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teamsprock · 09-11-2009, 11:07 AM

Name: Jake
School: Montana State University
Major: Mechanical Engineer

I graduated in 2006 and have already had 4 different jobs, so hopefully I can provide some insight for all your guys still in school!

Advice:
1) If you hate school, you will hate your future job
2) If you think everyone around you is weird, guess what, you will have to work with those weird people someday.
3)If you struggled with Statics.... get ready becasue Dynamics will kill you
4) Never ever under any circumstances accept a job with Micron or Intel or IM Flash regardless of the money they offer you. they hire 1,000's of engineers and waste all of their talent having them baby sit machines. (Chem. E's possiably could make it a decent job, after the first year of baby sitting machines)
5) Take some buisness courses while in school, so you know how to think like a normal consumer not just an engineer. (no matter how cool the thing you design is, it has to be sold in order for you to keep your job)
6)Every Engineering job I can think off works on projects so that can cause it's own sets of issues. You will have crunch time where your job must be your number one priority. Also you must keep finding projects or you won't have a job.
7) Salaries can be a good indicator of a "shit job" if the salary seems to good to be true, understand all the negatives associated. People don't usually give away money becasue they like too.

I have worked in the computer industry, aerospace, and now oil & gas.

quick summary of jobs:
NAND Flash Engineering (IM Flash Technologies).: Worthless as a Mech. Eng. (I should have known better). Worst job ever, I walked out after 3-months. Starting salary 62K plus sign bonus in 2006
Aerospace: Really intersting as a Mech. eng. you really get to use a lot of the fundamentals. Downside, most jobs are cubical hell's! If you like the security of the cubicle rat race probably a good route to go. Starting Salary around 60k
Oil & Gas: Mostly sturctural design and fluids. Lots of flexiabilty (depending on company). Downside: lots of remote job sites, hopefully you know how to talk Hill billy! Salaries range from 60-80k starting.

09-11-2009, 11:07 AM	#106
teamsprock Zilvia Addict Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Billings Age: 42 Posts: 636 Trader Rating: (8)	Name: Jake School: Montana State University Major: Mechanical Engineer I graduated in 2006 and have already had 4 different jobs, so hopefully I can provide some insight for all your guys still in school! Advice: 1) If you hate school, you will hate your future job 2) If you think everyone around you is weird, guess what, you will have to work with those weird people someday. 3)If you struggled with Statics.... get ready becasue Dynamics will kill you 4) Never ever under any circumstances accept a job with Micron or Intel or IM Flash regardless of the money they offer you. they hire 1,000's of engineers and waste all of their talent having them baby sit machines. (Chem. E's possiably could make it a decent job, after the first year of baby sitting machines) 5) Take some buisness courses while in school, so you know how to think like a normal consumer not just an engineer. (no matter how cool the thing you design is, it has to be sold in order for you to keep your job) 6)Every Engineering job I can think off works on projects so that can cause it's own sets of issues. You will have crunch time where your job must be your number one priority. Also you must keep finding projects or you won't have a job. 7) Salaries can be a good indicator of a "shit job" if the salary seems to good to be true, understand all the negatives associated. People don't usually give away money becasue they like too. I have worked in the computer industry, aerospace, and now oil & gas. quick summary of jobs: NAND Flash Engineering (IM Flash Technologies).: Worthless as a Mech. Eng. (I should have known better). Worst job ever, I walked out after 3-months. Starting salary 62K plus sign bonus in 2006 Aerospace: Really intersting as a Mech. eng. you really get to use a lot of the fundamentals. Downside, most jobs are cubical hell's! If you like the security of the cubicle rat race probably a good route to go. Starting Salary around 60k Oil & Gas: Mostly sturctural design and fluids. Lots of flexiabilty (depending on company). Downside: lots of remote job sites, hopefully you know how to talk Hill billy! Salaries range from 60-80k starting.