Best-paying college major: engineering

[Leros]

FTFY Mr. Smartypants

Doesn't matter. I'm an engineer.

*does the engineer dance*

 

[sunzt]

Like a true engineer, you can't write for a damn and you don't care because you got your point across!

That's why engineers made spelling and grammar check!

 

[Vette73]

And if you are a female Engineer you get sexually harassed by all the male Engineer's.

<-- Wife is an engineer

 

[SonicIce]

Money for nothing and your chicks for free.

That's why I'm an Engineer

that ain't workin!

now i gotta go move these refrigerators, microwave ovens, and color tv's

 

[zinfamous]

That's why engineers made spelling and grammar check!

yes, we could all use more cupertino on this matter.

 

[ShawnD1]

And if you are a female Engineer you get sexually harassed by all the male Engineer's.

<-- Wife is an engineer

I'm one of those engineers who harasses your wife
The up side is that women who learn to deal with it and trash talk back get a lot of respect.

It's the code of school ground. Claim dominance by.... doing the stance of dominance. Women can do it too.

 

[rcpratt]

That number would be lower if you took out the offers from the large defense contractors like Boeing, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Northrup-Gruman, etc.

My number was larger than that and wasn't from a defense contractor. Also in a relatively low COL area. The defense thing is overplayed.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Does this mean that the ass kicking I'm receiving from the school is going to worth it? Fucking Aerospace Engineering. SO MUCH STUDYING.

 

[KingstonU]

You mean getting a real job pays better than not a real job? No shit.

option A: engineering major then get a real job
option B: english major then have sex with all of your female class mates then work at starbucks after graduating :hmm:

B still sounds like more fun.

It's sad how accurate this is. A big part of it is that the english major will have a lot more time on his hands during his university years to date/social/extra curricular activities while engineers have a workload that is an order of magnitude higher (not much time to have a life).

But while I was hating engineering for how much it took over my life during those 4 years, my future looks much brighter as my salary is several times greater than those who graduated with some english major, and I will have so many more opportunities/options/flexibility in my life.

So I put off short term enjoyment for greater long term gain.

 

[Engineer]

That's why engineers made spelling and grammar check!

QFT ^ 1,000. :biggrin:

 

[zinfamous]

QFT ^ 1,000. :biggrin:

I will kindly refer you to my post above:

yes, we could all use more cupertino on this matter.

and since apparently few people will get this, I will shed light on this issue:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002911.html

 

[HAL9000]

nm

 

[her209]

My number was larger than that and wasn't from a defense contractor. Also in a relatively low COL area. The defense thing is overplayed.

$60K was the floor. I knew people who were making much more than that, some by as much as 50&#37; more. That was a 4-5 years back. And this spans the engineers working for both contractors and the Navy. I wouldn't be surprised if the floor is 75k or 80k now. I also knew people who were working for private non-defense and they were making much lower, anywhere from 30-50k.

 

[Glitchny]

You mean getting a real job pays better than not a real job? No shit.

option A: engineering major then get a real job
option B: english major then have sex with all of your female class mates then work at starbucks after graduating :hmm:


B still sounds like more fun.

Meh I went with A + B.

B.A. English, B.S. Software Engineering

as for the OP that is around what I was offered starting.

 

[GWestphal]

With a bachelor in my area and all the competition for smart employee's, I'd walk out of the room if they gave me any number less than 55K. A masters should get you at least 65K and the PhD nets you generally 90-115K. The place I'm looking at starts PhDs at 130K!

 

[shortylickens]

Figures. The one career field I already tried and failed.

 

[96Firebird]

Is it bad that I'm graduating with my BS in Mechanical Engineering from RIT and will take anything $45k and up?

 

[Leros]

Is it bad that I'm graduating with my BS in Mechanical Engineering from RIT and will take anything $45k and up?

Depends on your grades. If your GPA is less than 3.2, then $45k sounds reasonable. If your GPA is 3.5+, I'd be shooting for at least $60k.

 

[coxmaster]

Does this mean that the ass kicking I'm receiving from the school is going to worth it? Fucking Aerospace Engineering. SO MUCH STUDYING.

Just curious, where do you go to school?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Just curious, where do you go to school?

RPI

 

[coxmaster]

RPI

Ah ok, cool. Always good to see more aerospace engineering students on here. :biggrin:

 

[96Firebird]

Depends on your grades. If your GPA is less than 3.2, then $45k sounds reasonable. If your GPA is 3.5+, I'd be shooting for at least $60k.

Ah, guess I should have tried harder. 3.0.

FWIW, I took the "Automotive Option" but the auto industry is still shit so I'm not even looking there...

 

[SpatiallyAware]

Of course, because this is right out of college.



Wonder what things look like 15 years down the road...

 

[ussfletcher]

Makes me glad that all the work I've put in at school will pay off.

 

[skim milk]

Depends on your grades. If your GPA is less than 3.2, then $45k sounds reasonable. If your GPA is 3.5+, I'd be shooting for at least $60k.

GPA isn't that important so I wouldn't limit yourself to this range (but at least aim for over a 3.0). My GPA wasn't great but I got 60k+ out of undergrad. After two years, it jumped +30&#37;.