going back to school for engineering Questions?

[bhunt]

I know some of you are gonna clown but fuck it.

I have worked in electronics and IT for about 8 years. Got 1 AA degree, CCNA, N+, and a few other certs complete. I have always wanted to be a electrical engineer, working in the energy field or control systems. Right now I can get a 80K+ job in a few weeks when I get out the military. But a options of going back to college for free for engineering has come up. My ballin days would be put on hold, but the only reason why I never went to school for engineering back in the day was because I was scared. I ran off joined the military did all types of other dangerous shit, but was scared of a damn calculus class. Now my questions are how good is the engineering and energy field these days for a graduate with no real experience? Also how good is NSBE and other places at hooking a brotha up with some extra help because I'm a need it?

Thanks

 

[Heist]

Most EE jobs are being shipped off to China and India where they can do the same thing you do for pennies on the dollar, friend.

How do I know? I used to manage a group of Engineers.

Math is math. I'd contract a engineer here to maybe do 60% of the heavy lifting and design - leave the clean-up work for the team overseas. And once that was completed, the overseas team would handle further refinement and iterations of the design.

Take your experience and leverage it into something else unless EE is truely your lifeblood and passion.

 

[max-dawg]

students in the usa can't pass math.

math is emphasized and stressed in the rest of the world.

all of the high tech jobs and manufacturing jobs are being shipped overseas due to labor costs.

as an engineer in the energy field, i'm trying to squeak out about 10 more years, and i'm O.U.T.

fuck it.

i'll just leverage my experience in the consulting world to folks overseas thru internet connections.

 

[bhunt]

so it sounds like its a no go? I think there will always be opportunities, but it sounds like they will be tightening up. I remember a article someone posted here years ago about companies going out there way to not hire American engineering graduates. So I guess some of this is actually true. . I'm going to do some more research and check job projections for the next 10 years and see whats up.

 

[MegaDell]

I'm pretty sure Electrical Engineers aren't struggling to find word. I doubt EE jobs are being shipped oversea's nearly as badly as IT related jobs.

All them shits are goin to india.

 

[Garifuna]

was scared of a damn calculus class.

If you think you can make it as an engineer, you got another think coming.

Your career needs to reflect your passions, not your fears.

 

[water]

There is a revolution in telecom on right now.

Traditional telephony + IP


Check out this link:


http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/5/sprint_clearwire_announce_wimax_deal_terms


Let me know if you have other questions.........

 

[bhunt]

If you think you can make it as an engineer, you got another think coming.

Your career needs to reflect your passions, not your fears.

yeah kinda silly, but I was scaraed I was gonna drop out. I wasn't afraid thou, just scared. A little difference. After working on missle systems/IT systems for almost 10 years I think I'm up to the task of being a engineer.

There is a revolution in telecom on right now.

Traditional telephony + IP


Check out this link:


http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/5/sprint_clearwire_announce_wimax_deal_terms


Let me know if you have other questions.........

One of the jobs I have interviewed for is a VOIP job. I don't know anything about VOIP, but I do have a cisco background, and the company interviewed me twice already and want to bring me in for a 3rd. I do like the IT infrastructure world so I may stick with it. I don't see this going anywhere anytime soon.

 

[tp2001]

Hope you aren't still fearing a calculus class, cause you may need some of those methods to solve things in an EE degree curriculum.

You did say that you got an AA degree, so if that was related to engineering, you probably took a few semesters in calculus and differential equations...

See if you could go after an IT degree...It may be better for you since you already have networking and hardware certifications to be a Cisco Certified Networking Associate...Hell, after a year or so you could go for the CCNP if possible.

You have a lot more skills in the IT field than in the EE field right now, but if you want to pursue topics in electromagnetics and other electrical systems, then ditch the IT program for EE.

 

[MilfBusta]

HOLD YO HORSES PLAYA AND LISTEN TO ME!!!
I work for Lockheed Martin, and I will tell you it ain't no shortage of jobs out there. Especially for people who like us are X-military. Keep your security clearance straight, and get your degree. Fuck what these low self-esteem having as ninjas are telling you. Go where the jobs are, and you will be straight.

 

[praetor]

I know some of you are gonna clown but fuck it.

I have worked in electronics and IT for about 8 years. Got 1 AA degree, CCNA, N+, and a few other certs complete. I have always wanted to be a electrical engineer, working in the energy field or control systems. Right now I can get a 80K+ job in a few weeks when I get out the military. But a options of going back to college for free for engineering has come up. My ballin days would be put on hold, but the only reason why I never went to school for engineering back in the day was because I was scared. I ran off joined the military did all types of other dangerous shit, but was scared of a damn calculus class. Now my questions are how good is the engineering and energy field these days for a graduate with no real experience? Also how good is NSBE and other places at hooking a brotha up with some extra help because I'm a need it?

Thanks

Experience is everything. A BSEE in and of itself won't get you a job. That's why it's important to do internships when you're in college so that you can get experience plus make connections. I used to work with a guy who had 35 years experience in electrical engineering but he never actually got his degree (he got hired through a hook up). Now if i, a college grad with no experience, applied for the same job that he was applying for, they'd easily take him over me.

 

[bhunt]

Hope you aren't still fearing a calculus class, cause you may need some of those methods to solve things in an EE degree curriculum.

You did say that you got an AA degree, so if that was related to engineering, you probably took a few semesters in calculus and differential equations...

See if you could go after an IT degree...It may be better for you since you already have networking and hardware certifications to be a Cisco Certified Networking Associate...Hell, after a year or so you could go for the CCNP if possible.

You have a lot more skills in the IT field than in the EE field right now, but if you want to pursue topics in electromagnetics and other electrical systems, then ditch the IT program for EE.

AA degree was in electromechanical technology. I had to take precalc for it, but none of the heavy lifting required for a engineering degree. IT will transfer fine into a 4 year engineering technology program, but I was looking more at full blown EE program, even thou it would take me 4 yrs. If I had to pay for it I would get the EET degree and call it a day, but since its free I wanted to get the engineering degree. I looked at some other post about jobs being shipped overseas and I did see that for some engineering stuff, but a lot of the energy and controls systems jobs seem like they are staying here. I think with 10 yrs military electronics/IT and that degree it will be possible to find something as long as I make the right contacts.


The comment about CCNP, I'm taking the 1st exam for it in 4 weeks. The BSCI exam. I have been studying it for 2 weeks, Just need to start hitting the labs hard and going over the odd stuff like BGP, IS-IS. I got options, but we'll see.

 

[tp2001]

AA degree was in electromechanical technology. I had to take precalc for it, but none of the heavy lifting required for a engineering degree. IT will transfer fine into a 4 year engineering technology program, but I was looking more at full blown EE program, even thou it would take me 4 yrs. If I had to pay for it I would get the EET degree and call it a day, but since its free I wanted to get the engineering degree. I looked at some other post about jobs being shipped overseas and I did see that for some engineering stuff, but a lot of the energy and controls systems jobs seem like they are staying here. I think with 10 yrs military electronics/IT and that degree it will be possible to find something as long as I make the right contacts.


The comment about CCNP, I'm taking the 1st exam for it in 4 weeks. The BSCI exam. I have been studying it for 2 weeks, Just need to start hitting the labs hard and going over the odd stuff like BGP, IS-IS. I got options, but we'll see.

Well you have tuition covered so you can pursue either one of them...With the experience you have in both fields you should do fine in those EE classes, especially the intro courses to electronics (if you haven't taken them already), electromagnetics, and microwave circuits.

Plus with places like Honeywell and the like looking for EE grads, you'd be better off going for that since you'd have all the IT certs by then and you'll have experience in both fields, giving you a better chance of landing a job once you graduate.