Hey guys.
on the forum i am sure that there are some Engineers floating around.
Well i am in my first year of engineering, and I am faced with the decision of picking my specialization. Pretty much up until this point i have been set on going off into mechanical because: I dominated in my dynamics class compared to how I did in my statics class, I grew up with a very mechanically Inclined background (working on my own cars/dirtbikes/quads etc.) and over all, I have an interest in mechanical. I love the idea of possibly working with solidworks, autocad, and all that.
The thing is, i have began to consider civil. I honestly dont know much about the discipline, but i know i would want to go into structural if i took that route. as you can see... not much to say about civil, and where all of you may be like obviously pick mechanical, im posting on here to ask you guys (who maybe were once faced with this decison?) to shed some light on where i could go as a civ E.
the pay as far as i know is around the same (I live in canada). But i also know nothing about the economy, and have no idea where it will be heading in 4 years time, and also what job opportunities/security would look like. I am also interested in traveling.
other things i have to consider. I am offered a co op program where my degree takes a year longer to get, but i have work terms where i take a term of studying off to go work with a company for engineering work. or a i can go traditional where i just do the degree and am done with it, but no experience out of school. as it stands, mechanical engineering co op at the University of Alberta has the second highest GPA requirement to get into, and i am on the very fine line of meeting that requirement (literally wouldn't know if im in until i get the email with my timetable). where with mech traditional, civil co op, civil traditional, i would be able to get into those programs no problem if i made them my first choice.
and lastly, i have a friend that i have studied with this whole first year, and as an engineer, working in teams is huge. we are very good working together and they are going into civil. way i see it is if we are together for the whole degree it will help alot with my studies/success.
sorry for the short story novel, thank you for reading this, and i appreciate any replies/feedback!
on the forum i am sure that there are some Engineers floating around.
Well i am in my first year of engineering, and I am faced with the decision of picking my specialization. Pretty much up until this point i have been set on going off into mechanical because: I dominated in my dynamics class compared to how I did in my statics class, I grew up with a very mechanically Inclined background (working on my own cars/dirtbikes/quads etc.) and over all, I have an interest in mechanical. I love the idea of possibly working with solidworks, autocad, and all that.
The thing is, i have began to consider civil. I honestly dont know much about the discipline, but i know i would want to go into structural if i took that route. as you can see... not much to say about civil, and where all of you may be like obviously pick mechanical, im posting on here to ask you guys (who maybe were once faced with this decison?) to shed some light on where i could go as a civ E.
the pay as far as i know is around the same (I live in canada). But i also know nothing about the economy, and have no idea where it will be heading in 4 years time, and also what job opportunities/security would look like. I am also interested in traveling.
other things i have to consider. I am offered a co op program where my degree takes a year longer to get, but i have work terms where i take a term of studying off to go work with a company for engineering work. or a i can go traditional where i just do the degree and am done with it, but no experience out of school. as it stands, mechanical engineering co op at the University of Alberta has the second highest GPA requirement to get into, and i am on the very fine line of meeting that requirement (literally wouldn't know if im in until i get the email with my timetable). where with mech traditional, civil co op, civil traditional, i would be able to get into those programs no problem if i made them my first choice.
and lastly, i have a friend that i have studied with this whole first year, and as an engineer, working in teams is huge. we are very good working together and they are going into civil. way i see it is if we are together for the whole degree it will help alot with my studies/success.
sorry for the short story novel, thank you for reading this, and i appreciate any replies/feedback!
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