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Booya! (AKA this is why you become an engineer)

Fenixgoon

Fenixgoon

Lifer
Got my tentative job offer today for the Navy. Typically govt jobs pay lower than private industry, just because it's the govt and there's not much they can do initially (a lot of times they'll offer an accelerated promotion rate though).

I was expecting in the range of 51-57k (MS in materials engineering; MS project joint with Navy)

no. i didn't get what i was expecting. not at all. I GOT 67k!!!!!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUcking RIGHT!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Fenixgoon said:
Got my tentative job offer today for the Navy. Typically govt jobs pay lower than private industry, just because it's the govt and there's not much they can do initially (a lot of times they'll offer an accelerated promotion rate though).

I was expecting in the range of 51-57k (MS in materials engineering; MS project joint with Navy)

no. i didn't get what i was expecting. not at all. I GOT 67k!!!!!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUcking RIGHT!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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Congrats! You may be eligible for accelerated promotion if you are less than GS-11
 
Congrats on the job.

Not to rain on your parade, but isn't $67K pretty low for an engineer? Or are you fresh out of school? (In which case, it's probably a great starting salary)

You know...based on the ATOT average, every engineer makes at least $100K right out of school...😛

Again, congrats. Hopefully it'll be a good job with lots of opportunity for neffing...I mean advancement and promotions.
 
BoomerD said:
Congrats on the job.

Not to rain on your parade, but isn't $67K pretty low for an engineer? Or are you fresh out of school? (In which case, it's probably a great starting salary)

You know...based on the ATOT average, every engineer makes at least $100K right out of school...😛

Again, congrats. Hopefully it'll be a good job with lots of opportunity for neffing...I mean advancement and promotions.
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no location listed in profile, but you'd think that Navy jobs would be close to the coasts where CoL is typically higher than bumfuck Kentucky. $67,000 in Boston MA, San Diego CA, or Harlan KY?
 
rcpratt said:
Nice. What are you going to be doing?
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i'll be continuing my master's project (environmentally assisted cracking of utlra-high strength steels) as well as doing support work for different acquisition programs.

BoomerD said:
Congrats on the job.

Not to rain on your parade, but isn't $67K pretty low for an engineer? Or are you fresh out of school? (In which case, it's probably a great starting salary)

You know...based on the ATOT average, every engineer makes at least $100K right out of school...😛

Again, congrats. Hopefully it'll be a good job with lots of opportunity for neffing...I mean advancement and promotions.
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right out of school. i did a 5 year program that got me both a BS and MS in engineering. my master's project was joint with work though, so i definitely had that going for me.
 
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BoomerD said:
Congrats on the job.

Not to rain on your parade, but isn't $67K pretty low for an engineer? Or are you fresh out of school? (In which case, it's probably a great starting salary)

You know...based on the ATOT average, every engineer makes at least $100K right out of school...😛

Again, congrats. Hopefully it'll be a good job with lots of opportunity for neffing...I mean advancement and promotions.
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Depends on location. $67k starting here would be a very high salary for "most" engineers out of school. Of course, as Joe pointed out, COL here is relatively low.
 
BoomerD said:
Congrats on the job.

Not to rain on your parade, but isn't $67K pretty low for an engineer? Or are you fresh out of school? (In which case, it's probably a great starting salary)

You know...based on the ATOT average, every engineer makes at least $100K right out of school...😛

Again, congrats. Hopefully it'll be a good job with lots of opportunity for neffing...I mean advancement and promotions.
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67k is probably median or a little above for a Masters in engineering. Surprised it's that high for a government job, though. And yeah, depends where he'll be located.
 
BoomerD said:
Congrats on the job.

Not to rain on your parade, but isn't $67K pretty low for an engineer? Or are you fresh out of school? (In which case, it's probably a great starting salary)

You know...based on the ATOT average, every engineer makes at least $100K right out of school...😛

Again, congrats. Hopefully it'll be a good job with lots of opportunity for neffing...I mean advancement and promotions.
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These are the average starting salaries for my school.

Undergraduate:
Aerospace $58,849
Architectural $61,755
Biomedical $56,189
Chemical $71,679
Civil $59,922
Electrical $66,046
Mechanical $67,788
Petroleum $87,784
 
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Congrats, but I'm not really sure pay was the main reason why engineers go through all that pain and suffering. I think there are easier ways of making about the same if not more money =P

<---grad student in engineering

I've always heard that mid to upper 60's is about average for a fresh MS student, hopefuly I get something similar in a year or so. 😱
 
gwai lo said:
Congrats, but I'm not really sure pay was the main reason why engineers go through all that pain and suffering. I think there are easier ways of making about the same if not more money =P

<---grad student in engineering

I've always heard that mid to upper 60's is about average for a fresh MS student, hopefuly I get something similar in a year or so. 😱
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Yep, it is in Midwest, or in a part of East Coast; but it is not so in California. However, when taking into account cost of living in Midwest, it s a good deal, as long as you don't take into account beauty of living...
 
Fenixgoon said:
Got my tentative job offer today for the Navy. Typically govt jobs pay lower than private industry, just because it's the govt and there's not much they can do initially (a lot of times they'll offer an accelerated promotion rate though).

I was expecting in the range of 51-57k (MS in materials engineering; MS project joint with Navy)

no. i didn't get what i was expecting. not at all. I GOT 67k!!!!!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUcking RIGHT!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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congrats!

Who's the contractor?
 
Congrats, hopefully I'll be where you are at now in a few years. With Biomedical Engineering, I'm not too worried. For now, it's worrying about getting into graduate school.
 
Fenixgoon said:
Got my tentative job offer today for the Navy. Typically govt jobs pay lower than private industry, just because it's the govt and there's not much they can do initially (a lot of times they'll offer an accelerated promotion rate though).

I was expecting in the range of 51-57k (MS in materials engineering; MS project joint with Navy)

no. i didn't get what i was expecting. not at all. I GOT 67k!!!!!

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUcking RIGHT!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
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OP, stop being a fool and stop bragging about being hired as a Government Engineer. It's really bad form in a time when so many are being laid off from industry (the real world) and it is so EASY to get picked up by an administration determined to run this country into bankruptcy ... and your pay is pretty F^&&#37;!^$#ing low.


... A fellow Gubment Engineer.
 
dud said:
Who could it be???

The Navy???
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wait.. u can work directly for the Navy as a civilian, and not have to be military?!

WTF!?

this goes the same for all other branches of the military too? you dont have to enlist to work directly with the military?!

<head explodes>

wow.. alway thought u had to be contractor to work for the military as a civilian. 😱


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time to call up the Air Force when my contract expires in 2012. Andrews air force base is like in my backyard
 
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It's all relative I guess.

I made $70k straight out of college with a Computer Engineering degree and now make $80k + bonuses (close to $5k a year) after about 3 years of work.
 
Leros said:
These are the average starting salaries for my school.

Undergraduate:
Aerospace $58,849
Architectural $61,755
Biomedical $56,189
Chemical $71,679
Civil $59,922
Electrical $66,046
Mechanical $67,788
Petroleum $87,784
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You've got to be very careful with those numbers that schools provide. They rely on their alumni to tell them what they get offered. Who do you think is more likely to answer the survey? The guy that got a great job that pays a ton or the guy that couldn't find something good in his field and gets stuck doing a low paying job?
 
JEDI said:
wait.. u can work directly for the Navy as a civilian, and not have to be military?!

WTF!?

this goes the same for all other branches of the military too? you dont have to enlist to work directly with the military?!

<head explodes>

wow.. alway thought u had to be contractor to work for the military as a civilian. 😱


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time to call up the Air Force when my contract expires in 2012. Andrews air force base is like in my backyard
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yes, you can be a civilian. you do not need to be a contractor.

dud said:
OP, stop being a fool and stop bragging about being hired as a Government Engineer. It's really bad form in a time when so many are being laid off from industry (the real world) and it is so EASY to get picked up by an administration determined to run this country into bankruptcy ... and your pay is pretty F^&%!^$#ing low.


... A fellow Gubment Engineer.
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yes, because if anyone gets hired, they shouldn't be excited about it. give me a friggin break 🙄

and yeah, you tell the average person 67k is low and see what they say.....🙄
 
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Bignate603 said:
You've got to be very careful with those numbers that schools provide. They rely on their alumni to tell them what they get offered. Who do you think is more likely to answer the survey? The guy that got a great job that pays a ton or the guy that couldn't find something good in his field and gets stuck doing a low paying job?
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From my experience they're a *tad* inflated, but close enough. I'm sure it's very dependent on the school and all.
 
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