career choices:

[bimmer_E30]

this weekend i am making the decision. i decided just to sit and think about it.

also i just got 75% in my calculs midterm. kinda make up for the big fuck-up in statics.

Industrial? what's that about lol?

also xray tech? i dunno if that will have to deal with Bio i will stay away from it.

[chadthestampede]

Industrial engineering maybe?

[mrsleeve]

Do what I do, Xray/NDT tech and depending on OT for the year can out you well into six figures and have 2 months off or so to go skiing all winter.

[ak-]

Can we continue this thread? It's really interesting.
I'm in a bit of a pickle myself with this.

[bimmer_E30]

Awesome or Easy?

If it's one course, a foundational course, that's giving you trouble, then give it some extra attention. Get some help. Retake the class even if you fail. If you start taking the easy road now, you will not be happy doing anything you're doing 30 years from now because you'll know you had potential.

well i sat down with the head the other day, and he said it's only getting harder from now. Looks like i will be re-taking the class this year. i didn't even show up for the midterm today, because i know i will embarrass my self.

thinking about re-taking the course next semster.

It sounds liek you need to carve out more time for school and less for R3v, friends, etc. It sucks, but if you get a tutor and really buckle down on this statics, you'll get through it. If you really can't get it, an MBA is a good degree to have, very flexible with plenty of earning potential.



Engineering sucks, but if you can survive for the 4 or so years, it'll pay off.

You're right, time to think about the future. even if i have to do it in 3 years, i will stick with that.

I'm a Tech Writer (Journalism degree) for an engineering/defense company that builds electrical switchboards/generators/etc for the military.



Some of the engineers would be pissed if they knew my salary was as close to theirs as it is.

i wish we have somthing like this in alberta.

a mech eng tech means you will be a tech, ie no baccalaureate? is that correct?



it sounds like you dont like statics because you dont understand it and it's a thorn in your side right now. i know you have alot on your plate right now, but sometimes just going back to chapter 1 and slowly rereading everything would unlock your understanding.



my first suggestion, disconnect your internet. just focus and think of how much you can gain if you pass vs how much you will lose.



oh and i dont know much about instrumentation engineering. i assume it will be lots of math, signals, processing, transforms, fitlering, etc.

yah i am just getting a diploma.....i'll be fine with just that, for now lol.

do what i do... open you own painting company make 50k in 6 months and get the fuck out of edmonton for the winter(dude edmonton is the worst city to live in.).... im living in the dominican republic right now for the winter chillen! hell im only 23.. painters will always be needed.. and people pay good for a trade that is just so god damn easy.

i say experience life, do some travelling and don't get into something to quick... you have your whole life to make money. see the world!

How do i open my own painting company when i am still broke-ass in school lol >.<

[mitch500]

do what i do... open you own painting company make 50k in 6 months and get the fuck out of edmonton for the winter(dude edmonton is the worst city to live in.).... im living in the dominican republic right now for the winter chillen! hell im only 23.. painters will always be needed.. and people pay good for a trade that is just so god damn easy.
i say experience life, do some travelling and don't get into something to quick... you have your whole life to make money. see the world!

[guibo09]

a mech eng tech means you will be a tech, ie no baccalaureate? is that correct?

it sounds like you dont like statics because you dont understand it and it's a thorn in your side right now. i know you have alot on your plate right now, but sometimes just going back to chapter 1 and slowly rereading everything would unlock your understanding.

my first suggestion, disconnect your internet. just focus and think of how much you can gain if you pass vs how much you will lose.

oh and i dont know much about instrumentation engineering. i assume it will be lots of math, signals, processing, transforms, fitlering, etc.

[z31maniac]

I'm a Tech Writer (Journalism degree) for an engineering/defense company that builds electrical switchboards/generators/etc for the military.

Some of the engineers would be pissed if they knew my salary was as close to theirs as it is.

[whiltebeitel]

It sounds liek you need to carve out more time for school and less for R3v, friends, etc. It sucks, but if you get a tutor and really buckle down on this statics, you'll get through it. If you really can't get it, an MBA is a good degree to have, very flexible with plenty of earning potential.

Engineering sucks, but if you can survive for the 4 or so years, it'll pay off.

[Scotaku]

lol R3v study session eh?

actually Petroleum loooks awesome...i am reading about it and so tempting.:pimp:

Awesome or Easy?

If it's one course, a foundational course, that's giving you trouble, then give it some extra attention. Get some help. Retake the class even if you fail. If you start taking the easy road now, you will not be happy doing anything you're doing 30 years from now because you'll know you had potential.

[bimmer_E30]

im a mec eng. *warning, harsh reality follow*

if you dont get statics, you're pretty much in the wrong field. it's one of the easier courses in mech eng, and it's also the base for a whole branch of courses. understanding forces and how they act on bodies is the bread and butter of a mech eng. if this seems completely uninteresting or too complicated, i would look elsewhere for your career choice.

how good is your math? how well do you really understand calculus? if your math isnt very good (mine wasnt going in to my bac) you will struggle. problems and exams that are easy will stump you because the math is too hard to get through. i've always hated pure math (probably bc im not good at it) but i forced myself to go back and relearn calculus for real. this helped tremendously with all my engineering. you dont have to like math to be a good engineer (except electrical) but you still have to use it and rely on it like a construction worker with his hammer.

fast forward to the real engineering job world > you will probably get around without knowing too much of what you learned in school. hell most engineers dont use any of it because they end up managing or planning or anything else that requires little true engineering skill. so assuming you sneek your way through school, you can hope for this type of non technical job if that would make you happy.

if you want to be hands on and not in front of a computer, you are pretty much out of luck as an engineer. the only ones who get their hands dirty are in small companies or work out of the city. building/construction may be the exception to that in some cases (work site supervision). it is also pretty much the easiest engineering. but then again, if you cant handle statics, you will struggle.

have you considered a tech? that is much more hands on, and you get to skip all the dreaded theory.

i am doing the Mechanical Engineering Tech. i am just getting a diploma in this after all.

my math is ok. i think my average in Calculs is around 71% or somthing. just easy stuff that we learned in highschool so far.

as for Statics, i understand the math. and know how to draw a free body diagram of the subject. the thing i don't get is when to take a moment and when you take forces at the X-axis or the Y-axis. so confusing. maybe if i payed attention in the begging i would have not been in this situation.

i have 8 courses right now, like if i concentrate on jus statics, that means i am gonna ignore my other 7 courses and end up failing all of these. also i really hate the instructor for Drafting/Cad. he's some guy that can't even speak proper engilsh and it's hard to understand whatever he says in class.

BTW you think Consruction Engineering is the easiset? they have 11 course/semster and it's all Satatic/Dynamics the same B.S. which i really hate.

what you think about Insrumentation Engineering?

dude just push on man you'll make it!



guibo09: soooooo if I'm wanting to be a lead fabricator for a lets say...... Rolex series or just something along those lines...... im in the wrong field?!?!?!?!?! NOOOOOO!!!



I do know that to get a job as stated its a lot of word of mouth and experience soooo

LOL

[Omaliyo]

dude just push on man you'll make it!

guibo09: soooooo if I'm wanting to be a lead fabricator for a lets say...... Rolex series or just something along those lines...... im in the wrong field?!?!?!?!?! NOOOOOO!!!

I do know that to get a job as stated its a lot of word of mouth and experience soooo

[bimmer_E30]

:(

meh looks boring lol....... the study of gasoline....

lol i agree with you about boring.

mechanical is really good..it's just the stupid static, Stress, and dynamics.


frick i don't be stuck in school for 3 years were i could finish it in 2 years if i pass statics.

[guibo09]

im a mec eng. *warning, harsh reality follow*

if you dont get statics, you're pretty much in the wrong field. it's one of the easier courses in mech eng, and it's also the base for a whole branch of courses. understanding forces and how they act on bodies is the bread and butter of a mech eng. if this seems completely uninteresting or too complicated, i would look elsewhere for your career choice.

how good is your math? how well do you really understand calculus? if your math isnt very good (mine wasnt going in to my bac) you will struggle. problems and exams that are easy will stump you because the math is too hard to get through. i've always hated pure math (probably bc im not good at it) but i forced myself to go back and relearn calculus for real. this helped tremendously with all my engineering. you dont have to like math to be a good engineer (except electrical) but you still have to use it and rely on it like a construction worker with his hammer.

fast forward to the real engineering job world > you will probably get around without knowing too much of what you learned in school. hell most engineers dont use any of it because they end up managing or planning or anything else that requires little true engineering skill. so assuming you sneek your way through school, you can hope for this type of non technical job if that would make you happy.

if you want to be hands on and not in front of a computer, you are pretty much out of luck as an engineer. the only ones who get their hands dirty are in small companies or work out of the city. building/construction may be the exception to that in some cases (work site supervision). it is also pretty much the easiest engineering. but then again, if you cant handle statics, you will struggle.

have you considered a tech? that is much more hands on, and you get to skip all the dreaded theory.

[Omaliyo]

meh looks boring lol....... the study of gasoline....