Anyone could tell me plz how hard is the engineering career?
2006-08-13 14:39:09 · 5 answers · asked by Mr.Death 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Engineering is no harder to learn than learning to flip hamburgers at McDonald's. It just takes allot longer.
Are your parents paying for you to go to college for engineering? If they are, you should take a sub course in financial planning and management responsibilities so you can pay them back. Then they would know that you learned something.
I'm not an engineer, but I'm an electronics tech. Many of the ideas that you get for solving problems in engineering will come from lowly mf's like me.
Stay out of the bars Sunday night through Thursday night, and don't justify the fact that you stayed out of the bars by drinking yourself into a stupor in your dorm room on the restricted nights.
Keep your privates in your pants, and keep your eyes on your books, or webpages, or whatever colleges use these days. You never know that a quick roll in the hay might cut your career indefinitely short.
Listen and learn from your instructors. Learn how to take notes so you can retain, learn, and draw resourses from them. I always thought the "mind mapping" method worked best. If you don't know what "mind mapping" is, ask someone. Tape recorders don't work, you'll most likely never listen to them.
If you ever have a problem comprehending something that your instructor or prof is teaching you, NEVER be afraid to stop the class, or be embarrassed to ask specific questions for clarification. You probably are paying at least half the cost per year of any one of your professor's salary to attend this school.
Then I would expect you to graduate, WITH HONORS!!!
After you graduate, just bend an ear to the lowly technicians like me.
Good luck!
If you say, "Thanks, dad," I'll smack you.
2006-08-13 15:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by rallsjc 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that depends on which type of engineering. All engineering degrees require calculus, differential equations, physics, chemistry, etc. Among the more demanding eng majors: Chemical, Electrical, and Computer Engineering. Among the not-as-hard-as-the-ones-just-listed: Civil and Mechanical. If you like/are good at math and science, you can make it through, but no matter what, it will take some work.
2006-08-13 21:49:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not work if you like it. I enjoyed problem solving and studing math and science so it wasn't really work to me. It was time consuming. Engineering is a problem solving field so there is a lot of homework and it takes a great deal of time.
I think how hard it is depends on whether or not you enjoy the field. I do know this the first year or two are the worst. After that it seems to get a lot easier.
2006-08-13 22:11:12 · answer #3 · answered by Roadkill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be stressful but if you like it then its worth it. The problem is that your engineering courses will require a lot more of your time then most other majors. So you will often find yourself in situations were your nonengineering friends will want to go party on a Tuesday and you can't because you have a design project due. I'm not saying you won't have time to party, but you will have a lot less time on your hands then other majors.
2006-08-13 23:18:46 · answer #4 · answered by sparrowhawk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard. If you're going to determine a career on how "hard" college will be, then engineering isn't for you. Don't B.S. around with college. Find something you love and do it. If you love it, it won't be hard, it will be challenging.
2006-08-13 23:02:56 · answer #5 · answered by G-Nomoney 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋