Mechanical Engineering Technology

[Azndude51]

I feel like chaning majors to MET, what is the average starting salaries and what kind of jobs do they usually get? How is it comparable to mechanical engineering?

 

[Jimmah]

You get the jobs that don't require an engineering degree, but need an engineers knowledge. Useful if you also get your engineering degree, usually the program will allow you to skip 2 years of your university degree. Starting salary is around 30 - 35K, pretty much exactly the same as an engineer just need designs approved by an engineer for things relating to public safety. You work above the technicians but below engineers.

BTW: mech. engineers can suck my nutz, technologists are much nicer to deal with

 

[CanOWorms]

You would be a technican type person, below the real engineers.

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: Jimmah
You get the jobs that don't require an engineering degree, but need an engineers knowledge. Useful if you also get your engineering degree, usually the program will allow you to skip 2 years of your university degree. Starting salary is around 30 - 35K, pretty much exactly the same as an engineer just need designs approved by an engineer for things relating to public safety. You work above the technicians but below engineers.

BTW: mech. engineers can suck my nutz, technologists are much nicer to deal with

Engineers starting at $30k? That's ridiculously low.

 

[Jimmah]

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
Engineers starting at $30k? That's ridiculously low.

Engineers no, technologists yes.

 

[RU482]

wouldn't you wind up being a glorified drafter?

 

[Jimmah]

Originally posted by: redly1
wouldn't you wind up being a glorified drafter?

Doubtful, you're fully qualified to design and build things, a drafter would get paid far less too. Its like being the VIA cpu of the industry, very useful/effective/just as good while less money for the same job. Small businesses prefer METs due to the lower cost for the exact same job.

 

[BullsOnParade]

30k is 20k less that a mechE would start at. I'm glad that Jimmah likes to deal with technologists (WTF are they anyway ?). But as he said, if you'd liked to be a technicial making 20k less than a real engineer do switch to that field.

 

[Jimmah]

Originally posted by: BullsOnParade
30k is 20k less that a mechE would start at. I'm glad that Jimmah likes to deal with technologists (WTF are they anyway ?). But as he said, if you'd liked to be a technicial making 20k less than a real engineer do switch to that field.

Technologists = MET's

 

[MasterAndCommander]

A few of my friends with MET and EET degrees got better jobs than I did with my ME degree. It all depends. If you want to be considered for any engineering jobs with the government, make sure you pass the FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) Exam before you graduate.

 

[TitanDiddly]

I am a freshman MT student. The normal ME program here makes grown men cry. The dynamics course here is the hardest in the country, with a 33% first time pass rate.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
A few of my friends with MET and EET degrees got better jobs than I did with my ME degree. It all depends. If you want to be considered for any engineering jobs with the government, make sure you pass the FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) Exam before you graduate.

Employement thru the government or contract work FOR the government?

The only reason one would need to pass the FE exam if they planned on getting a professional engineering license. If you are employed by the government, they really don't push you to get a PE license, do they?

 

[radioouman]

I have a four year MET degree. My starting salary in 2002 was 42k. I am now making 55k. I have also completed my masters degree since, but that has not contributed to my salary increase at all (although changing employers has).

If I were you, unless you have no personality and you have book smarts, I would stay clear of engineering. If you have any resemblence of a personality, but you don't drink heavily, then you will be unhappy in engineering. If you drink heavily, you won't care what you do during the day, so you'll be fine.

Both of my jobs so far have been in the auto industry.

 

[Parkre]

PE license? don't remember that acronym.

There's a huge difference between contract work or reg job. Contract work starts off considerably higher but they don't last as long.

30k for starting MEs, I don't think so!!! 50k minimum, maybe 65kish if I am lucky when I graduate.

METs..mmmmm:disgust:

 

[MasterAndCommander]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
A few of my friends with MET and EET degrees got better jobs than I did with my ME degree. It all depends. If you want to be considered for any engineering jobs with the government, make sure you pass the FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) Exam before you graduate.

Employement thru the government or contract work FOR the government?

The only reason one would need to pass the FE exam if they planned on getting a professional engineering license. If you are employed by the government, they really don't push you to get a PE license, do they?

Through the government - if you want to be in the engineering pay series GS-800's. The FE exam is also called the EIT (Engineer-In-Training) exam. I think you are confusing the FE with the PE (Professional Engineer) Exam which leads to licensure. As far as I know, they don't force you have your PE, but you can't get that until you have at least 4 years under your belt.

 

[Legend]

Originally posted by: Jimmah

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
Engineers starting at $30k? That's ridiculously low.

Engineers no, technologists yes.

Yes it is too low for engineers.

I'm a student co-oping and if I worked all year I'd be making 40k. Starting salary for full time is nearly 55k.

Cost of living around here is among the cheapest in the nation.



And you're all wrong about MET. MET = some nice pron.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: radioouman
I have a four year MET degree. My starting salary in 2002 was 42k. I am now making 55k. I have also completed my masters degree since, but that has not contributed to my salary increase at all (although changing employers has).

If I were you, unless you have no personality and you have book smarts, I would stay clear of engineering. If you have any resemblence of a personality, but you don't drink heavily, then you will be unhappy in engineering. If you drink heavily, you won't care what you do during the day, so you'll be fine.

Both of my jobs so far have been in the auto industry.

Yeah. ENgineering in general kind of blows... to do this job, you really have to like it, or you'll be sad everyday when you get home.

 

[Drekce]

Originally posted by: Ned
I am a freshman MT student. The normal ME program here makes grown men cry. The dynamics course here is the hardest in the country, with a 33% first time pass rate.

I have so many great memories from dynamics. I loved statics, but could not wait to get out of dynamics. My class had about a 50% pass rate, and I was one of them, thank God.

 

[edro]

Go to a state school and get an ME degree... not an MET degree. Old time engineers that will be hiring you will have discrimination against an MET degree.

Starting salary for all the MEs I know is ~40k.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
A few of my friends with MET and EET degrees got better jobs than I did with my ME degree. It all depends. If you want to be considered for any engineering jobs with the government, make sure you pass the FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) Exam before you graduate.

Employement thru the government or contract work FOR the government?

The only reason one would need to pass the FE exam if they planned on getting a professional engineering license. If you are employed by the government, they really don't push you to get a PE license, do they?

Through the government - if you want to be in the engineering pay series GS-800's. The FE exam is also called the EIT (Engineer-In-Training) exam. I think you are confusing the FE with the PE (Professional Engineer) Exam which leads to licensure. As far as I know, they don't force you have your PE, but you can't get that until you have at least 4 years under your belt.

I know all that -- I just took the PE last month. Besides, you have to pass the FE first before you can take the PE.

If you work for the government and get your PE, does it bump into the next pay series?

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: radioouman
I have a four year MET degree. My starting salary in 2002 was 42k. I am now making 55k. I have also completed my masters degree since, but that has not contributed to my salary increase at all (although changing employers has).

If I were you, unless you have no personality and you have book smarts, I would stay clear of engineering. If you have any resemblence of a personality, but you don't drink heavily, then you will be unhappy in engineering. If you drink heavily, you won't care what you do during the day, so you'll be fine.

Both of my jobs so far have been in the auto industry.

Yeah. ENgineering in general kind of blows... to do this job, you really have to like it, or you'll be sad everyday when you get home.

It's sad, but I agree. I'm beginning to feel the same way.

 

[MasterAndCommander]

Originally posted by: Drekce

Originally posted by: Ned
I am a freshman MT student. The normal ME program here makes grown men cry. The dynamics course here is the hardest in the country, with a 33% first time pass rate.

I have so many great memories from dynamics. I loved statics, but could not wait to get out of dynamics. My class had about a 50% pass rate, and I was one of them, thank God.

Ah dynamics, how I loved that class - it's where they seperate the men from the boys...or at least the Mech E's from the Civ E's

The most important formula I remember: SF = m·a...where a != 0, unlike for you lucky Civil Engineers :laugh:

 

[Legend]

Telling someone to avoid engineering is a very broad statement. There's so many completely different fields in engineering, and so many different employers.

I'm a computer engineer and I like my job.

 

[dornick]

Originally posted by: Drekce

Originally posted by: Ned
I am a freshman MT student. The normal ME program here makes grown men cry. The dynamics course here is the hardest in the country, with a 33% first time pass rate.

I have so many great memories from dynamics. I loved statics, but could not wait to get out of dynamics. My class had about a 50% pass rate, and I was one of them, thank God.

Where are you guys going to school?

 

[Rudee]

Here in Alberta Canada, Engineers are in big demand, especially in northern alberta where the big refineries are in a a labor drought. They can't find the people to fill the various positions. Engineers working in the remote locations are bringing in six figure salaries right out of University with little to no experience.