Ok i'm a university student in civil engineering. But i kinda have the
feeling i've made the wrong choice and not doing what i really want.
The problem is though that i dont know anything about it. And i'm not
just talking about salaries i'm talking about things like IS IT
INTRESTING? . I am a sucker for comic's also so that's another reason.
I dont know what do u guys think?
what are you interested in? I didn't have a comics class when I was taking
EE so I don't know if you will get what you want. at my school (USC) the
top of the heap (in 1982) was a tie between
Aerospace/Electrical/Biomedical. Next came Mechanical. There was a
cyclical nature to Chemical and Petroleum. The lower echelon was composed
of Civil and Industrial.
We used to say that Electrical/Aerospace Engineers made weapons systems;
Civil Engineers made targets.
Most of engineering in the US is under the thumb of a nasty
corporate scene, political, back stabbing...human resources
driving rates down, out sourcing...and people forced almost to
defend their own errors or loose their jobs..
nasty. I dont recommend it as a carreer...I spend decades in
the business all across the US and some foreign situation..
thats the predominant situation, virtually no exceptions..
unless your soul is already dead... then you might not
notice.
If you are good at the sciences I would recommend the research
levels.
Phil Scott
okay what do i mean by comics. I dont know if u guys are familiar with
iron man. Im not that very font of the character rather than his suit
itself. And when i read about this imaginery construct with all the
technological superiority to be a rival even to the hulk i said hey its
not that bizzare and out
of this world and that was the start. A little childish i know but
everything starts from somewhere.
That's why i'm thinking either Electrical or Mechanical or even both to
do some robotics
So do you have any rudimentary mechanical and/or electrical skills? Did you
join the robotics club in high school? Take apart (and perhaps reassemble)
any of your father's favorite machinary? Work on hot rods? How are your
math skills. The math in ME and EE is a lot tougher than CE. Not trying to
rain on your parade, just trying to grok your motivation, young Anthony
Stark.
Electrical engineering is the study of electricity and electromagnetic
phenomena.
I'm currently studying electrical engineering, I would definitely say
that it's interesting. But that depends on the person... Some people
will like electrical, others not.
It's very challenging, and it's generally regarded as one of the
"hardest" engineering areas. You have to be good at math and you have
to be able to visualize abstract concepts. If you like to suffer and
pull out your hair, then you'll like electrical... Everyone I know in my
program has a secret hate for civil and industrial engineers because we
have to study so much harder :-P
Topics in electrical engineering include: Electronics,
telecommunications, computer hardware, electromagnetics, power, etc. We
even cover a good deal of computer software topics. I know a lot of
electrical engineers who ended up as programmers. Go figure.
Electrical Engineers are on the higher end of the pay spectrum, at least
in my neck of the woods. Next are mechanical. There is a pretty big
gap between Electrical and Civil.
What's a comic?
Hope that helps.
Patrick
Ray wrote:
Thanks man. My math is pretty good and if im interested in what they
get even better.
As for robotics club my school desny have stuff like that.
You see i come from Greece where stuff like that doesnt exist. Now im
taking courses in Canada and i have all these options and i want to
make the right one. Becauce as you propably know there is nothing worse
than waking up and going to a job that you hate.It kills you.
Also thanks Pat. You see i dont really care about difficulty becauce if
you are fascinated of what you do then hell it means something and that
is what
keeps you going no matter what.
By the way im just a kid doesnt mean that im apsolutely right.
what are comics????????? ok here check it for yourself:
Haha! That's what I thought... But I didn't know if comic was some
shorthand for some technology I never heard of... :-P
Comics are usually exaggerations of what is possible. But it's always
good to dream.
If you want to learn about some of the "cooler" things in electrical
engineering, do a quick google search for Nicola Tesla. He is often
regarded as the father of modern electrical engineering. If you want to
really have some fun, see if you can get someone to help you build a
Tesla Coil.
Those things are wild!
Another good place to learn about the cool stuff in electrical
engineering is IEEE Spectrum magazine. Your school's library should
have a couple issues kicking around, if not a huge pile of them.
Take care,
Patrick
Ray wrote:
I think I am a rare person because I knew at a very early age what I
was going to *be when I grew up*. When I was 10 years old, I had a
soldering iron in my hand and was building electronic projects from
magazines and books. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I also had an affinity
for math, so it was just a matter-of-fact that I would become a degreed
electrical engineer.
After 25 years of practice, I am starting to get *burned out*, but that
will probably happen to most people no matter what career they choose.
Keep in mind there are many areas of study within the banner called,
*electrical engineering*. You mentioned one area -- robotics, which is
a subset of electromechanical engineering. You may have to find
another school that specializes in that field of engineering.
Other areas of specialty include: power, electronic design,
instrumentation & telemetry, signal processing, integrated circuit
design, and others.
Good luck,
Tom
Not so rare. Added to all that, my father was an EE professor,
though he specialized in power/motors/transformers (gack ;).
30+ here, but similar. There are areas I still find extremely
exciting, unfortunately that's not what I'm doing. Soon, maybe.
Many specialties. Pick one you're good at and are interested in
(often the same). Change is good too.
Many others.
hey i thank all of you becauce its a really big step for me. My father
is in civil engineering and as u can assume he's i am where i am. Ad i
do wanna do something of my one and im kinda scared becauce once i
choose this i am leaving my father's wing and walkig my own path. But
hey! It's time to grow up right? And i plan to do that real soon.
Research??? If you want to move to India or China maybe.
Hell, by the end of the decade, most of our research will be done in
Asia--and the korporate mind set insists on continuing on this path. I
guess they must feel quite secure and justified in their reasoning.
Once, we retire it will be quite interesting to see what kind of rabbit
korporate amerika will pull out of its hat. Even more so the case with
the DoD.
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