best engineering field? why

nuclear
pays extremely well, and nuclear energy is arguably the most sustainable and important energy source

>inb4 environmental engineer cucks

>>714139239
agreed but there is literally one nuclear reactor here and its like barely on

Mine Engineering.
You're always gonna need shit from the earth and it pays pretty fucking well too.

>>714139477
big money is important but like i would like to have something that also provides some level of say moral coverage

>>714139453
You looking for advice in what field to pursue in school? In that case, best bet is to get what education you can given whats available to you, and then move out of state or even out of country if thats doable. There's a ton of nuclear reactors abroad that you could work out that would result in a fulfilling and enjoyable career.

>>714139685
>moral coverage

well, I was gonna say oilfield engineering

>>714139959
nah maybe to automate it. that would be cool. this is the best thing about consulting / analysis/ economics / etc. you make your money coming and going. i guess its not the same in the real world

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op here

double major in electrical and mechanical in my last year

such a diverse field and i have had a few internships so i could send myself a lot of places

not sure which path to choose

thoughts on electrical engineering?

>>714139685
Not really sure what moral coverage is. But if it makes you feel any better safety and environmental protection is pretty important in the industry.

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>>714140244
imo one of the best fields

electricity is so interesting

look up how a tesla coil works, it's going to blow your mind

>>714139095
marine engineering. hands on, less maths, super cool. massive salary in the right spot. 6 months a year off

thoughts on much of engineering in the US being about military rather than research where it matters?

>>714140199
That's pretty cool, how hard did you have to work for those?

>>714140304
moral coverage i guess means that whatever work you do has little to no effect on what the organization does. say you are an economist or consultant or analyst or accountant or any of these types of jobs. you do your job and present your findings in a report or whatever. you have done your job and your conscience is clear. you did your shit by the book or whatever and were even handed, totally fair, etc. if the organization takes on what you wrote or whatever and says yeah this is good shit thanks fam, you get paid and you feel good or whatever, if they dont like what you said you still get paid and feel less good or whatever but at the end of the day, its not on you.

>>714140705
also when you are 'consulting' you are charging insane hourly rates to these big fucking companies to do work you can do with your eyes closed. Its a neat robin hood type deal.

Mechatronics engineering

>>714140626
fucking hard. i was top of my class until about a year ago when i gave up school wise and started focusing more on finding jobs

applied to 200+ ended up at mit which got the ball rolling

>>714141205
>>714140199

just found out i could have done mechatronics lol

>>714141610
pretty cool. is it one of those if you make it to end youre set degrees?

Mech Engie here.

Had a friend go into the petroleum industry and made insane money. But he had to work 60-80 work weeks.

>>714141849
i'm hoping...currently at a 3.5 gpa expecting to drop to 3.2 by the end probably

only thing that sucks is it's 5 years, so all your friend graduate the year before you and stuff

also no social life but its not too bad. bunch of nerds playing vidya together

>>714141944
samefag here

forgot to mention he was also Mech Engie.

>>714141944
>>714142068

you work in the field? how is it

>>714140244
EE here. it is an excellent field and the job market is hungry for software engineers.

There are many different routes you can take as a student of EE. analog design (arguably the most dry and math intensive, not really any jobs for it), semiconductor/microprocessor (digital circuits/cadence/switching theory), optics/photonics (really niche wouldnt recommend as an undergrad), software engineering (highly recommend because your job will likely involve programming in some degree), and then you have the classic large-scale power classes that involve PLC programming, AC/DC, power grids.

>>714142059
neu?

How is aerospace engineering? I love planes and rockets and am pretty good at logic and abstract concepts, so would it be a good field to go in?

>>714143405
yes actually good guess

did the coops give it away?

>>714143623
do it

My degree is in welding engineering (small major only offered by a few schools) and I currently work in mechanical design, doing stuff an ME would do.

Electrical or Mechanical will always be in demand.

advice for getting a bachelor with honours without graduating high school ? (im not a dropkick parents went through rough time during year 11 and ended up moving alot)

>>714144059
electrical, mechanical but mainly looking to get into nuclear

>>714143821
yup, the 5 year degree too
I'm a Mechi that graduated last year. Engineers really do get slammed with work compared to Business and others, but there's a kind of peace that comes with the stress

>>714139095
electromechanical engineering with emphasis in aeronautical development, literally building rockets and shit, working with plasma.
in the worst case scenario you end up with a juicy contract from a big company and in the best scenario you get to fucking mars and get a nobel

>>714140199
>>714144355
you better hear the doubles of the thuth

>>714143261
Also EE is the arguably the hardest engineering discipline (as a student) out of the entire engineering spectrum. We use the most mathematics, and harness electricity (whether it be from an analog/digital/computer standpoint) and program pretty much anything. The learning curve is pretty high, and not many students can withstand the trials of EE coursework.

>>714144771

when differential equations came back into the picture i wanted to an hero

>>714144305

hell yeah dude that's sweet. it's definitely tough going back to classes after working three jobs and not having to do homework

>>714144771
It is certainly a field of study that requires a lot of patience and perseverance. it scares a lot of people away due to the application of high level mathematics (eg signal processing, statistical learning, algorithms)

>>714144771
>Also EE is the arguably the hardest engineering discipline
I've heard that on more than one occasion. Do you do anythign with FPGAs or the like? Do you know Verilog?

electrical engineering

it's fun and pays pretty good and most good colleges can get you an internship which can land a good job but that's from my experience

>>714146505
its beyond me. its far past my realm.

>>714146505
how much you making?

i'm trying to get 6 figs at least

>>714145385
as a student, i was required to program vhdl/verilog using the altera quartus ide in some intro coursework.. I didnt see much "hands on" after that even though I did take graduate level coursework in switching theory and design for test dlc (fault propagation tecniques for microprocess/ASICs).

Im 2 months into a sofware engineering job at a research and development facility, and its pretty awesome since theres not really any deadlines and I pretty much get paid to learn EE. Right now Im doing projects that concern computer vision, but I do expect to be able to do things with FPGAs in the future.

>>714140454
That's why I'm one

>>714146681
still at an internship hoping to be hired by end of q1 of 2017

marine engineering,
niche field noone knows about, months on months off, great pay. surprisingly versatile work, can be in cities or small towns anywhere with a small body of water.

Controls Engineering is where it's at

>>714147175
shit i should have done this

i live down the street from maritime academy

>>714139685
>moral coverage

why are you in STEM at all? Sociology, gender studies, genderqueer feminist interpretive dance therapy?

>>714147521
stem has moral coverage.

Social engineering. Cause why not?

>>714147636
>thatsthejoke.fgt

STEM is actually doing shit to solve the worlds problems instead of whining about first world non issues.

Getting on a moral high horse about mining when it is absolutely going to fucking happen regardless of whether or not you choose to participate, however, is tumblr level faggotry.

>>714148060
>Getting on a moral high horse about mining when it is absolutely going to fucking happen regardless of whether or not you choose to participate

That makes me sad, anon :(

>>714148060
yeah its about your personal choices. Its farcical to suggest that just you should do something you find morally questionable because if you don't someone else will. i think youre retarded enough to have some sort of built-in high pressure salesman forcing you to do dumb things.

>>714148243
...or you could contribute and actually make mining safer, and better for the environment.

Moralfagging instead of solving problems.

>>714148475
It's not mining that i find objectionable. its the general culture of the mining companies and their lack of giving a fuck.

>>714145164
DifEq wasn't terrible but it sucked pretty bad, I'm a ME and taking Calc 3 and Dynamics rn, finals gonna kick my ass

>>714148756
That's a fair argument.

>>714139095
Social Engineering is a very contemporary field of engineering.

>>714149185
The name is relatively new. The practice however, is probably the first form of engineering.

>>714139095
civil or structural engineering, the only engineers that do anything.

I'm a computer engineering as of now. I love it because I love working with circuitry.

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>>714139095
Pick any field, the immediately proceed to MBA or law degree where you can make real money without being a serf.

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>>714149185
>>714149322
>Social Engineering

topkek

I want to be a civil engineer because it's like Legos for adults. If I'm not mistaken, they have the highest job satisfaction out of all engineering fields.

>>714149568
we talked about law and i specifically said i want to work at a law office before making a decision and what did you do? nothing.

>>714150044
If we are just picking names out a magic hat why not architect?

>>714149568
>Law

You are fucking stupid. Unless you go to a top 10 school, you won't get any work, and you'll be massively in debt. Look at the job market, fuck

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audio engineering because it's just as much art as mechanics and without it all of your favorite music would be sonically awful

>>714150044
>they have the highest job satisfaction out of all engineering fields

the hell does that mean?

>>714150237
Because the industry is flooded with people with architecture degrees, and you won't be able to get a job.

Civil engineering is a little harder, with more math, but you'll have a job. They don't do as much creative with as architects, but they work with architects and still have plenty of creative freedom.

>>714150396
good $$$

>>714150396
Pretty sure that means they don't come home pissed off because their boss is an idiot, having them fill in holes they dug yesterday, get paid fairly well, and come home and fuck the living shit out of someone they actually enjoy being with.

That sounds like satisfaction to me.

>>714150330
>Look at the job market, fuck

clearly this anon has never heard of patent lawyers. kek

>>714150769
JIDF on their lunch break detected.

>>714150769
patent and copyright lawyers are literally the worst people ever. its like the two types i would never do.

>>714150661
>don't do as much creative with as architects

*I meant creative "work", not "with"

Software engineering Beeeeooottccchhh!

>>714150769
If you want to be a patent lawyer, you have to have an undergrad degree in a scientific or technical field. You can't just pick "any degree"

>>714150862
>>714150870
point is a stem degree coupled with a law degree is deadly. you are considered a highly prized commodity in the job market.

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>>714150164
Pay attention skippy.

If you're going to ultimately get a law degree, go for Civil, Chemical or Mechanical. Figure out if you want to be suing landlords or doctors.

If MBA, then Mechanical or Electrical, then get started on the product marketing / management corporate stooge ladder.

You really don't want to be working as a grunt engineer for long in any of these fields. Rajeesh and Jiang Jong will always be willing to work longer and cheaper than you (and some of them are even good).

But a technical education is highly valued in other fields.
MILF lawyer on the left.

the thing about engineers is they think they are top shit. They think they are "intelligent" because they make something look nice on a piece of paper. I argue every day with engineers. they have no hands on experience, and have to be the biggest half wits of all