How many people here graduated college with an engineering degree...

[MetalMat]

Count me in, but I dont think I would be happy being an eece anyways.

 

[imported_Tick]

What do you do?

 

[MetalMat]

Originally posted by: Tick
What do you do?

now Im in sales

 

[akshatp]

Raises hand.

 

[tcsenter]

Engineering + business or marketing is a great combo. There are lots of big ticket items that are sold only by salesmen or manufacturer representatives with engineering backgrounds = huge commissions or bonuses.

 

[lykaon78]

One of the Assistant Vice President's in my department is an EE major with an MBA. He makes probably at least $75k working for an insurance company.

 

[bharok]

Originally posted by: tcsenter
Engineering + business or marketing is a great combo. There are lots of big ticket items that are sold only by salesmen or manufacturer representatives with engineering backgrounds = huge commissions or bonuses.

examples ...


finishing my ece degree this may and will try out engr for a while before I jump the engineering ship

 

[TheBDB]

Chemical engineering degree...Navy officer on a submarine.

 

[dighn]

computer engineering, software engineer i.e. "fake" engineer. though my group does do a lot of hardware and firmware, my involvement in that is minimal. the ee background does come in handy though.

 

[RossGr]

No engineering degree, mine are real degrees, Physics and Math.

I am a technician in a wafer fab making pretty good money.. they call it the golden handcuffs.. I cannot afford to take an engineering position.

 

[geecee]

I was an engineering major in college and am not an engineer now. However, I was an IE (industrial) major, which I suppose means I was not really an engineering major. 😛

 

[fLum0x]

technology degree and my first job i am an engineer.

 

[Dirigible]

Engineering degree. Worked as engineer for a while. Now a lawyer.

 

[purepolly]

engineering degree and now a nurse

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Originally posted by: bharok

Originally posted by: tcsenter
Engineering + business or marketing is a great combo. There are lots of big ticket items that are sold only by salesmen or manufacturer representatives with engineering backgrounds = huge commissions or bonuses.

examples ...

finishing my ece degree this may and will try out engr for a while before I jump the engineering ship

I'm assuming an example would be:

You work for a company that makes and sells fabrication machines for plastics. Each machine is like 5 tons and a million dollars. You need to be able to convince the executives and lead chemical engineers of plastics manufacturing companies to buy your machine over another competitor's. You need to be able to relate on a business level to the executive, and be able to relate and convince on a chemical engineering level to that company's lead engineer to buy your machine.