For those of you who have completed the program, I'm curious in learning a bit of what you guys do for a living and if it was worth it. If it is repetitive work and what how difficult it was in university. I'd also like to hear from those of you who are currently taking the program.

I dropped out of college because I was incredibly uninterested in the program (Mechanical Engineering Technician) which was basically to prepare people to become machinists or millwrights, both of which I have zero interest doing as a career since I hate manual labor. The only programming or computer related classes I've ever taken were 3+ years ago in 11th grade.

 

Interesting you should say this. I am not a computer scientist but my brother works for Garmin and when deadlines come around he works like some 12+ hours a day. I am in BC and I know for a fact that if you did a trade you would be a hot commodity. Millwrights, electricians, welders, you name it. The trades shortage is unreal, I would not be surprised if a tradesperson made more than an office-job type of guy. And it is not that difficult to transfer into more a managerial/planner role if you are reasonably polished in your social skills.

 

I funnly understand how much potential tradesmen can get. Millwrights working 50-60 hours a week (so overtime) can make 100k a year no problem since they make 30-35$ an hour. I hated the program. I hated learning about it, I hated the shop classes, I'd never consider it for a living and even if they make more I'd prefer an office job where I'd be much more at home and happier.

 

Systems Analyst for state gov. Totally worth it. I wouldn't trade my education for a CEO position at Microsoft.

 

Why did you pursue ME Tech and not a full on ME degree? And don't tell me you aren't smart enough or some other bull response... if you are committed you can achieve an ME degree. Its much more design oriented versus the manual labor that you hate. I graduated with a BSME three years ago and have had two very different jobs since. One as a sales engineer for a manufacturer of conveying equipment and my current as an applications engineer for a CNC equipment supplier. Design work is my favorite... CAD programs and seeing a project go from conceptual to implementation. If that kind of stuff doesn't interest you, then don't explore it. But if you'd rather work at a desk than a lathe, look into ME instead of ME Tech.

 

Because here in Canada we need to take university level credits in our 11th and 12th grades in high school. If you don't take the 6 "U" credits you can't get into university unless you go to college first. My plan was to finish the 3 year program in college, then transfer into university for another 2 to get my bachelors. I ended up failing college level math even though it was much easier than my high school math that I averaged 80's+. BSME was my first choice, but I feel like computer sciences or civil engineering would interest me more. But either way I must get a college diploma first because of the fact I never did those high school credits, which I regret.

 

You know the difference between a mechanical engineer and a civil engineer, right?










































Mechanical engineers build weapons; civil engineers build targets.

 

If the targets keep being taken down, then I'll never run out of work.

 

If you don't do anything computer related as a hobby, don't even bother trying to get into the field. People who get IT degrees to chase dollar signs make for some of the worst IT engineers.

What are you good at or genuinely interests you? Study whatever that is.

 

I'm not good at anything. My hobbies consist of reading forums and watching YouTube videos, mainly mighty car mods and Best Motoring International. That's my problem, I don't have any interests other than cars or drumming. Being a mechanic is a terrible career and I don't feel like fixing cars for a living. I want a steady career that could allow me to have a house with a garage that will have a lift inside where I could work on my own projects.