All good career choices. I'm a civil. Not glamorous but as long as people want water to drain and roads to drive on you've got a job. STEM or a good skilled trade is the way to go for sure.
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Nobody should ever get into a profession solely for the potential to get rich. It’s a fast road to being miserable...and also probably not rich. But with the emerging new market and new technologies and economic potential, if a young person is likely pursuing engineering anyway, a little forethought and strategy might actually have a chance to make that getting rich part happen.
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Originally posted by txpitdog View PostParticularly high school age, have them do some research into materials science and engineering. This will be a developing field with a long career path as the transition to cleaner energy drives forward. As example, ExxonMobil disclosed its R&D budget is focused on fuel cells, advanced biofuels, and decarbonization in manufacturing processes. Each of these will require advancements in materials science and will offer solid career opportunities.
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Industrial & Systems Eng have their place in manufacturing
Petroleum Eng has its volatility
Materials Eng has not fully developed in terms of job demand
Biomedical Eng to me was hyped up for awhile now but similar to materials you don’t see high job demand
To me going the Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical or Structural Eng route gives many very wide market options
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Originally posted by txpitdog View PostParticularly high school age, have them do some research into materials science and engineering. This will be a developing field with a long career path as the transition to cleaner energy drives forward. As example, ExxonMobil disclosed its R&D budget is focused on fuel cells, advanced biofuels, and decarbonization in manufacturing processes. Each of these will require advancements in materials science and will offer solid career opportunities.
I wanted to publicly acknowledge txpitdog's generosity. My 14 year old son needed to ask some questions to an engineer for his Dual Credit class. txpitdog agreed to help and quickly responded.
Many thanks!
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Originally posted by salth2o View PostI wanted to publicly acknowledge txpitdog's generosity. My 14 year old son needed to ask some questions to an engineer for his Dual Credit class. txpitdog agreed to help and quickly responded.
Many thanks!
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