Quote: (06-28-2014 03:33 PM)Fighting888 Wrote:
Ok, thanks for that summary.............. but I'd think that IE could've been more useful to you with a double major in EE or ME? Or am I wrong?
I'd say so.
You have to factor whether or not it'd be worth it though.
More engineering classes take a lot more time, a lot more money, and a lot more opportunity costs. It's not business classes where you just do more case studies, learn more vocabulary, and make more powerpoints.
Meet people in the real world of engineering. Meet people who actually hire people. Find out what they are looking for. Find out whether the school you go to has a decent reputation.
Don't believe the college's marketing material. Don't believe engineering professors who don't work in the real world of engineering. Find out what is happening in the real world from people who are living it.
Again, it's NOT worth getting into student loan debt for UNLESS you are absolutely passionate about engineering...don't do it for money because the money is not automatically there like it was in the 20th century.
The way the US economy is going, I wouldn't do IE or ME personally.
I'd stick to petro or mining. More international options.
If you want to make money, learn how to sell.
You can use the Internet to learn the technical stuff and get knowledge about anything...spending obscene amounts of money to listen to underqualified professors, sitting in classrooms, and spending money for overpriced textbooks is not neccesary.