Co-worker just graduated from Ohio State Engineering program with little to no knowledge of engineering. She filled up her electives with business classes. She told me she didn’t buy a technical textbook throughout her combined bachelor’s and master’s degree.
I asked why she even bothered to go to engineering school. She said she wanted the college experience and social life.
She started in a technical position and just changed to a marketing position, which several of us told her she was more suited to do.
Ans she was an international student, from India. College paid for by parents. She said she came to a US school for the open curriculum, as opposed to going to engineering school in India which she claimed was too strictly engineering oriented.
And now she complains she’s only making $50,000 to start.
bachelors and masters degrees, that is.
That’s different from my son’s course.
He graduated in 2010 in mechanical engineering. I looked at each semester’s courses and there were no electives. The engineering course was engineering.
He may have had his choice of one or two engineering courses, but in the main there were no fillers.
He also took his initial professional exam.
Waiting on those scores.
*Still does not have a job.