2006-12-13 02:07:30 · 7 answers · asked by malik m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Life can be dull or interesting. Your satisfaction depends on the effort with which you seek it. Growth may give you opportunities to lead men. Leadership can be a distraction or a boon depending on how you wield it. If you use power to solve problems rather than create them, you are following the correct path.
As an engineer you have an understanding of how things work that can serve in just about any field.
The only thing that is really annoying is that all of the jobs that carry the title of engineer tend to dilute the significance of being one.
2006-12-13 07:01:49 · answer #1 · answered by Ron E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's what you love doing, then it's a great life. Income is just OK, but normally you can be promoted to department manager or operations manager if you work in manufacturing enineering.
Most of my friends are engineers, and there are no dorky gamers among them. We're all married to attractive women, have a couple kids, have mid to large size homes, decent cars, and boats, jet skis, snowmobiles, quads, etc. Not all engineers are this way, obviously, but I am and all my engineer friends are anyway. We work in various fields with different products, and several of us are entrepeneurs. Be a well rounded engineer, and you will know more about how things work than 95% of the people on the planet. It's a tremendous edge.
2006-12-13 04:17:28 · answer #2 · answered by Boatman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Before you can comment on life as an engineer...lets answer the question "what is engineering". The American Heritage New College Dictionary defines engineering
as... The application of scientific principles to practical
ends....as in the design, construction, and efficient operation
of structures, equipment, and systems. An engineer is called on to do this type of work principally design work.
The concept of "design" is the invention and disposition of the forms, parts, or details of something according to a plan.
Now what is life as an engineer....well, more so than your tranining or talent, life in a workplace is governed by the culture that a company established and maintains. Many companies short-cut good design and engineering processes in order to save money. Working in such a job culture can be frustrating to employee engineers that want to do a good job and have a high degree of ethics.
Making the situation worse is that many people moved into supervisory positions in engineering achieve these positions because of other "political" factors and not on their competence.
Such as playing golf with the boss, or other things not attributed even to workplace needs. This type of "suck-up" middle management continues to foster a workplace culture rather than seeking performance excellence because it was a reward achieved out of the company context. In out new age world econmoy US employers will face stiff competition from other countries that deliver performance and excellence at a lower cost.
Many of these workplace cultures mentioned here that compromise the pursuit of really interesting careers, and are not unique to engineering. You will find this kind of culture in all professions. Seeking out the employer and a workplace culture that matches your interests and ethics will be part of a full time persuit of a job, many times changing situations simply because of this reason.
2006-12-13 02:24:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have to be able to sit at your desk and work 8 hrs designing and calculating .Every couple of months you take new classes to learn how to work with new softwares . You take exams to become a professional engineer , you have to take different exams for different states /provinces .You really have to love books / numbers and equations. In my opinion engineering is dull/boring and competitive . There are so many engineers out there these days .
2006-12-13 12:28:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Engineering is a great gateway to bigger opportunities than just being an engineer...
My feeling is that most start in engineering, but move on to bigger things.
It hard to name executives and business leaders that didn't start out being engineers.
2006-12-13 05:05:43 · answer #5 · answered by www.HaysEngineering.com 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You go to work and you have fun doing your job. Then you go home and enjoy life.
2006-12-13 02:12:18 · answer #6 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is beautiful, because you can see your projects done.
2006-12-13 02:59:16 · answer #7 · answered by jaime r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋