DirtyMoney
Banned
Define good money.
Any Engineering Brehs?
- Thread starter Jesus
- Start date
Engineering has a ceiling in terms of earnings.
In addition, ageism is real. A lot of older engineers get those "packages" once they cross 45, especially in Silicon Valley.
The best bet for a young breh is to get the engineering degree, stack some money in industry, use that money to help finance a top-15 MBA and then go into high finance, consulting, C-Suite trajectory, etc.
Don't simply get comfortable and
in engineering. The money in the short term can give you a false sense of security.I've seen brehs not commit to expanding their skills get made obsolete in engineering before 40! I don't care how much experience you have. Most companies would rather pay two new college grads $65K as opposed to paying an older engineer $130K. Or, they'd rather pay 5-6 engineers in China or India pennies to do the same job!
Last edited:
A base salary of six figures, bonuses, and stock options.
Bro. If you get with the right firm, or hell even start your own thing, it can be exceedingly rewarding/fulfilling and exciting. I say do it. You'll learn skills that can be applied to pretty much every profession on earth. I don't think you can lose, unless you've got familial or other external issues.
DirtyMoney
Banned
I think people get this twisted. 6 figures isn't much, after you deduct tax and social security/retirement funds you area left with like $80k.
Take tax out then its like $5-6k monthly(Depending on tax brackets).
Factor in rent, car note, insurance (life insurance,car insurance, income protection, tpd, trauma insurance) might be 1/2 your cheque.
You're literally saving at most $2-3k a month
I already work in aerospace engineering, but I'm thinking about moving to technical consulting. Anyone made that move?
I know some brehs who've moved from engineering to management consulting after getting the MBA.
Their salary is bananas now compared to what they were making in engineering.
Clearing $200k easily.
Most engineers never get close to $200k.
AldavisAlbundyAllah!
All Star
Chemical engineer, just graduated this past June.
Passed on a couple low paying jobs (<50k) .
Maybe I should of bit.
Time will tell.
Passed on a couple low paying jobs (<50k) .
Maybe I should of bit.
Time will tell.
This
That hands on in the labs is priceless. The only online engineering classes I would take is Software Eng(My background / Auburn Univ)
That said I still need to finish off my senior year
...I opened an online business, which I originally was going to do after I graduated but after my contract jobs started acting funny
I said fukk it umma do it now.
My goal is to make that online business profitable first then get back and finish school. 
I actually want to take a couple biology/chemistry classes just to get a proper acquaintance with the lab equipment.
(I'm not interested in a degree in those fields, but I'm intellectually inquisitive enough to build my own home lab)
"The best text book is the real world ...the question is are you "literate" enough to read & interpret it" - Me
AldavisAlbundyAllah!
All Star
47k/10 months ( HS teacher )
OP it just depends on what you want to do. You can pimp that masters in system engineering and make well into the 100k as a system engineer. Get on with defense get a top secret and make 150k easily or even do contract work and easily 200k with that top secret.
The systems engineer degree is flexable cause you can go into software, systems and cyber security. Old kat I know makes easily 200k as a cyber security consultant in DoD. Dude has a systems engineering background.
So either way with a MBA or Masters in Systems Engineer you can do a lot just what you want to do. Finance, management or engineering. The MBA will allow to go into management or finance. But if you would rather do engineering systems is still a good hustle. Especially with defense picking back up and these billion dollar contracts being giving out. Plus we got a republican president back in office so that usually means a lot of new DoD contracts about to get awarded.
The systems engineer degree is flexable cause you can go into software, systems and cyber security. Old kat I know makes easily 200k as a cyber security consultant in DoD. Dude has a systems engineering background.
So either way with a MBA or Masters in Systems Engineer you can do a lot just what you want to do. Finance, management or engineering. The MBA will allow to go into management or finance. But if you would rather do engineering systems is still a good hustle. Especially with defense picking back up and these billion dollar contracts being giving out. Plus we got a republican president back in office so that usually means a lot of new DoD contracts about to get awarded.
Last edited:
Chemical engineer, just graduated this past June.
Passed on a couple low paying jobs (<50k) .
Maybe I should of bit.
Time will tell.
When you graduated man? Was it when the oil prices dropped. Some chemical engineers I knew got in before the oil markets tanked. They were able to get that experience and then when the market tanked they were able to get consulting jobs with Saudi Arabian companies. Dudes go out to Saudi Arabia every 3 weeks (3 weeks on 3 weeks off). Company sends them back and forth. The money is unbelievable, but them kats say the time change messes them up every 3 weeks.