I am studying to become a computer/eletrical engineer. I was wondering if anyone has any advice for a college student. Any tips like what companys are hiring and where to focus my studies. Also, should I try to minor in business. Should i go for my MBA. Any engineering help would be great! I am going to Manhattan college, is that a good engineering school?
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This depends on what you want to do...Product Development, research, sales and marketing?
That is a question you ask before you enroll in school.
Sincerely,
Donald L. Phillips, Jr., P.E. Worthington Engineering, Inc.
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EE is a BIG field. VAST, HUGE, and ENORMOUS are also words that come to mind. :) Try to find an area that interests you. Get some experience (take a class); if it doesn't suit you, try something else. As an undergrad, you most likely don't know enough to pick your lifelong career. This isn't an insult at you-- we've all been there, it just takes some exposure to different things to find out what plucks our strings, that's all. If you take a digital design class and you hate it, you probably won't like some of the other classes that are closely related, so you may want to steer towards something else. You are trying to get a well-rounded, solid foundation during your undergraduate work; leave the specialization to a graduate degree or a few years in the workforce.
Depends on if you have aspirations of management or are in this thing to get your hands dirty. If you can fit it in, any extra experience will be good for you, but if you are serious about a degree in EE, don't let your business/history/pottery classes consume more time than you can afford. If you start to enjoy history more than EE, maybe you need to be a history major. A minor is good, but my gut feeling is that a minor in CS, physics, or math would be more useful. As for the MBA, I would suggest that you focus on one thing at a time. Get your BS, then you can ponder what's next.
Does it matter now? If you are already enrolled, you get what you get.
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