What do you Guys do for a living.?

[Silverbullet]

Originally Posted by B1ur

Ya..I was Also thinking of majoring in mechanical engineer
and then just get some ASE Certificates...lol
idk..tho

These are two different worlds your talking about here. One is being a mechanic/technician/trades worker, the other your talking about designing/analysis/running operations.

Go for the engineering degree. It'll open doors for real jobs.

Originally Posted by RedSiBaron

im a car designer...it was 6 years of work in college, but it was worth it...im happy

details?

[RedSiBaron]

Originally Posted by Silverbullet

details?

Well let's see, car design is a design degree, not an engineering degree. A proper education (not all are equal) teaches you to learn about engineering and take it into account when you design so you have a viable vehicle that works at the end of the day. After you develop a concept for a vehicle you establish design peramiters you work around, you develop what technology you will use and a rough idea of where you'll place it or where you could place it in the vehicle. This helps you establish the proportions and general look of a vehicle, then you start developing body designs around it through sketching development. After you develop this further you refine it into a finished idea...

From there marketing ruins it and then you have the camaro...


Its a lot of sketching and rendering (digital painting), computer modelling, research, critical development thinking. School was a 5 year program I did in 4 by taking the first year of classes in the summer so I could catch up a year after 2yrs in aerospace engineering. We worked an average of 80-120 hrs a week on school work. It was A LOT of work, but we also did paid internships, which made it survivable. I would not suggest the profession for the faint of heart or those looking to succeed in the field. Its statistically harder to get a job as a car designer than it is to become a professional football player. I graduated with 4 other people from the university of cincinnati DAAP program with a bachelors of science...not a BFA...our program is ranked second in the country...if you are interested in car design I suggest checking out UC it'll be the cheapest and the best education that'll give you the best shot...the biggest issue is that you will only get out of it what you put in...if you slack you wont get a car design job, but if you bust ass you will have a better shot than most to get a car design job out of school.

[Silverbullet]

Originally Posted by RedSiBaron

Well let's see, car design is a design degree, not an engineering degree. A proper education (not all are equal) teaches you to learn about engineering and take it into account when you design so you have a viable vehicle that works at the end of the day. After you develop a concept for a vehicle you establish design peramiters you work around, you develop what technology you will use and a rough idea of where you'll place it or where you could place it in the vehicle. This helps you establish the proportions and general look of a vehicle, then you start developing body designs around it through sketching development. After you develop this further you refine it into a finished idea...

From there marketing ruins it and then you have the camaro...

dandy. didn't think such a program existed.

i take it you work for GM? I'm kind of curious who has the final say in the system requirements of the vehicle in the processes... marketers, or design/project engineering?

[RedSiBaron]

Originally Posted by Silverbullet

dandy. didn't think such a program existed.

i take it you work for GM? I'm kind of curious who has the final say in the system requirements of the vehicle in the processes... marketers, or design/project engineering?

Ya I didn't know it existed until I wandered into the design building and accidentally got lost and found the car design studios and decided that's what I wanted to do...

I don't work at gm...the tricky thing about the auto industry is tthey typically only look at your portfolio once, so im going to work a few years for product design companies then apply to honda, nissan, ford, hyundai, and subaru and anyone else who is hiring that sounds good...I've heard those are some of the best to work for...im also looking at working at some companies that build racecars that need designers for production vehicles and CAD right now instead of product design.

Plus I need to live near my rents right now due to some family issues that need to get handled before I move far away for a job...ah well

Typically its marketting and product planners that make final decisions and ruin cars...not designers or engineers

[JBao]

Originally Posted by RedSiBaron

Typically its marketting and product planners that make final decisions and ruin cars...not designers or engineers

marketing ruins everything in every field. i'm a corporate level web developer/designer for a trade shows/publications company (previously a content manager for one of the properties we own). i do my best to hide my work from marketing...then they see it...and change it to crap.