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So, next year I need to choose an engineering major that I want to pursue throughout college. Today I sorta had a fight with my dad. He asked me about what major I wanted to pick and well, I told that I am interested in Industrial Engineering and Computer/Electrial Engineering.
However, he thinks I should go for Biomedical. He tells me that at my school, BME is probably the best program and is also a well-paid job. While that might be true, I think to myself: Would I be interested in BME?? TBH, not really
He thinks I'm not suitable for computer engineering but honestly, who is he to judge? Isn't that what college for? To learn a certain major in depth that you have interest in. I also considered Industrial because it's basically studying business with broad engineering courses thrown in. I am also interested in business so it's sort of like learning two in one. But my dad says it's hard to get a job with computer engineering / industrial engineering degree. Is this true??
Let's say I did study BME, and got a job. If I didn't enjoy it, what would be the point, despite me earning a good amount of money? This is my career, so it can't be taken lightly since I'll probably be doing it for the rest of my life.
And can anyone who's an expert in the Engineering field tell me the following:
-which engineering earns the highest/lowest pay.
-which engineering is easy&hard to find a job for.
-what would you do if you were me??
  
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i would do the thing that interests you the most, not any of those first two questions you asked
the glass ceiling in engineering can be low, so make sure you really are interested by/enjoy what you are studying
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I dunno I think the reason why he's telling me this is due to the fact it's so hard to find jobs nowadays (like profession) and due to the depression, it's only making matters worse.
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I'm looking forward to the responses in this thread. I'm a senior in high school and I plan to study engineering in college although i'm unsure of what specific field I want to go into.
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Did you go mining or are you buying your materials
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My own dad has been telling me for a while that (computer)engineering has peaked and that the next big field is biotech. Basically he has been saying that I should major in that as well, ofc I am a music major hahaha...
But yeah, my dad has been a pretty high level manager at several companies, currently at Motorola. So I think it is safe to say he is pretty qualified on this subject.
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the job market now won't be the same job market in 4 years when you graduate, picking a career for anything other than that it interests you will lead to a long, boring, depressing career
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doubleupgradeobbies!
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I'm doing electrical engineering myself.
You should do the one you are more interested in.
I previously started doing mechatronics engineering, but failed due to lack of motivation. There wre just too many mechanical eng subjects, which wasn't the sorta direction I was going for (more control systems etc).
When doing an eng course your not interested in, engineering can be extremely... dry....
You should go with the course where you are more likely to enjoy the subjects. If your interested in all of them however go ahead and choose whichever you think is more likely to net you a better career.
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I'm doing EE as well.
Electrical engineers/computer engineers are in pretty high demand (the current state of the economy will effect that, but it'll effect basically any job). The pay is fine too.
But do what interests you or you won't enjoy it and will regret not doing what you enjoyed years down the road.
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thedeadhaji
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I highly highly suggest you do a CS minor if you do EE. I'm an EE major and tbh the job market blows, the vast majority of the highest quality jobs are coding related. A CS minor that covers all the bases would server you well even if you don't decide to go down the coding route (I hate coding, but moderately regret not going through with it and learning more)
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thedeadhaji
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let me put it this way: the demand for HARDWARE type engineers is decreasing every year, it's a trend that started like a decade ago. It's all about coding, logic design, FPGA etc.
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thedeadhaji
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DO NOT do your EE concentration in semiconductor design, semiconductor physics, or circuits. DO NOT DO IT.
Go for signal processing type stuff, or logic design (aforementioned FPGA etc), ANYTHING BUT BRUTE HARDWARE
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thedeadhaji
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YOU ARE SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE LEG PLAXICO BURRESS STYLE IF YOU MAJOR IN HARDWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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clazziquai:
1) biomed is promising in terms of job security
2) its hard to survive in engineering without a passion
3) hardware is unreliable
its ur call, i suggest follow ur passion
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Hahaha I like how haji's successive posts get more and more passionate; but yeah, I'd trust haji's advice.
Doing what you like vs doing what will earn you a living
Your dad does have a point when he says earning enough (or a lot) is more important than doing something you like. Even if you like your job, the rest of your life will suck if you do not have a steady flow of income. I'd say find something that makes ends meet, plus a little more - as long as you fulfill this, whatever you study or do as a job will be fine, so go for something you like as long as it meets your basics plus a little more.
edit - typo
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hwo would you guys think of industrial engineering in terms of job security/salary wise?? also, what is the average pay in BME?
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im EE in the biomedical branch. internshipppppp!
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TIP: FORGET what your parents tell you, do what you love/like or you will most likely end up hating your job.
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my dad was an electrical engineer
he said that i could do wahtever i wanted in college, but don't be an engineer, he hated it that much and found it useless after three years
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On January 10 2009 16:07 thedeadhaji wrote:
DO NOT do your EE concentration in semiconductor design, semiconductor physics, or circuits. DO NOT DO IT.
Go for signal processing type stuff, or logic design (aforementioned FPGA etc), ANYTHING BUT BRUTE HARDWARE
fucking agreed. LOL.
assembly language will FUCK YOU.
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