Network engineering, chemical engineering or software engineering .... please give your suggesstions

[raildogg]

I plan on transferring my major pretty soon and need to know which is better in terms of ease, job expectations, salary etc. I met someone recently who said that he is an network engineer and goes to companies and fixes and installs their networks etc. Not sure.

What do you think would be the better major if it were you?

I'm not sure if I like all the codes that come with software engineering.

 

[TheoPetro]

network E- dont know much about

chem E- have a few friends doing this and they all seem to be pretty excited about it. There probably some of the smartest people I have ever met so I dont know how easy it would be. My guess is its like anything else, anyone can do it but only a few can do it really well.

software E- C++ can go F itself. Thats all I have to say about that.

 

[GreenGhost]

Chemical. Great jobs, best salaries from day one.

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: GreenGhost
Chemical. Great jobs, best salaries from day one.

Also one of the toughest majors out there, if not the toughest. It is all in what you can understand though... I think EE would be harder for me than ChemE, but that is just a personal thing. ChemE is going to be VERY different from software or network engineering.

LMK if you have any questions about ChemE

R <- PhD chemical engineer

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: GreenGhost
Chemical. Great jobs, best salaries from day one.

I'm not sure the jobs could be considered great, but this definitely an up time for hiring of ChemE's, and the money is definitely out there, especially for certain industries (petroleum pays VERY well).

R

 

[KillerCharlie]

I think chemical is definitely the coolest. Technically, "network engineering" isn't actually engineering, according to ABET.

 

[newParadigm]

Chem cause you make drugs.

 

[TheoPetro]

Originally posted by: rgwalt

Originally posted by: GreenGhost
Chemical. Great jobs, best salaries from day one.

Also one of the toughest majors out there, if not the toughest. It is all in what you can understand though... I think EE would be harder for me than ChemE, but that is just a personal thing. ChemE is going to be VERY different from software or network engineering.

LMK if you have any questions about ChemE

R <- PhD chemical engineer

it is definitely up there in terms of difficulty. Chem comes easy to me and it would be hard to pay me enough to go through a ChemE program at a decent school. Thats why im sticking with physics.

 

[raildogg]

How is network engineering? Anyone have experience with this before?

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: TheoPetro

Originally posted by: rgwalt

Originally posted by: GreenGhost
Chemical. Great jobs, best salaries from day one.

Also one of the toughest majors out there, if not the toughest. It is all in what you can understand though... I think EE would be harder for me than ChemE, but that is just a personal thing. ChemE is going to be VERY different from software or network engineering.

LMK if you have any questions about ChemE

R <- PhD chemical engineer

it is definitely up there in terms of difficulty. Chem comes easy to me and it would be hard to pay me enough to go through a ChemE program at a decent school. Thats why im sticking with physics.

Join me at the University of Minnesota (still not cheap), but rated #3 according to US news for ChemE BS.