Mechanical Engineer: Expectations vs. Reality

[ZEB WALTON]

Oh and as far as stress. It can range from no stress to 10 if u have a busy worklod. Dependa on what company you pick. My latest company got its fair share of 10/10 days but some days are 0.

Once a month i just browse coli all day.

I just hate having to be anywhere on time everyday.

I come in late a lot. Boss hates me. Makea job harder cuz i dont guve a fukk and he isnt used to that from the usual tech geeks engineers become.

 

[Robbie3000]

Generally speaking, in IT, classroom work is more rigorous than the actual work. Unless you work for companies on the cutting edge. I've heard the same thing about Law School and the actual practice of law.

 

[idonttouchgrass]

My first job in nyc electrical union was 7-330 half hr lunch.
Second job wasnt steict at all. 830-5
Third is strictest. 8-5, 6 if i need to get shyt done

U work with deadlines, in my job im at now if u aint finished n its due that day and ya boss cant negotiate another day be prepared to work that week its due at home or late nights but that happens like once a month.

When i was sniffin diesel i was a fukking wreck at work i wont lie. Thats more cuz everything took mad time. Money was issue even tho i make great money compared to people i grew up with.

Im good past 8 months tho. I come in at 8. Leave at 5. Do my job and dont think bout it when im home.

My first two jobs had a really laxed atnosphere. We used to drink beers at lunch n shyt.

My new boss a penny pincher to make himself a millionaire. I think i already made him half a mill by myself.

Therrs a future in it. But unless u couldnt already tell, im not a geek geek like most engineers are. These dudes ideas of a hard night out is like a cpl beers outside work. Me and my boy dominque make fun of everyone in the office all the time.

Workin at a desk sucks. I like soing field surveys n getting out the office used to do that more often.

Pick your company wisely is what im saying.
Would i trade the 15k increase i got for the decrease in workload... Prolly not. Cuz now i got the experience to make 100k plus.

Get ya eit right away. Its really NOT needed but companys want guys with their pe to sign documents.

Once u get ya pe u making 150k. I know a guy 2 years older who makes 140k a year. Dude takes trips to fukk bytches in diff cities. Livin the life.

Put in ya time. Get ya eit n then pe. Youll be fine young man.

Its better than working with ya back cuz u wont break down but if ya like me u might get super stressed out at first but it gets easier.

I could design the buggest factories by myself right now. One day i wan run my company work from home and chill.

Maybe when im 40.

Youll be aite bro. Mechanical guys are way less stressed than electrical guys. All my mechanical bosses were chill as fukk.

If u take the time to know plumbing and mech, youll be an assett. Ask anything. This is what i do.

Oh and as far as stress. It can range from no stress to 10 if u have a busy worklod. Dependa on what company you pick. My latest company got its fair share of 10/10 days but some days are 0.

Once a month i just browse coli all day.

I just hate having to be anywhere on time everyday.

I come in late a lot. Boss hates me. Makea job harder cuz i dont guve a fukk and he isnt used to that from the usual tech geeks engineers become.

Thanks for the response

 

[LoMax30]

Im an electrical engineer.

I work in construction tho so the work isnt hard, keeping up with work is tho.

My boss working me like a slave and he does same to mechanical guys.

Found a job lookin for my skillset making 25k more bout to jump on that since i got a few years experience on me now.

This new job is still in construction? Mech here working in construction but I definitely wouldn't mind switching to something less dry

 

[ZEB WALTON]

This new job is still in construction? Mech here working in construction but I definitely wouldn't mind switching to something less dry

Yea. Nyc tho.

If i made the extra money tho i could actually afford a place without beinf broke all day.

Its boring fukkin work tho. Ill tell ya that

Oh. Learn revit. Big money in that.

Cad is going yo be phased out so learning revit will look great on resume.

U essentially work on cad all day.

 

[Mastamimd]

Yea. Nyc tho.

If i made the extra money tho i could actually afford a place without beinf broke all day.

Its boring fukkin work tho. Ill tell ya that

Oh. Learn revit. Big money in that.

Cad is going yo be phased out so learning revit will look great on resume.

U essentially work on cad all day.

Check your pm maine

 

[Dr. Acula]

Idk breh. I cheated like crazy cuz everyone else was too. I have threads on it.

And i was a degenerate (also look up ) and still got by. I was in atlantic city/manhattan everyday partyin on drugs. I never studied shyt and im one of the only guys at my job that can handle the work load.

You're the exception more than the rule though imo. Most people can't balance that enough to pass classes. Depending on the structure of the classes, cheating only gets you so far and only works in certain situations. Most my freshman level courses too were very anti cheating and ive seen people called out in the middle of the test for cheating and failed the course with an F

 

[ZEB WALTON]

You're the exception more than the rule though imo. Most people can't balance that enough to pass classes. Depending on the structure of the classes, cheating only gets you so far and only works in certain situations. Most my freshman level courses too were very anti cheating and ive seen people called out in the middle of the test for cheating and failed the course with an F

yea. i had a post in a thread about indians/asians cheating like crazy. dudes were slick with it in many ways

i am a man above men, thank you sir lol getting old tho

 

[ThugLife]

i remember i looked into that field because i read they get paid good and i saw all the calculus classes and started looking at other options

Yea now you a fukkin locksmith

 

[blackzeus]

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...

That's the thing, a lot of engineers are waking up to the reality that their is no creativity in corporate America, just a recycling of old ideas. You will need to ditch the security blanket and roll with a startup for equity or start your own company, and that requires hundreds of thousands sometimes. So basically you defeated yourself, your idea was to get this incredible degree to provide you with a security blanket, only to realize you are a glorified paper pusher. Getting the knowledge is just the start to making your own path, you have to develop business acumen, hustle, and heart, none of which they teach in e-school. Which is why so many of the celebrated guys like Gates were dropouts, if you want to do some innovative sh*t you have to break from the mold that was made for you, word to the Matrix

 

[blackzeus]

Yea now you a fukkin locksmith

Nikka you wrong as f*ck for that one

 

[flea]

Yea now you a fukkin locksmith

Making more than yo daddy does

 

[UpAndComing]

My first job in nyc electrical union was 7-330 half hr lunch.
Second job wasnt steict at all. 830-5
Third is strictest. 8-5, 6 if i need to get shyt done

U work with deadlines, in my job im at now if u aint finished n its due that day and ya boss cant negotiate another day be prepared to work that week its due at home or late nights but that happens like once a month.

When i was sniffin diesel i was a fukking wreck at work i wont lie. Thats more cuz everything took mad time. Money was issue even tho i make great money compared to people i grew up with.

Im good past 8 months tho. I come in at 8. Leave at 5. Do my job and dont think bout it when im home.

My first two jobs had a really laxed atnosphere. We used to drink beers at lunch n shyt.

My new boss a penny pincher to make himself a millionaire. I think i already made him half a mill by myself.

Therrs a future in it. But unless u couldnt already tell, im not a geek geek like most engineers are. These dudes ideas of a hard night out is like a cpl beers outside work. Me and my boy dominque make fun of everyone in the office all the time.

Workin at a desk sucks. I like soing field surveys n getting out the office used to do that more often.

Pick your company wisely is what im saying.
Would i trade the 15k increase i got for the decrease in workload... Prolly not. Cuz now i got the experience to make 100k plus.

Get ya eit right away. Its really NOT needed but companys want guys with their pe to sign documents.

Once u get ya pe u making 150k. I know a guy 2 years older who makes 140k a year. Dude takes trips to fukk bytches in diff cities. Livin the life.

Put in ya time. Get ya eit n then pe. Youll be fine young man.

Its better than working with ya back cuz u wont break down but if ya like me u might get super stressed out at first but it gets easier.

I could design the buggest factories by myself right now. One day i wan run my company work from home and chill.

Maybe when im 40.

Youll be aite bro. Mechanical guys are way less stressed than electrical guys. All my mechanical bosses were chill as fukk.

If u take the time to know plumbing and mech, youll be an assett. Ask anything. This is what i do.

Funny thing is, you don't even need a bachelor's degree to get your PE license, in some occasions, you don't even need an associate's degree. That's the test I plan to eventually take

 

[Raw Lyrics]

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...

I salute you. You have a beautiful mind (pause), definitely act on it.

 

[Sean312]

What's the best I.t. To look into right now? To make 100k. Coming from a medical background, got a associates'