Question about jobs...

[OS]

EE is actually a pretty diverse field, just ask yourself, what around you has something that runs off of electricity? It's not just computers.

Giant power lines/power distribution centers EEs have a hand in. Laser/optical/lighting systems, EE work. Cars for sure, my cousin who is studying mechanical engineering has told me now that cars are heavily computer controlled, EEs do a lot of design work in them. Want to build a railgun? I learned how to in my EE class.

Sure, it's not so great right now, but it's just part of the business cycle. If you want a recession proof field, do medicine. That path is very hard though and you can't really get anywhere with just undergraduate.

EE as a field is over a century old and on the whole it has steadily and aggressively grown the whole time. I can't think of a single manufactured item that is becoming less electronic. It's the other way around. Devices that were once never electronic (cameras, watches, cars), some are exclusively electrical based now.


If you decide later you want to do law, that's fine also. In fact, having a science/eng background helps alot. Everything I've read says patent attorneys need to have a technical undergrad and they make alot of money starting. I see comfortably six digit figures commonly associated with patent attorney opening.

 

[Cuda1447]

Ok well assuming I choose to stick with EE. Can I go to a community college for a year then hop into an EE program at say USF or something like that and still be ok? I got accepted into DeVry university but Im afraid its probably just a souped up ITT with more expensive tuition.

 

[xuanman]

Originally posted by: Winchester
First off let me say do the EE. Law schools like diversity VERY much. They are more likely to take someone from a EE field rather than Pre-law. Also, law school applications have went up over 50% in the last 2 years alone, so the chances of someone getting in are slim. This also means that more lawyers will be graduating, so they will be a dime a dozen, which will translate to low pay. Unless you want your mom to have scruffed up knees, your chances of getting on at a law firm are also slim, even then the pay sucks. Look forward to starting out at around $30,000 if that. Lots of law firms make you work for free for a year or so; pretty much like boot camp, once you wade through all the chit then you might get a chance to file for another year or two before you even get to try a case. Lawyers dont make much until about 10-15 years after they get their law degree and the hours you have to put in, most require 12 hours min, 7 days a week, 50 weeks a year. The law firm my sister is going to be working for gets at work at 7AM and do not leave until 9 or 10PM. Try having a family on that schedule. It is something that you want to do with all your heart. If you go just for the money you will be sadly mistaken. If decide that is what you want to do, I still strongly reccomend doing EE and minoring in English or some other that you write a CHIT LOAD OF PAPERS. I havent even mentioned studying for the LSAT, which takes a good year of hard studying, (once again, my sister studied 3 to 6 hours a day, and upwards as test date came closer) to do good.

Anyway, I hope this gives you an insight and that it helps in someway.

law certainly is tough profession in terms of the hours and effort one has to put in. however, i do want to preface that there is still a strong demand for *good* lawyers (as oxymoronic as that may sound!) and good law students. while law schools continue to graduate more students than there are jobs available, it isn't all gloom and doom. Strong students at good law schools still end up with great jobs - and very fat paychecks.

but for the original poster, i would say to not worry about law school right now. go with a combination of what interests you and what will make you marketable. i would like to say 'study whatever will make you happy,' but i have plenty of friends who graduated from very fine institutions who are still having a difficult time finding jobs b/c they studied philosophy, political science, etc.

 

[jimmyhaha]

EE or ECE is the toughest among all enigeering.

if u are NOT top 5% of your class, esp. in science & maths. Do yourself a favor & choose other major.

Ok well assuming I choose to stick with EE. Can I go to a community college for a year then hop into an EE program at say USF or something like that and still be ok?

u should always check with USF for credit transfer requirement.

good luck, kiddo...