career choices:

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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!

[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 >.<

[ak-]

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

[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.

[chadthestampede]

Industrial engineering maybe?

[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.

[guibo09]

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

lol, xray tech has nothing to do with bio. it's for x-raying airplanes and parts to search for defects/cracks.

[mrsleeve]

Yeah aerospace is one industry we service, I am mostly oil and gas, I spend most of my time on pipelines keeping the welders honest.


There are also many other methods of NDT xray is just the one I use the most.

lol, xray tech has nothing to do with bio. it's for x-raying airplanes and parts to search for defects/cracks.

[z31maniac]

Yeah aerospace is one industry we service, I am mostly oil and gas, I spend most of my time on pipelines keeping the welders honest.


There are also many other methods of NDT xray is just the one I use the most.

How does one get into that field? Being in OK, we have a ton of gas/oil work, and I'd like to make much more than I do now!

[mrsleeve]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

being from Tulsa I am surprised you dont know any x-ray hands, You will get a PM shortly

[kishg]

It sounds liek you need to carve out more time for school and less for R3v, friends, etc.

+1

statistics is basic math for an engineer. your not going to find any engineering related field that doesn't use math.