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@Rich and QOT
Posted by 'DavyBoy' on 16 Mar 2010 @ 21:42

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@QOT... if you had gone to university 30 years ago and attained a degree in mechanical engineering, you would most likely be in a management position now and have earned a very respectable salary in the intervening period... far above the average for the country.

@Rich... while QOT is right in saying that mechanical engineering is a dying industry in this country... so are many other technical disciplines. He's also right in saying that degrees have been devalued in recent years because so many people have them. But that's not the whole story. Few people still do what I'd call 'proper degrees' and engineering is among them. If you graduate in electronic, mechanical, chemical or civil engineering you will be a strong candidate for a graduate trainee programme in business which generally prepares you for a management position.

I graduated with a batchelors and masters degree in electronic engineering in 1990 and spent a lot of time in IT-driven businesses, but in management positions. Right now, Software and hardware development has been commodotized and driven offshore to places like China and India. However, the management positions haven't and in actual fact the difficulty companies have in effectively getting what they need done on time and within budget through 'offshoring' has never been greater. What I'm saying is that its still worth doing a proper degree.

When selecting what to do, make sure that there's a significant amount of business/management studies. My degree and masters was 25% business and management and in reality that's the main part of the degress I leveraged through my career.

I'm not a career guidance officer, but I'd be happy to pass on 20 years of experience in help/advice if its any use to you. Just let me know.

Message Thread:

mechanical engineering by 'rich84' (16 Mar 2010 @ 12:46)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'bertie77' (16 Mar 2010 @ 13:11)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'itpro' (16 Mar 2010 @ 13:18)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'QuickOldTimer' (16 Mar 2010 @ 13:21)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'davec' (16 Mar 2010 @ 13:37)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'QuickOldTimer' (16 Mar 2010 @ 14:44)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'DavyBoy' (16 Mar 2010 @ 16:06)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'QuickOldTimer' (16 Mar 2010 @ 16:23)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'rich84' (16 Mar 2010 @ 16:35)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'QuickOldTimer' (16 Mar 2010 @ 16:40)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'rich84' (16 Mar 2010 @ 16:49)

It's 'cos Dave's spanners are all BSW and... by 'alanrr' (16 Mar 2010 @ 16:56)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'QuickOldTimer' (16 Mar 2010 @ 17:06)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'rich84' (16 Mar 2010 @ 17:52)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'Newshound' (16 Mar 2010 @ 18:16)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'QuickOldTimer' (16 Mar 2010 @ 18:35)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'rich84' (16 Mar 2010 @ 19:19)

Re: mechanical engineering by 'QuickOldTimer' (16 Mar 2010 @ 19:34)

@Rich and QOT by 'DavyBoy' << You are here!

I know what you mean.............. by 'Newshound' (16 Mar 2010 @ 22:01)

Re: I know what you mean.............. by 'ChrisAdams' (16 Mar 2010 @ 23:06)

davyboy by 'rich84' (16 Mar 2010 @ 22:36)

Mech Eng by 'rotaxmxr' (16 Mar 2010 @ 23:12)

rotaxmxr ...how are the BLOCKS ? by 'Chads' (17 Mar 2010 @ 6:24)

@Rich by 'DavyBoy' (17 Mar 2010 @ 8:25)

Re: @Rich by 'itpro' (18 Mar 2010 @ 14:45)

Re: @Rich by 'jnrblue91' (19 Mar 2010 @ 9:20)

Re: @Rich by 'rich84' (19 Mar 2010 @ 9:23)

going back to the original question... by 'TanglerTKM' (19 Mar 2010 @ 13:20)

tanglertkm by 'rich84' (19 Mar 2010 @ 21:23)

Be realistic and choose a course that.. by 'Chads' (20 Mar 2010 @ 0:57)

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