How many Engineers/Engineering Students...
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Originally Posted by converted,May 18 2007, 05:34 AM
I've been in the consulting business for 5 years and I don't know one civil engineer that doesn't NEED a PE. If you ever want to become marketable and make more money or be your own boss you have to have a PE. Everything you say is absolutely true about being a "Practicing Engineer". It really bothers me that so many people call themselves "engineer" when they don't even have an engineering degree. I think the fact that we have a state liscense gives a lot of validity to what we do. We have to be responsible for what we do. What's wrong with taking responsibilty for what you do?
For all you young engineers, get your Master's, get your tags (registration) and take your EIT BEFORE you leave school. You will make a lot of money in the near future.
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BS and MS in electrical engineering from Purdue. Glad to see someone wants to go there and some fellow boilermakers! Go Boilers!!!!
I don't know whether things have changed from when I graduated 6 years ago, but the concensus was biomedical engineers(unless they did a graduate degree) arent worth very much. They are not adept in engineering and neither are they adept at biology/anatomy.
I work in the biomedical field, previously as an R&D engineer and now in sales/marketing. I have seen them passing over Biomedical engineering grads all the time in favor or EE/CompE grads. Even in my marketing position, most of us are engineers and only 2/10 are biomedical - and yes I know its a relatively new field compared to the other engineering fields and things are probably changing. I just wanted to share what I've seen so far.
I don't know whether things have changed from when I graduated 6 years ago, but the concensus was biomedical engineers(unless they did a graduate degree) arent worth very much. They are not adept in engineering and neither are they adept at biology/anatomy.
I work in the biomedical field, previously as an R&D engineer and now in sales/marketing. I have seen them passing over Biomedical engineering grads all the time in favor or EE/CompE grads. Even in my marketing position, most of us are engineers and only 2/10 are biomedical - and yes I know its a relatively new field compared to the other engineering fields and things are probably changing. I just wanted to share what I've seen so far.
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Aerospace here...
Nothing makes you feel quite as special as to have to use codes and cards to get in the building. Yet once you're in, no one questions why you're walking across the floor supports on a gutted plane.
Nothing makes you feel quite as special as to have to use codes and cards to get in the building. Yet once you're in, no one questions why you're walking across the floor supports on a gutted plane.
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Mechanical Engineer '05
I thought about going into BioMed & took a tour at Purdue's biomed program. They basically put a robotic leg inside of a cadaver leg & studied its motion. After I saw that, I signed up for Mechanical.
I thought about going into BioMed & took a tour at Purdue's biomed program. They basically put a robotic leg inside of a cadaver leg & studied its motion. After I saw that, I signed up for Mechanical.
