Mechanical Engineer: Expectations vs. Reality

[Kooley_High]

Im in school for mech right now and I heard about this shyt lol. Im trying to get an internship right now so I cant really verify the job field aspect of it but all I know is that computers do most of the shyt we do by hand in class

 

[Kooley_High]

I'm not particular interested in regular engineering. I want to create stuff that don't exist yet. Bleeding edge, experimental, futuristic shyt. So being a mechanic/electrical engineer working for some corporation just doesn't appeal to me. It's still the same, regular ole' 9 to 5 job but with a higher pay. Instead of building the next Ford car or the next smartphone I'd rather fukk with nuclear fusion, exotic particles, quantum computing, nanotechnology, etc.

It just seems way more fun...

Yeah they do most of that in research positions in labs and universities. The only thing that sucks about it, is that you have to get a doctorate degree to really make a living off it and I aint built for another 5yrs in school lol.

 

[acespaceinvader]

I am a mechanical engineering grad working as a Network Engineer. School was fukking hard but work is extremely easy. Like he said, standards have already been set, you just have to follow it. You are pretty much part of the process. Your goal is to not fck up. I hated mech E. in school but damn the hard work was worth it cause the money is good.

Now I am just chillin and learning other shyt(Programing and business skills). All the hands on and hard labor things are done by technicians.

 

[Phoenix_Knightly23]

what you thought you'd be the real worlds version of Tony Stark?

 

[Pacni99a12]

You think people actually studied for those classes? Nobody cheats like an engineering student. NOBODY.

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Calculus was tough as fvck for me. I had to take 4 different levels of it in school. Its hard to cheat your way through because the majority of our grade was tests and quizzes where you could predict the exact questions. Trying to cheat for the answers served no purpose because you had to show all your work for everything. You got credit for the work being correct not so much to answer. I don't miss that sh1t at all.

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

what you thought you'd be the real worlds version of Tony Stark?

 

[4fossa]

I want to work as a comic book artist.


Hard as f industry to get in.

If I was good at math. I would do some enginnering course.

 

[LoMax30]

I'm a mechanical engineer now working in construction. Been in this field ~7 years or so and I ended up in this field more-so out of opportunity than desire. I don't particularly care the work but like everyone else says, the pay is pretty decent. I'd honestly rather be doing graphic design or something creative (I used to work part time as a barber) but I guess I want the stability. Not to say there aren't mechanical fields where you can't be creative, it's just more difficult to find those opportunities.

But if anybody knows any good mechanical opportunites, holla at ya guala.

Also cosign what other members said, a lot of the processes are already laid out, you just gotta not muck them up. At the same time, having a good mentor on the job makes ALL the difference. And for you young buls still in school I'll tell you what nobody told me in college, make sure you get an internship before you graduate and take the EIT exam before you graduate. Basically makes you a shoe in for these jobs. Otherwise, these cacs gonna eat up all the yams and leave you with your ribs touching.

 

[Silver Surfer]

haha..this was my major back in 2002...switched that shyt up after a year when I realized there is no way in hell im going to be using "calculus 1, 2 or 3" in the real world...:lafff:

 

[Mowgli]

nikkas on here want you to toil away at school for some shyt that doesn't even fully benefit our people...only expand your own bank account.

Not surprised.

What field have you toiled away in?

 

[Arishok]

Please tell me where this is from

 

[Fart Knocker]

nikkas on here want you to toil away at school for some shyt that doesn't even fully benefit our people...only expand your own bank account.

Not surprised.

you're right, math and physics has never benefited black people in any way

 

[Audemar]

You think people actually studied for those classes? Nobody cheats like an engineering student. NOBODY.

This is somewhat true; shout out to them Asians in the back of Physics .But at some point, you still need to be able to demonstrate your academic capabilities.

 

[Dr. Acula]

I'll cosign these guys 100%

They make the classes so difficult because if everybody knew how relatively easy it was to do the real work, everyone would be engineers and the industry have to take paycuts.

Guys fresh out can make 55k+ with just a bachelors degree. The director of engineering for Florida makes 209k, they get paid for the studying they did and responsibility they have, not the actual work.

If you don't have an understanding of what you're looking at then you won't be able to do the work. Even if computers do most of the work you do by hands in classes.

You don't have to compute a fourier transformation by hand in the industry but you better know what the hell one is when you see it.

Most of the folks posting in here, saying shyt like "no one cheats like an engineering student" are you dudes in engineering. If you are in engineering, you would know the correct thing to say is that no one cheats like a Chinese Engineering student.

 

[Ohnoits]

didn't watch but where do y'all work at where you don't have to use math every day??? I work with MATLAB and CAD software, but wtf?

I don't want to stand near or under anything you built if you can't verify that or understand what's BEHIND whatever software you are using.