college and take an introductory engineering course.  Most colleges have them.  They usually teach several kinds of engineering, and then you pick the kind you like the most.\n\nIt just occurred to me, maybe by "best" you mean "has the most work available".  In my experience, though, the best thing you can do for yourself is find a job that you'll love.  There will always be openings for people who are really good at what they do, and the best way to be good at something is to love it.
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Why would someone want to do that?