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(06-09-2015 01:47 AM)Il Bersagliere Wrote:  Is anyone here in the pharma or biotech industry?

Me.

Education as Industrial Engineer.

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(06-05-2015 04:24 AM)Frostbite Wrote:  Mechanical Engineering degree. The reason why a lot of men do hard sciences, it because it ties in with our desire to want to know how things work / build things. However you don't need a shitty degree. Everything I learnt at uni is freely available on the internet, and will save you £30,000

Looking back I should have got an apprenticeship and got into the trades like carpentry as it's too early to be working behind a desk until say 50 years of age.

(05-10-2018 06:26 PM)MarshalZhukov Wrote:  

(05-10-2018 03:03 PM)flanders Wrote:  Physics undergrad, saving money a few years to go back to school and finish a degree that's marketable. Learning computer science in my spare time to get a job since paying 20-30k for more education is not high on my list of things to do.


If you could drop a brief datasheet, that would be nice (Edit: 3 year old post ... still maybe somebody will chime in). I saw so many kids go into mechanical engineering with high hopes only to see the material and be gone by first semester. Some exposure to the material might educate enough to give them an advantage in classes or convince a few to change course before spending tons of money.

In the states, in California at least there is financial aid for those of low income, so for those with low income you can finish with minimal or no debt if you play your cards right and keep a good GPA.

I would definitely recommend some exposure to the material in order to get a feel for the difficulty level. Also , reading the textbook or watching videos before starting a class really helps. yes , a lot of people quit when they don't realize what they are getting into or are unwilling to put in the work necessary.

I would recommend getting a solid background in Math before beginning the more advanced engineering classes. If you can master multi variable calculus, differential equations (ordinary and partial) , and linear algebra then the most difficult undergraduate classes like fluid mechanics, vibrations and heat transfer are reduced to being entirely conceptual (aka a LOT easier)

if you want a feel for the field before sinking money into an engineering degree, go to a community college first (i dont know if they have this sort of institution outside the US). take all of the math and physics courses (they will be needed for your engineering degree anyhow) . if you can handle (and I mean understand , not just pass with a C-) these you should not have a problem with engineering courses.

(05-10-2018 05:59 PM)KC4 Wrote:  Second year mechanical engineering undergrad. Won
Wondering how the market is looking in that field.

There are a lot of jobs out there in engineering in the US right now, however, I have some friends who have been a year out of college with a ME degree and haven't found a job they like.... but I can honestly say they aren't looking hard enough..

If you have good soft skills (game aka social skills), and apply the mindset of this forum to your academic career, you should have NO problem finding work in engineering.

(06-05-2015 04:24 AM)Frostbite Wrote:  Mechanical Engineering degree. The reason why a lot of men do hard sciences, it because it ties in with our desire to want to know how things work / build things. However you don't need a shitty degree. Everything I learnt at uni is freely available on the internet, and will save you £30,000

In the USA in computer science, self taught programmers are hired, but in mechanical, civil, electrical engineering, as far as i know you need a college degree. and for most undergraduate courses, all of the material you need (textbook pdfs, videos, etc) is easily found online.

Class sizes dropped down to half from 2nd year to 4th year.
1st year I feel doesn't count because maths and physics classes have many students from non-engineering majors.

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Cancer researcher/ pathologist here.

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Computer Science here

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Computer Science Undergrad and a Masters in Systems Engineering