ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEGREE
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I was (BSME, PE; 33 years in plants & 8 years construction). I retired 4 years ago from power generation; steam turbines & generators was my area of expertise. What's up? -S2
Most Marine Engineers have similar training, at least I did at Kings Point. Worked in Maintenance, construction, plant renovations and ended up a Plant Manager for 17 years before comfortably retiring in 2011. Was never out of work and often had recruitment attempts. Sounds like your son is on a good path.
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With today's "There is a computer in everything." technology, I believe that would be a very worthwhile degree. Training in today's electronics plus mechanical engineering background should give your son an excellent background in problem solving and analytical skills.
"What is really wrong/broke?" and "How to fix it?" seems to be missing skills in today's young engineers. Nothing beats 'getting your hands dirty' for practical problem solving experience.
After 35 years in mechanical engineering, quality engineering, and engineering management; I believe your son has made a solid career decision.
With today's "There is a computer in everything." technology, I believe that would be a very worthwhile degree. Training in today's electronics plus mechanical engineering background should give your son an excellent background in problem solving and analytical skills.
"What is really wrong/broke?" and "How to fix it?" seems to be missing skills in today's young engineers. Nothing beats 'getting your hands dirty' for practical problem solving experience.
After 35 years in mechanical engineering, quality engineering, and engineering management; I believe your son has made a solid career decision.
BSME, PE Spent over 40 years in product development - going from idea/concept stage to prototype product. Solving problems was the biggest part of the job. Kids now days don't have a clue on problem solving. The first thing they do is go to the computer. They don't even examine the problem and use their brains to see what is possible.
That would be because they are not taught any critical thinking skills in our school system. My dad used to say that the difference between the US and USSR is that we taught our kids HOW to think - not WHAT to think. Unfortunately, this is no longer true IMO.
I'm not a BSME, but I am a BSCE (Computer Engineering).
IMO, getting any kind of engineering degree is going to translate to being employable at a decent starting salary with increasing earnings potential as experience is acquired.
Unlike a lot of the graduates with the useless degrees being cranked out of our "institutions of higher learning" an engineering degree represents some very marketable skills.
